Glass

Day 56: Glass Tabletop

Check out the chip in the lower
corner. This will be cut down
for use on a smaller patio table at
the botanical gardens

This glass tabletop has been in the basement for six years, ever since we added a leaf to our cherry wood table to make room for homework and dinner guests. Somehow the glass got chipped, which means we wouldn't be able to use it again anyway. Hopefully we will never reacquire any sticky-fingered, food-spilling toddlers from whom a nice cherry table needs protection.

Glass seems like a good follow-up to yesterday's depressing post about plastics. Glass is awesome for recycling! 90% of recycled glass gets made into brand new containers, and using crushed glass to make new glass reduces the environmental costs of production. Woo hoo! We just need to be better about putting glass in the recycling instead of throwing it away.

Cows have been known to eat glass debris. Gives new meaning to a glass of milk.