ShetkaStone
Recycling paper is often just about creating more paper, but a Minnesotan company by the name of All Paper Recycling has been taking recycled paper and converting it into a versatile new building material called ShetkaStone. Completely made from all types of recycled paper (including waxed paper, glossy paper, and magazines), plants, and cloth fibers ShetkaStone can be used to create anything from doors, counter tops, benches, molding, soap dishes, and more.
Created by Stanly J. Shetka, president of All Paper Recycling, Inc., the patented process involved in creating ShetkaStone creates a slurry made of the pre and post consumer waste which is then formed into the hardened product. Due to its recycled content, ShetkaStone has a 100% sustainable life cycle. Both the waste created in the manufacturing process as well as products that have become damaged or reached the end of the cycle can go back into the manufacturing process at ShetkaStone.
Paper products account for 40% of the solid waste in the US, and only a small portion (white and newspaper) are actually being recycled. The mission of All Paper Recycling, Inc. is “to reduce pre-consumer and post consumer waste through the creation of environmentally responsible products and building materials made from wastepaper, cloth or plant fiber.” [via Evelyn Lee: Inhabitat; suggested by Bonnie Duncan, Seattle.]
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We installed Shetkastone in our bathroom a few months ago, and we love it. Feels light, like Corian, but it's ecologically responsible, unlike Corian. Gotta love it!
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