Recycled Glass Countertop Company Wins Award
The California Resource Recovery Association today named Vetrazzo, the original company to use recycled glass for countertop surfaces, winner of their annual “Outstanding Closing the Loop Commitment” award, reports Business Wire.
Vetrazzo uses recycled glass as an alternative to a granite or other stone. All of the glass used in Vetrazzo is recycled, and it makes up about 85 percent of the final material by weight, according to the company site.
The glass comes from a variety of places:
- Curbside recycling programs
- Post industrial usage
- Windows
- Dinnerware
- Stemware
- Automotive windshields
- Stained glass,
- Laboratory glass,
- Reclaimed glass from building demolition
- Decommissioned traffic lights.
Vetrazzo expects to recycle 1600 tons of waste glass in 2008. As many as 1,000 bottles may be used in a single panel.
The many different types of glass make each panel unique. Upon purchase, customers receive a “Certificate of Transformation” that explains the “story,” or origin of the specific glass used in the panel.
The CRRA recognized the “creative and progressive efforts” of Verazzo in using what was once a waste product to create a durable home product. The “Outstanding Closing the Loop Commitment” award is given annually to a business, government agency or organization that has implemented an innovative program or created a product that reduces waste or has a high recycled content.
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jared
posted on April 28th, 2009 at 8:40 am
i have to said that in my city there is no gass recycling center im verry sad because i have alot of glass in my house and i dont kknow what to do with them i dont want to put them in the trash can but what else can i do please help me
Tonya
posted on June 28th, 2010 at 11:59 am
Same here. No glass recycling offered and the next county over refuses out of county residence to recycle their glass. Seems selfish. I have some glass I need to get rid of. If anybody knows where in South West GA or NW Florida (Tallahassee area) that will take out of county recyclables…please email me tsol2001@gmail.com.
Kate Moon
posted on March 5th, 2011 at 11:48 am
I do my shopping, etc. in Twin Falls, Idaho. The recycle center there is owned by another in Boise, ID. They both used to take glass but now they don’t. The contend that there isn’t enough money to make it economically feasible. This doesn’t make sense to me, given all the uses for glass on your site.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
KM