By John Shepherd and Angela Wardle

Recycling may be a topical subject today, but it is an ancient practice. Glass was regularly recycled to make new vessels during the Roman period, and important new evidence for glass working in London came in 2005 from 35 Basinghall Street, with the discovery of more than 150 pounds of broken vessel glass and production waste. This glass ranges from large blocks to minute threads swept from a workshop floor. Normally, this glass would have been remelted and reusing, and the fact that it wasn't may signal the demise of a nearby glass workshop. Detailed study of the waste is providing new insights into the glass industry of second-century London, its products and the techniques of its crafstmen.

64 Pages; Softcover

Published in 2009 by Museum of London Archaeology