I just came across these recycled wine glasses, and because they’re a little different to the recycled glasses that I’ve written about before, I wanted to bring them to your attention.

These glasses were developed from an idea used first on environmental projects in Botswana and Namibia (that’s where I was brought up) and South Africa.  Instead of a glass bottle being recycled into glass that is then formed into a wine glass in the traditional method, this design takes the wine bottle and a glass cutter and turns the bottle around into a wine glass without it actually being melted down into a raw material again.   Because about 90% less energy is needed for processing, and a waste product is being reused, these glasses are really environmentally friendly. 

The glasses are sand blasted with a decorative gecko design and come in a 2 pack.  £10.15 from Big Green Smile.