Abstract
In a recent article, David Burley investigated the use of beer bottles as grave decorations in the Polynesian kingdom of Tonga. Burley concluded that these should not be viewed in a symbolic framework, but instead that the bottles were merely convenient building materials. The custom of marking a grave with bottles is much more widespread, for it is found on the islands of Yap and Palau in the western part of Micronesia, and in the Solomon Islands of Melanesia. In Micronesia, bottles are used to mark paths and planting beds as well as graves. This article explores, briefly, some of the issues involved in recycling bottles.
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