Check this out!://www.coveringsetc.com/EcoTerrHome.aspx. I have been wanting to use this in someone's project for years. Eco-Terr is beautiful and can be manufactured to use in many different applications. You can customize your colors and style by changing the composite of the product. Pick your recycled glass color...It can be added to your counter top! Pick your granite or marble...It can be added to your floors! This product can be poured like terrazzo or purchased in tiles. Install it in slabs for countertops or custom design an artful wall. It really offers so much in flexibility of design.
Now, get this! Eco-Terr Is 70% - 80% RECYCLED Goods. Eco-Terr contributes to LEED Points 4.1 and 4.2. It is up to HALF the price of poured terrazzo floors. Great for commercial use. Eco-Terr is produced from marble and granite left over from quarry production that would normally be tossed away; dumped in a landfill. It can contain ten percent recycled glass chips. The binding composite contains fly ash, a by product of coal. Once sealed, Eco-Terr will not support mold, mildew, or bacteria. It has ZERO VOC and made of nontoxic materials. Made in Italy, the company was concerned about its carbon foot print, So it is shipped in large quantities to the states via container ship; which emits 1/6th of the CO2 of a semi truck.
Overall, I have been very impressed with the product. It currently ships out of Texas. So if you are concerned about the CO2 emissions of the semi truck and want to buy American, there is a product made here in the states called Ice Stone. The company is out of New York with a distributor in Indiana. It doesn't have quite the selection of colors, and it does not have the flexibility of Eco-Terr, but is great for countertops. It comes only in slabs, like real stone. A fabricator would need to cut it into tiles for example. It is made form 100% recycled glass with a cement matrix to bind. It is completely UV resistant. Check their website out! http://www.icestone.biz/
Hi Andrea - This is awesome! i would love to look at using it in our kitchen.
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