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		<title>eco™</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:48:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Becky Sue Becker, CKD, CAPS</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Counter Tops]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A counter top that won&#8217;t melt—or scratch, stain or scorch. And it is one of the most GREEN products on the market ! Glass never wears out &#8211; it can be recycled forever. Every month, American´s throw out enough glass bottles and jars to fill up a giant skyscraper.  A glass bottle can take up [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>A counter top that won&#8217;t melt—or  scratch,  stain  or scorch.<br />
And it is one of the most <span style="color: #008000;">GREEN</span> products on  the market !</strong><em><br />
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<p><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-720" title="eco by cosentino2" src="http://designsbybsb.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/eco-by-cosentino2-600x166.jpg" alt="eco by cosentino2" width="600" height="166" /></p>
<p>Glass never wears out &#8211; it can be recycled forever. Every month, American´s throw out enough glass bottles and jars to fill up a giant skyscraper.  A glass bottle can take up to one million years to breakdown.  On the other hand, Americans recycle nearly 13 million glass jars &amp; bottles every day.</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-722" title="eco countertops polar cap" src="http://designsbybsb.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/eco-countertops-polar-cap.jpg" alt="eco countertops polar cap" width="194" height="216" />Eco™ by Cosentino is ahead of their time, and prove to be <strong><span style="color: #008000;">GREEN</span></strong> at best. Production of their counter tops is expected to reuse the equivalent of 60 Million glass bottles every year!  The only use products that have reached the end of their lifecycle &#8211; this means materials being used in ECO™ by Cosentino cannot be incorporated in to any other industrial product that would otherwise collect in landfills.</p>
<p>-mirrors salvaged from houses, building and factories</p>
<p>-glass from windshields, windows and bottles</p>
<p>-granulated glass from consumer recycling practices<br />
porcelain from china, tiles, sinks, toilets and ECO by Cosentino elements</p>
<p>-an eco-friendly resin with 22% of its composition coming from vegetable origin (mainly corn)</p>
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<p>The <strong>Green Collection</strong> is composed of colors containing 75% post-industrial recycled raw materials.  Polar Cap, Crystal Ash and Starlight are made mainly from recycled mirror. While the colors Luna and Crystal Sand are composed mainly from recycled glass and porcelain. The color Black Forest is composed mostly of recycled glass and quarried stone.</p>
<p>The <strong>Revive Collection</strong> is composed of 75% post-consumer recycled raw materials.  The colors Terra, Riverbed and Iron Ore are mainly composed of from recycled glass, mirrors and industrial furnace residuals and White Diamond is mainly composed of recycled glass.</p>
<p><img class="size-full wp-image-728 alignnone" title="Eco Colors" src="http://designsbybsb.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Eco-Colors.JPG" alt="Eco Colors" width="590" height="530" /></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Click on the logo below to learn more.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ecobycosentino.com/" target="_blank"><img class="size-full wp-image-737 alignnone" title="logo-eco-by-cosentino" src="http://designsbybsb.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/logo-eco-by-cosentino.jpg" alt="logo-eco-by-cosentino" width="130" height="131" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><img class="size-full wp-image-736 alignleft" title="recycled surfaces" src="http://designsbybsb.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/recycled-surfaces.jpg" alt="recycled surfaces" width="222" height="29" /></p>
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