Where did the sea glass come from?

by Dani
(Chambers Bay, WA)

Where did the sea glass come from?

Where did the sea glass come from?

Large letters, PUR intersecting. Smaller letters going in a circle around could potentially be PUREX.

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Jul 25, 2025
 The color of the sea glass. Purex, hmmm?
by: Kelsey

How It Got to Chambers Bay
Chambers Bay is located along Puget Sound, near Tacoma, Washington. In the mid-20th century:

Household waste (including glass bottles) was often dumped into the ocean or rivers.

Nearby Tacoma and other Puget Sound communities had both industrial facilities and residential waste streams that flowed into the water.

Over decades, waves smoothed and frosted the glass, turning it into sea glass.

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