These recycled bottle glasses make great gifts for any eco-conscious beer drinkers!

The glasses make a great talking point and are an excellent example of how to transform everyday objects which are routinely discarded into something which can be re-used over and over again.

Although we term the glasses as recycled, they are in fact made from beer bottles and mineral water bottles which have been re-used and made into the recycled glasses. The base of the glass is from a mineral water bottle which is bonded to the neck of the beer bottle using a special waterproof glass adhesive.

Traditional glass recycling requires that the glass is melted down and then reheated again.

The production of these glasses is very different and somewhat unique as only cold production techniques are employed. The result is a manufacturing process which is 90% more energy efficient than traditional glass recycling.

Every year in the UK 600,000 tonnes of glass bottles are discarded from pubs, clubs, restaurants and cafes with up to 75% of these ending up in landfill. These glasses are a clever way of re-using or recycling discarded bottles and send out a positive message about the possibilities of recycling.

The Corona Beer Bottle Glasses are made by our glassmaker friend Andy who produces them from a small workshop in East London.

The bottles are all collected from various bars and restaurants local to his workshop helping to keep the environmental impact of the production process as low as possible.