Category Archives: Zero Waste

Happy Hollow Glass is committed to providing high quality Zero Waste Straws with a taste of the truth.

We all know 2 wrongs don’t make a right…

Happy Hollow Glass is committed to providing high quality Zero Waste Straws with a taste of the truth.

THIS is soda-lime glass.
A very cool green (soft) glass water bottle up-cycled into a sweet drinking glass – ahh… saved from the recycle bin! That’s handy!

– If customers are NOT informed of this “NOT RECYCLABLE” fact – literally tons and TONS of perfectly good soft glass could be ruined for good… and its only fate at that point is waste.

BOROSILICATE glass should NOT be recycled!

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Hand Cut – Etched Glass – Local Upcycled Buddha’s Brew Kombucha Bottle

“What’s from the Earth is of the greatest worth” – Ben Harper

This is an upcycled Buddha’s Brew Kombucha bottle that I just finished up. The etched image is Bob marley of course but I still found Ben Harpers quote fitting for this one – considering the Kombucha and flowers and all 🙂

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Sweet Leaf Glass Bottles - Upcycled - Personalized and etched by Happy Hollow Glass ATX (6)
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Reusable Shopping Bags – Lotte’s Favorite BYOB’s

We’ve marked the 1st anniversary of Austin’s plastic bag ordinance and I want to share some of my FAVORITE reusable shopping bags!

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“Austin’s ordinance is not a ban on plastic or paper bags, but it will drastically reduce the number of flyaway plastic bags that get snagged on tree limbs, clog storm drains and take hundreds of years to decompose in landfills.”

“If we all adopt reuse habits— such as bringing your own bags—we can help Austin reach Zero Waste by 2040

Single-Use Plastic Bag Facts courtesy of Bring it Austin

  • Each year U.S. retailers give out 38 billion single-use paper and plastic carryout bags.

  • Single-use plastic bags can take hundreds of years to decompose in landfills.

  • Thin, single-use bags are a major source of litter and can cause flooding by clogging creeks and storm drains.

  • A high-quality reusable bag can replace 600 thin plastic bags over its lifetime.

  • The petroleum in 14 plastic bags could drive a car one mile.

HHG logo on black 150STOMP the Plastic Habit!

If you shop, if you use plastic bags – Heck, I’ll go so far as to say if you live on this planet…

Visit Bring it Austin for complete information – ALL things BYOB – and HELP do your part!

ANY business interested in addressing social and environmental concerns should check out these suggestions for reducing waste.

Here is another amazing resource for those interested in being part of the Zero Waste SOLUTION.