Upstate House has an article from designer Kaja Gam on a green bathroom renovation. The materials used, such as bamboo flooring, bamboo plywood trim, Kirei board paneling (made with sorghum), and “burl wood” panels made from wheat chaff were all sustainable. It looks great and the fixtures are more water efficient than the ones that were discarded.

But Kaja brings up a good point… something I was thinking about as I read the article. It’s a shame the old fixtures had to end up in the landfill. It’s always best to reuse anything you can, but what if you have an faux marble sink and an olive green toilet? Sure, you can donate them, but whom do you think is going to want them?

Enviromode recycles old porcelain fixtures, but they’re in Texas. I couldn’t find anywhere local that recycles toilets. Anyone have ideas? I kind of like this one.