[Greenbuilding] PaperStone Counter Tops or Richlite Countertops ormaterials

[Tom Angell]

Here is an environmental comparison of Richlite and Paperstone that I 
received from Joel Klippert, the founder of both companies.  He assured me 
that the "other" composite is Richlite.  Paperstone is prone to warping (not 
sure about Richlite), so you need to mechanically fasten it.  We have 
friends that have installed both (color black), and both get a slight 
weathered look (no longer jet black, more of a mottled black) after constant 
water and cleaning.  These are not polished granite, which they are not 
trying to be. We are about to remodel our kitchen, and we are going to use 
Paperstone.

"Environmental Impact Statistics



A 1" by 5' by 12' sheet of PaperStone Certified (versus a regular phenolic 
composite manufactured from virgin fiber and a regular, commercially 
available, solvent-based resin) saves:



·        1233 gallons of water

·        2.03 million BTU's of energy

·        131 pounds of solid waste

·        254 pounds of greenhouse gases

·        55 pounds of petroleum-based phenol

·        22 pounds of natural gas-based methanol



Regular PaperStone, with a 50% post-consumer recycled content product 
(versus 100% for PaperStone Certified), saves a similar amount of phenol and 
methanol but only 50% of the water, energy, solid waste and greenhouse gases 
listed above.



In either case, purchases of PaperStone products, versus the competitive 
products, have a surprisingly large impact on our environment."



Regards, Tom

Thomas W. Angell, Architect, AIA
621 South F Street
Spokane, WA 99224
ph: 509-747-7647
fax: 509-747-5979

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carl Peters" <cpeters at osvold.com>
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Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 11:10 AM
Subject: [Greenbuilding] PaperStone Counter Tops or Richlite Countertops 
ormaterials