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How the waves have turned garbage into art glass.
Glass Beach near Fort Bragg, and three hours from San Francisco, is a major tourist center.
Long before we had recycling bins in all cities where standards and how people could deposit their garbage were much more relaxed and less regulated.
While it was bad for the environment in some parts of the country and could have done in years irreparable damage to the atmosphere, there is a place where these shameful practices of throwing trash led to something more beautiful.
Glass Beach near Fort Bragg in Northern California, used to be the place where the residents had all kinds of junk from their old cars to the remains of the kitchen to a landfill located on the beach since 1949.
Only in the 1960 regular officials to begin what was thrown to the beach, first to stop the toxins and because the Water Quality Board of the North Coast official landfill moved to a different location in 1967.
Although half a century ago, the remains are still very clear.
Much of the glass that was on the beach during these discharges has not gone too far, and years of shock wave have been smoothed and polished the broken pieces.
Now the beach is covered with small stones into pieces of "sea glass", adding color to the seascape and a tourist element to the natural beauty of the place.
Glass Beach is part of MacKerricher State Park and its history has another facet, since it is the only area of the Park System in California that was for some time a part of the Mendocino Indian Reservation.
Because of this historical importance, the beach is maintained by the Parks Department, which does everything possible to preserve the natural environment, and not so natural, as the beauty of the beach glass.
"You keep working to educate and inform the public and to confiscate and return the collected sea glass to the beach whenever possible," said Tim Quandt an official website of Fort Bragg.
The beach, located about three hours drive north of San Francisco, is a major tourist attraction. While it is good for people, it presents a problem for conservationists who want to prevent visitors to take home the pieces.
"The truth of the matter is that the theft of property crystals State Parks is a misdemeanor. The park rangers have not begun to fine offenders ... yet, but that day will come in time," continued the Mr. Quandt. Vista al Mar.es