Recycled Tile Products

Tiles containing recycled glass and other post-consumer and post-industrial wastes are available (or will shortly be available) from several manufacturers.

• Terra Green Ceramics: Terra Green produces two types of recycled tile, Terra Traffic and Terra Classic. Both contain 50% or more post consumer glass, and come in a variety of earth-tone colors. Brochures and further info are available by contacting:

  Terra Green Ceramics, Inc.
  1650 Progress Drive
  Richmond, Indiana 47374
  Phone (765)935-4760
  http://www.terragreenceramics.com

• Summitville Tiles: Summitville produces several lines of tile products using feldspar tailings, a post-industrial waste product. The lines which use recycled materials include the following: Morganmates, Imperva, Imperva Granite, Formalesque, Pueblo Stones and Summit Shades. For further info contact:

  Summitville Tiles Inc.
  Phone (330)223-1511
  http://www.summitville.com

• Syndesis: Syndesis produces a product known as Syndecrete, which makes use of up to 41% post-consumer waste products, including fly ash and plastic fibers. It can be used in custom architectural elements such as counter tops, table tops, tile, landscape elements and other applications. Syndesis custom builds the requested elements in their workshop. For more info contact:

  Syndesis, Inc.
  2908 Colorado Avenue
  Santa Monica, CA 90404
  Phone (310)829-9932

• Futuristic Tile: Futuristic Tile produces tile which makes use of post-consumer glass. For more information contact:

  James Walkers
  Futuristic Tiles
  (800)558-7800
  http://grn.com/home/fut_tile/#sources

• Vortec Corporation: Vortec, in cooperation with Welco Industriale S.p.A. (Italy) will soon be producing tile from recycled glass. For more information contact:

  Kevin Early
  Vortec Corporation
  3770 Ridge Pike
  Collegeville, PA 19426-3158
  (610)489-2255
  http://www.vortec-cms.com/