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40 percent of the cotton allotted for each T-shirt is sent to landfills as factory waste.
Recycling glass can involve blast furnaces and giant machinery— or some delicate artisanship, as in Kathleen Plate’s “Recycled Line” of Smart Glass Jewelry made from wine, beer, Perrier, Coca-Cola and other bottles. The “triple lariat” (right) dangles rings from white wine, amber beer and Corona bottles; the “large earrings” (above) started as a bottle of Riesling.
Earrings, $58; Necklace, $112; smartglassjewelry.com, 404-371-0013
FAST FACT
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In 2005, the production of glass was responsible for 4. 2 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions.
Even better than organic cotton is repurposed cotton, which consumes no raw materials and lightens the pressure on landfills. In2green cotton blankets and throws are woven with salvaged factory T-shirt clippings.
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