Another good source of cool recyclables is Pier 1, so long as you're careful about painted glassware. All sorts of cool stuff turns up on the clearance racks, and since their blown-glass stuff is generally poorly-annealed 96 COE (particularly the drinking glasses), you can get some use out of them before they break. I've made some very nice marbles from their busted drinkware--my personal favorite was the purple-shaded crackle martini glasses, which comes up in filmy sheets like sheer silk. For a while, I'd even managed to coax the manager of my local store to let me sort through their breakage bin for free goodies. That lasted until someone tattled to upper management, and they stopped that for fear that I'd nick a pinkie and try to sue them.
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