New life for broken crockery
Mosaic Mansion at Whanganui Environment Base (WhEB) is having a clear-out.
The respository for chipped, cracked and broken crockery has too much white in it. Please do not bring any more munted white dishes to the Re-use Academy (RUA) because we will just biff them.
Like you, Sustainable Whanganui has to pay for items that go to landfill.
Your best option is to wrap the items in newspaper and put them in your rubbish bag for kerbside collection.
Plain white crockery is not a material desired by mosaic artists; they prefer colours and patterns.
However, we know some bits of crockery were used for lining a domestic drain. Other pieces were taken to fill in a dent in a lawn.
Broken china can be used effectively in crazy paving. Broken concrete, too.
www.countryliving.com/diycrafts/g2416/repurposed-brokenchina/
Mosaic artists come to Mosaic Mansion from far and wide to collect pieces of colourful china for their artworks.
Sometimes they make an annual visit. In the past year they have come from as far away as Whanga¯ rei and Invercargill. The word has spread.
What other uses for broken crockery are there? Please tell us, so we can add your ideas to our list.
■ If you have photos, please email them to sustainablewhanganui@gmail.com