IceStone 100% Recycled Glass Countertops

Currently, an overwhelming 70% of glass materials go to landfills. In the natural environment,  glass may never decompose, although some estimates indicate this may take 500 to one million years. Glass comprises about six percent of our landfills, wasting real estate and damaging our ecosystems.

The promise for more green products is on the horizon, including recycled glass.  

IceStone, based in Brooklyn, NY, manufactures an eco-friendly durable surface material made of 100% recycled glass and concrete matrix, for countertops, bathroom vanities, and flooring for your home or business.  In fact, IceStone holds the only cradle to cradle gold certification for durable surfaces, the only one of its kind in the world.  

What is cradle to cradle gold certification?  

Instead of the cradle to grave model of the last century’s products ending in the waste pile, the cradle to cradle design concept measures environmentally-intelligent design for creating healthy products and processes that eliminate waste. 

McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry (MBDC) is the company that developed the cradle to cradle design concept and certification process to optimize materials to be food for nature’s ecosystems or for human industrial systems. The materials are perpetually maintained in closed loop cycles, thereby not damaging ecosystems. 

Recycling glass is one step further that individuals can do for a sustainable planet and society, and thanks to IceStone, recycled glass has a new purpose.