Information on green, recycled, eco-friendly and sustainable surfaces
Móz Designs offers a variety of metal surfacing materials and a recent addition, Cosmos, is made using recycled aluminum. As part of the company’s Graphix collection, the metal surface is inspired by timeless textile patterns, and in this case a gradient background with several celestial patterns...
Theri, from Tesselle, is a printed tile pattern that forms a non-repeating design with both organic and industrial influences. Printed on Silacrete, which is 50 percent recycled glass and 50 percent concrete, this design is comprised of four tile patterns that are laid out in random...
Welcome to the inaugural blog post here at GreenSurfaceResource.com. This will be a regular monthly feature where we informally discuss the latest developments in the world of eco-friendly surfacing materials and fabrication, offer insights, share our opinions and ask you to share yours. In this first...
IceStone LLC released a health product declaration (HPD) for its line of recycled glass and cement surfaces. The HPD is a standardized reporting tool that discloses product ingredients, allowing specifiers and consumers to make informed buying decisions. Although the HPD program only began in 2012, the...
Maniscalco, the Australian-based designer and wholesaler of glass, stone and metal decorative tiles, launched the Victoria Metal Mosaic Series made of 98% post-consumer recycled aluminum. The product includes “Mini Hexy” (pictured here in Falls Creek Blend) which consists of 1.25- by 1.5-in. mosaic tiles delivered on...
The new Puracy Natural Multi-Surface Cleaner is a non-toxic, effective and versatile cleanser made from plants, water and a hint of green tea and lime. Its biodegradable ingredients were carefully chosen and developed into a proprietary solution that is hypoallergenic and safe for grey water and...
EOS Surfaces has partnered with E.B. Bradley Co. to become an exclusive distributor of its GEOS Recycled Glass Surfaces product in California. E.B. Bradley will also support GEOS sales for more than 250 Home Depot stores in the region. With 20 colors of recycled glass distributed...
Tesselle’s Silacrete tiles from 50 percent concrete and 50 percent recycled glass, now come in several finishes: printed designs, murals, photorealistic, solids and custom designs. Suitable for outdoor wall applications or indoor applications, such as backsplashes, countertops, floors an walls, the digitally printed tiles allow designs...
Teragren, a manufacturer of sustainably harvested bamboo worktops, panels and veneer, in honor of it’s 20th anniversary, now offers a free Continuing Education (CE) course titled “Designing with Bamboo for Superior Environmental & Human Health Impacts.” The course is worth 1.5 CE units and is offered...
Native Trails NativeStone™ concrete sinks use a renewable vegetable “jute” fiber mixture for reinforcement of the concrete. This jute fiber is integrated throughout the sinks to increase resistance to cracking. The sink line includes kitchen, bar/prep and lavatory sinks. The sinks are made impervious to staining...
Paneltech, manufacturer of PaperStone recycled surfaces, added two new PaperStone designer colors to its line-up: Graphite and Sand. This brings the total number of colors available to 11. The new colors are made from an FSC mix of 90 percent recycled paper, and mixed melamine and...
This slightly outdated video put out by buildaroo.com features Eric Corey Freed, principal of OrganicArchitect and author of Green Building for Dummies, who gave a presentation in 2009 (hosted by Kirei) in which he took a look at the future of buildings if mankind were to...
GEOS Recycled Glass Surface, a non-cement-based recycled glass material from EOS Surfaces, expanded its line of surfacing materials by adding two additional colors: Cirrus and Glacier Bay. These two new colors now bring the total number of material colors available to more than 20. Cirrus has...
LOTTARE’s ‘Granitali Collection’ line of granite composite Sinks include recycled granite, reports the company. They are made from a material that recycles granite and uses it in a forming process to create the sinks. This composite is designed to improve their durability. The kitchen sinks come...
TorZo Sustainable Surfaces offers its Denim surfacing material made from actual recycled scraps of denim fabric. An acrylic resin is infused into the denim and it is mounted to baltic birch plywood, with the end result being an extremely hard and durable panel, according to the...
This video explains the ANSI/NSC-373 standard for “Sustainable Production of Natural Dimension Stone” developed by the Natural Stone Council (NSC) and the reason behind them. It was put out by BillLevyProductions, and offers interviews with a variety of industry players and some of the people behind...
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