Types of Kitchen Countertops- Look at These Beautiful Countertop Materials!
Some amazing eco-friendly types of kitchen countertops for you to look into for your new sustainable kitchenMany manufacturing companies are working on types of kitchen countertops from eco-friendly materials. Some of these are listed below, but there are many others that fit the bill in looking for ways to create a new kitchen using sustainable, green materials.
Cosentino has come up with a particular type of kitchen countertop material for use in kitchens and bathrooms. The countertop is called 'Eco' and has recently been launched.
The largest manufacturer of quartz in the world Cosentino is one of the largest natural stone importers. Eco kitchen countertops are made up of 75% recycled consumer and industrial raw materials and 25% natural elements. They look like an engineered stone or solid surface material, and are available in 10 colors at the moment. Tests on Cosentino's types of kitchen countertops for scorching, staining and scratching resistance has produced good results.
The actual recycled materials include mirrors, windows and bottled glass, granulated glass, porcelain from tiles, sinks and toilets, stone scrap from quarries, furnace residuals (ash) from factories and a bonding agent containing 22% corn oil resin, also the result of research into eco-friendly resin.
By "upcycling" these products, materials at the end of their lifecycle are used that would otherwise be put into landfill sites. These eco-friendly types of kitchen countertop material are hard,durable and non-porous and don't require sealers. A matte leather texture as well as a polished texture is available. Eco comes in slabs and tiles. It can be used commercially and residentially.
Eco is a beautiful looking eco-friendly kitchen countertop that has the added bonus of minimizing our carbon footprint. Read more at the Cosentino website
Vertrazzo Another 'green' material for types of kitchen countertops is "Vertrazzo", an attractive solid terrazzo countertop made from recycled glass and cast concrete. 
It is durable and tough as granite, but not as porous as marble. Now a designer choice,
the polished glass in Vertazzo looks extraordinary in the concrete, picking out colors
in the rest of your kitchen in a subtle and luxurious way. It gives off no odors or fumes and there are any
number of finishes. What makes it green? Terrazzo is an aggregate of glass, stone and binders and several
companies use high amounts of recycled glass, up to 100%. The recycled content diverts glass from landfills
which is a tremendous benefit to the environment.
Shetkastone has produced types of kitchen countertops using material  from pre and post consumer waste paper, cloth fibers and paint.
All by-products can be recycled back into the
manufacturing process. The 'stone' looks just like natural stone and comes in different colors.
Best of all, it can be recycled again if it needs to be replaced.
It can be cut and screwed like wood and it is water and stain resistant.
Eco top surfaces offer more types of kitchen countertops,  and are a blend of bamboo fiber and recycled wood fiber from demolition sites. Bamboo is a very
easily renewable source; it takes 3 to 6 years to regrow bamboo for harvesting. However, processing consumes a lot of
energy when
the bamboo is converted to synthetic building materials. such as laminated planking and flooring. The materials are bound by a water-based resin formula. It is best not to have
too near a wet area.
Alkemi is an innovative material being used to make an eco-friendly type of kitchen countertop.  It is made up of 2 materials...,curled shavings of
aluminium from scrap (everything from aerospace to household appliances) and polymetric resin. This resin is
made of a material similar to polyester. Alkemi can be moulded and joined as needed, and it is very durable.
The surface is unique and the coils of aluminium reflect light in a beautiful fashion. If you are tired of
granite...look at this.
Sqak Mountain Stone is another eco-friendly countertop material that resembles soapstone or limestone. It is made of recycled paper, recycled glass, coal fly-ash and cement. The look is very natural, warm and solid. 
Here are just some of the gorgeous materials being made from recycled waste into types of kitychen countertops. For more, please go to Enviro Friendly Countertop to see other new environmentally responsible materials for countertops. Go to Contemporary Materials for lots of information about creating benchtops For further ideas for what materials to choose in your new kitchen More great ideas about how to design mood and ambient lighting Find out about current trends in kitchen design all about beautiful islands as storage and seating spaces The latest in new-age sustainable materials to use in the eco aware kitchen Free information on which materials to choose for your sink Which materials to use in your kitchen backsplash? From Types of Kitchen Countertops go to Clever Kitchen Designs Home Page 
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