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\nWikipedia gets it right in observing that beach glass is a strange
\nphenomenon — an odd case where something more valuable is created from
\nman-made litter. “Beach glass” is remnants of (usually coloured)
\nglass articles that have been broken and distributed in the sea,
\ncarried and tumbled by time and tide, to the point where it is
\nsmoothed, etched, and gently colourful.<\/p>\n
Die-hard beach glass combers can identify the source of the glass by
\ncolour. Blue is said to be pretty uncommon nowadays, as it came
\nfrom Noxema bottles — and Noxema has been distributed in plastic jars
\nfor years already.<\/p>\n
As littering and dumping are hopefully lessening, world wide, and fewer
\nproducts are available in glass containers, the availability of
\n“natural” beach glass should diminish in coming years.<\/p>\n
This yields the delicate irony that lessening garbage in the ecosphere
\nis making beach glass a non-renewable resource.<\/p>\n
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