Icestone
Of the three larger companies fabricating recycled glass composite countertops, Icestone, the best known, is also the only local one. The product, made from 100% recycled glass mixed with concrete, is manufactured in a day lit factory in Brooklyn. The chemical composition is benign and 99.5% inorganic. Icestone comes in a variety of 23 colors. Local showrooms include Chelsea Arts Tile and AK Tile Studio.
Vetrazzo
Vetrazzo is composed of 85% recycled glass with a binder of cement, additives, pigments and other recycled materials such as fly ash – a waste by-product of coal burning power plants. They do not utilize synthetic, petroleum-based resin binders. The product comes in 16 colors and is manufactured in California.
EnviroGlas
EnviroGlas Slabs are made of 75% post-consumer and post-industrial recycled glass and 25% binder by volume. They do use resin in the process. There are 22 standard resin colors or you can formulate your own design. The company is based in Texas.
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[…] We’ve covered some of the recycled products here in the past, such as Brooklyn manufactured Ice Stone and Teragren Bamboo, but it was nice to see some other items in person that were new to […]
I would like to add another up and coming company that is quadruple “Green”! I purchased countertops from VitraStone which uses a matrix of Ceramic-cement, fly ash and glass. There products don’t have the “resin” feel or look, which is hard to find in the other 3 companies listed above. This is a major purchase for most home owners and time consuming when hashing out details. Not to mention there staff was helpful and most of all patient.