Vetrazzo is one company offering recycled glass countertop. Lately the interest in glass countertops has skyrocketed as the eco-green wave sweeps the earth. There is even a man that is starting a national franchise.Vetrazzo^® (the product) was invented in 1996 in Berkeley, California. the company is now located in Richmond California. Read all about them and their products at their homepage. Vetrazzo uses recycled glass as an alternative to a granite or other stone. All of the glass used in Vetrazzo is recycled, and it makes up about 85 percent of the final material by weight, according to the company site.

The glass comes from a variety of places:

Curbside recycling programs
Post industrial usage
Windows
Dinnerware
Stemware
Automotive windshields
Stained glass,
Laboratory glass,
Reclaimed glass from building demolition
Decommissioned traffic lights.

 Vetrazzo is giving transparency a new meaning in the recycled glass surfacing industry. The award-winning countertop manufacturer has achieved an industry breakthrough with its Environmental Product Declaration (EPD), developed in partnership with sustainability experts MindClick SGM™. Vetrazzo is the first countertop company - and one of only three companies in any industry - to publish an EPD in the U.S.