Glass artist Bill Riker of Riker Art Glass, East Providence, RI, has come up with a new and fun way of recycling glass bottles that would otherwise have been discarded: Making them into drinking glasses! Think of the energy savings: They don't need to be melted down to be made into something useful.

After earning a Master's degree from RISD in 1975 Bill opened Riker Art Glass and has never looked back. But he has looked around himself and seen inspiration - as is very evident here!

These glasses make up four sets of four: IBC Root Beer, Perrier Water, Red Stripe Lager, and Boylan's Soda.