Shout out: ENVIROGLAS!

I can't believe I haven't yet posted anything about one of my favorite local companies, EnviroGLAS.

In their own words: "EnviroGLAS converts post-consumer and industrial glass bound for the landfill into elegant, sustainable and ecological hard surfaces and landscaping materials."

EnviroGLAS recycles some of the surplus of old/used glass bottles, mirrors, windows--even toilets!--that would typically simply be dumped into a landfill, and turns them into a new source for kitchen counters, bathrooms, and that classic flooring material, terrazzo. Based in Plano, Texas, EnviroGLAS worked with the City of Plano and American Terrazzo to renovate flooring in the City of Plano’s high-traffic public works building and the headquarters of their recycler, Trinity Waste Services. Both projects were stunning, and EnviroGLAS received the Recycling Alliance of Texas’s 2003 "Closing the Loop" Program award. EnvironGLAS products now grace floors and counters in numerous Texas homes, buildings and beyond. Besides their on line gallery, here are some samples of their fantastic and beautiful products:

The company has been around for several years, and their product "EnviroPLANK" was recently featured on HGTV's "I Want That." Personally, they are the company I plan to go to if and when I decide to build a house!