Berkeley

Broken Pottery

Broken Pottery
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Landfill

Instructions

Broken pottery is a landfill item. Place in gray cart.

Alternatives

Use smaller pieces at the bottom of potted plants for drainage. Pottery shards might be used in art projects, or as decoration in the garden.

Facts

Pottery and ceramic materials have a remarkable lifespan, stretching back through recorded history and beyond. The oldest known pottery found to date, from the Jiangxi province of China, is more than 20,000 years old.

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