Sea glass: How trash becomes a treasure

What was once garbage - bits of glass, such as soda bottles, that have washed up on beaches - has been transformed by nature into sea glass, a precious item that is often transformed once again by humans into jewelry and decorative art. Correspondent Conor Knighton reports.
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[@tmackie1694]

I used to love collecting sea glass with my Mom. Sadly, there is so little sea glass now. It’s been replaced with horrid plastic littering the beaches and polluting our oceans 😔

[@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive]

Give it 50 years and it will be a fad for ocean plastic to be an artisan material. Environmentalist groups are collecting it and recycling them into trinkets now. It’s a logical step.

[@Konabish]

I loved visiting Glass Beach in Fort Bragg at different times over the years. I even had the pleasure of having a beer with Captain Cass on Glass Beach. He spread a blanket on the hood of his car and sold a few sea glass treasures. He is an expert at when, where and how to find 'treasure'! His impact was minimal on the beach. Yes, I did some beachcombing there, and have collected some glass, years ago. More recently I was shocked and saddened to see some who were hauling away as much of the glass as they could carry! Two women who told me they were visiting from the East coast had large USPS shipping boxes in their car, which they were filling with sea glass and "mailing it home". I questioned their actions, but they had no guilt over removing the enjoyment for people who came there from all over the world to see this treasure. I've read that collecting is now prohibited. I'm very fortunate I saw these beaches when they weren't so popular, and being looted.

[@bessmahaneypilates8638]

I grew up in Fort Bragg, there was tons of glass, it’s sad that it’s going away quickly. I went to Glass Beach all the time, I lived walking distance from the beach, great memories ❤️👌🏻

[@kathyhepler382]

Beach town's on the Oregon coast are shops that collect plastic trash from the ocean and beaches and transform them into sculptures!!!!

[@mililaniman]

There are no limits in artistic creativity when working with sea glass.

[@Coach_A.U.]

One thing I love about a local beach, is when the glass washes above the rocks & sand…gives a beautiful wave crashing wind-chime like sound. Worded terribly but hopefully you all understand. If you can, take it in & enjoy.

[@morgannechristie]

kind of like when you flick a penny into a good luck fountain 😌

[@walterw4783]

One thing I love about a local beach.. Is when it's not a polluted misnamed Lake shore .. Enjoy your trash asmr

[@Melissa0774]

To bad there can't be such a demand for all the plastic that's in the ocean now.

[@pcarebear1]

Reminds me of my school trips to the Chesapeake Bay and Solomons Island, i fell in love with the fossils, glass and solitary Lighthouses. The glass is a powerful memory of the sea and bay for me ❤

[@sandrap4188]

I was walking along a deserted beach on an island in the Pacific & kept hearing what sounded like a dog chain rattling behind me. Kept turning around thinking some stray dog was following me. Took a while to figure out tide was coming in & it was the sea glass I was hearing. Nothing better than walking on a beach in the Pacific & finding an old Japanese glass float from a fishing net. Like finding a big emerald or diamond sitting on the sand.

[@situated4]

How much grass had you smoked just prior?

[@chrisfinch8637]

Trash can often become one man’s treasure. Especially at how Mr. Krabs found a hat that once belonged to Mr. Smitty WerbenJagerManJensen. “It was his hat, Mr. Krabs! He was number one!”

[@matthewwelsh294]

Love that episode 😍 😍

[@neitan6891]

Too bad we can’t do with with plastic. We should go back to using more glass. It seems less detrimental to the environment.

[@DelaneyB.444]

Agreed

[@donhubiak9776]

Go to Montecito California and onto butterfly Beach… Continue south and continue north… To the south most beach of Santa Barbara… Beautiful area to collect the seaglass! As always, go when it is low tide…

[@neoslayerpw8230]

One man's stone is another man's gem.

[@aacallison1535]

We teenage beach combers loved bottle beach on North Tybee Island Ga. Back in the1970s

[@MrMegaFredZeppelin]

I love stuff like this :-) ROCK ON!!!!!!!

[@TXH1138]

Northern Mudlarks and Nicola White are my favorite beach pickers.

[@carloscoronaa]

Well we should continue throwing bottles in the sea to make more sea glass 🤗

[@cjsrescues]

Beautiful story

[@PoisonArr0w]

I LOVE SEA GLASS SO MUCH I LOVE SEA GLASS IM GONNA CRY

[@saidamarra1082]

Really Enjoyed.. Thank you for sharing

[@adrianajimenez4342]

How beautiful

[@bobclark58]

Take some glass put it in a a Tumblr put some sand in there and saltwater and let it tumble around for a couple days and you'll have sea glass I learned that back in 1963

[@jimaglenn]

Why saltwater and not just water? Sat has no affect on glass far as I know..

[@MarthaSandersBrandt]

Kelli Thompson at Saltwater Jewellry Designs creates the most beautiful pieces we have seen in thirty years of vacationing in Bermuda. Her love of nature, her unique artistry, and her generous spirit enhance all of Kelli’s creations. It’s a joy to take home these little treasures as mementos of a visit to this island paradise.

[@1mourningdove54]

This was interesting-I honestly never knew what sea glass was.

[@deanflet973]

Hello From Lake Tahoe California. I would take friends and family to Glass Beach fun time's.👊😎👍

[@paulzstrong2450]

Wonderful video, so very interesting.

[@brianalmond1032]

Lovely video. Many Thanks.

[@RoccosVideos]

It’s pretty. Just don’t step on it before it gets smooth.

[@simonward9369]

Very enjoyable. Many thanks

[@ai.illustration]

My best friend, I liked the video very much, thanks you for sharing, stay safe, stay blessed

[@frankmacleod2565]

I remember when there were a lot of colors down there at Fort Bragg. Now its all the same brown and clear and green, and its disappearing daily because people dont respect that sign you so kindly posted at the end of this video.

[@walterrojas107]

I've found some but they're not thin as bottles or any other container.. they're pretty fat.

[@walterrojas107]

Even with veins inside, like tunnels for some little animal

[@MisfitsFiendClub138]

U can get some really incredible beach glass at Davenport Beach near Santa Cruz California

[@stoundingresults]

It's the poor mans stained windows that look nice.

[@SuperBotanica]

I used to find a lot of smooth shards of glass in the Andaman Sea and I used all of them in my art collages. today i only find plastic and dead fish, wrapped in masks

[@alexwells9948]

3:31 A talk with James Patterson and Dolly Parton about music when Sunday Morning returns

[@SandyWolf-]

I've collected glass for years and started others doing it as well

[@IIB_SWEETWATER]

I must visit 🥳

[@treasurehuntingscotlandmud9340]

well done on the finds gl&hh

[@drinny26]

I wish we could break tons of glass and throw into the ocean so we can make more sea glass.

[@michellemarie1197]

So pretty

[@cynthiacisneros1694]

Huh…oh…🤔

[@dotwav88]

Babies- I love glass hunting but it’s become so competitive that it killed the vibe:(

[@necrofury5933]

looks like an auracite

[@blueballs8211]

This video looks like its from 1994 but it was posted this year lol.

[@marklounsbury3023]

Sea GLASs

[@marklounsbury3023]

Hmmm

[@adrean3693]

😂😂

[@alleyhuntt5096]

Don’t care 😊

[@6al3omri]

Are sea glass harmful to environment and aquatic organisms?