Use them on the end of the canes in your garden. They can be used to support netting for climbing plants to grow up, or protective netting to keep the birds off your crops.

if you have a dark pebbled water feature you can smash the glass using a tower and hammer and sprinkle the shards of glass on the feature. the glass will make the water glisten even more.

Someone I used to know used to use old Newcastle Brown bottles as plant pots - he would tip some soil in until it was nearly full, then put a sunflower or similar single stem flower seed in the soil and then top it up with a bit more soil. He said they were a pain to water once the stem grew out the top but they certainly were eye catching in his garden.

you can cover old bottles with paper pulp, made out of old coloured paper and glue. Leave it to dry and then varnish it with strong varnish.

I’m going to smash my wine bottles and make beach glass with a rock tumbler. But I am looking for ideas about building decorative walls with cement and wine bottles…anyone know a link?

Hi Elizabeth
I don’t know any links, but I remember seeing once a garden wall (or a house wall, not sure now) with embedded in cement bottle bottoms. It looked funky. you can get a bottle cutter for this project (they sell them in States, but I don’t know where to get one in UK - if you find one, pls let me know)

I’ve seen a wall made of broken slabs interspersed with whole glass bottles. The whole lot was cemented together with the bottom of the bottles facing forwards and the necks poking out the back - a great home for mini-beasts who scoot out and gobble up the insects that eat your plants! (No need to cut the bottles)The wall was topped with troughs filled with trailing plants and the effect was lovely with the glass glinting through. I’m going to start making one, as I get more bottles and locate more free broken slabs I shall make a nice feature down the bottom of my garden in front of a tall hedge, the lower half of which is scruffy. Does anyone know where broken paving can be got in Kent?

You could use this method to cut the glass.
http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/video-cutting-a-glass-bottle-with-string

I’m not sure how well it works, but it looks interesting!

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Here’s a link that tells how to make them into neat things like lamps and incense burners:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/541701/how_to_make_recycled_gifts_for_the.html

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I came across recycled glass beer/wine bottles which had been reformed into goblets/beer glasses/tumblers. It’s a company in Cornwall called Greenglass with a environmentally aware philosophy. Visit their site for more info - particularly if you generate large numbers of bottles of similar shape [eg clubs/bars/student unions] which are not recovered by the supplier.

I brew beer, so I have a supply of about 300 bottles, all of which would have ended up in the landfill. I believe each of these 300 bottles has been used about 3 times for bottling my beer.

The equipment for brewing beer costs about $70, and a batch of 50 beers generally costs $25-35. Homebrew saves bottles and is always tastier than store-bought (unless your paying $8 for a 6-pack). It also a great way to spend time with those you love, and a great way to treat guests who are unwittingly assisting in your recycling master scheme!

Because they are always laying around, I’m not a worry wort over germs, and I pretty much only drink water and beer, they are the only “cups” I use. If you fill 1/4 of the bottle with water, cover the top, and shake (then repeat once more) immediately after pouring or drinking the beer, you should have a good clean bottle. My bottles don’t get washed when I reuse them for water. But do get soaked in no-rinse sanitizer before storing beer.

Me and hilary took your suggetsgens and tottaly saved a lot of money. Now we still have some left over 4 shopping at Beverly Hills sqaure!