Brilliant! Or should I say "Beerilliant!."
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Recycled beads would be great. There would certainly be enough local beer and wine bottles.
You could find a local sheltered workshop to string the beads.
And there is NO glass recycling here. None. You can take it to the Target in Metairie and I think they haul it to Texas.
Recycling for beads is about the simplest recycling there is. The glass is just smashed and melted in molds. It's done in pretty primitive areas in a labor-intensive way [link] but surely you could scale up this basic process fairly economically.
That's a great idea. There's no glass recycling here either. We take ours to Sedona. I dunno what they do with it. I should check, because I know where all the other stuff goes.
smonster, it's brilliant.
smonster, that is a BRILLIANT idea.
Thanks for the link, Ginger!
I can't believe no one's tried it yet, it makes so much sense. I should check and see if someone has.
I love the idea of using a sheltered workshop for the assembly.
Back in my non-profit days, I used workshops for all our envelope stuffing and folding needs. Virtuous and expeditious.