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Broken Pottery
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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