Green / Ethical Kitchen Worktops

On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 10:55:03 +0100, Andy Kirkland


Anyone on <http://www.fsc-uk.org/ any use?
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Regards,
Stuart.

Isn't cheap, but welsh slate fits the other requirements.
www.berwynslate.co.uk


A

European hardwoods (where most forestry is sustainable) - e.g. oak,
beech etc.

Reclaimed hardwoods e.g. old school laboratory benches, planks recut
and made up into new boards.

Tropical hardwoods with traceability to sustained forestry (though
many of the assurance schemes are undermined/abused).

Locally quarried stone.

Slate or tiles of some kind?

Welsh and Cornish slate are possibles

You may find something at an architectural salvage place.

On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 10:55:03 +0100, Andy Kirkland


Tile the work surface.

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Peter Parry.  
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Peter Parry wrote:

I was thinking tiles, but then thought of all the nasty chemicals used
for glazes etc.

Steel is probably fairly green, in that it's probably recycled and can
be re-recycled.

Owain

On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 16:49:39 +0100, Owain



You mean like sand?

Why is it that greenery and profound ignorance always seem to march
hand in hand?
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That can be fixed with a good sloshing of seawater.

Peter Parry wrote:

I was thinking more of the pigments etc, like the various compounds of
titanium and chromium. Even if theyr'e naturally occurring, mining,
processing and transporting them aren't "green"


I think that's a little harsh; I was only trying to make some helpful
suggestions and observe that what at first sight appears green might not
be.

On the upside, Italian scientists have found that titanium dioxide
"eats" smog.

Owain

On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 23:43:51 +0100, Owain


I was feeling particularly grumpy :-)


Nothing is.  There was some idiot on TV recently building his
ecohovel and you could barely see it for smoke from chain saws.
Greenies like simple things, so the latest fad is "food miles".  Not
the more complicated but more relevant fuel per kg of food delivered,
that involves thinking; just nice simple and wrong "distance is bad"
(unless you are going to a green conference in the Bahamas).

The idea that you can be part of the modern world but by hugging a
tree and signing up to vapid "ethical" and "green" mantras not leave
blobs of grot over it is asinine.

What's more (while I'm at it!) the buggers breed like flies.  Every
"green" house seems to be infested with a dozen brats.  Why can't
these twits understand their breeding habits will do far more harm
and produce far more CO2 than their transport choices?  


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Peter Parry.  
http://www.wpp.ltd.uk/

Sort of like this, really:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Modern_Parents

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2132089,00.html

mused:


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Regards,
Stuart.

I'm told epoxy grout works well for kitchen tiled tops.


NT

On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 09:19:32 -0700, meow2222@care2.com wrote:


Recycling is very green - look in salvage yards.
Otherwise Stainless steel, glass, or locally sourced hardwood.
Robert

meow2222@care2.com wrote:

Not well enough IME... PITA stuff to work with as well!

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John.

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Rubberwood?  It uses wood from rubber trees that have been felled
before replanting the rubber plantation, thus would otherwise be
wasted.  We have rubberwood worktops and they have worn very well,
they are several years old now and still look good and we are not the
most careful of users.

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Chris Green

Andy Kirkland wrote:

Porcelain tiles. Use epoxy grout. You may of course have to investigate
where the tiles were made, cheap ones may come from the far east etc.

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djc