Toronto - Toronto company Atlas Block announced recently that they will be the first in the concrete industry to incorporate post-consumer recycled glass in their entire line of products including; concrete masonry units, masonry veneers and landscape products. Intensive research has led to the development of a lightweight block that uses Poraver technology, a post-consumer recycled material manufactured from glass collected through municipal blue box programs. The PCR Block, which includes up to 30 per cent Poraver, also contributes to LEED credits for builders.   

While Atlas Block continues to include post-industrial waste in all of its products, the introduction of post-consumer recycled glass (including coloured glass), substantially reduces consumer landfill waste and increases eligibility for LEED Recycled Material credits.  If Atlas Block used only one per cent Poraver in their products, it would decrease consumer glass waste in Ontario landfill sites by 1.9 million bottles annually, claims the company.

Poraver technology processes recycled consumer glass by crushing it into a fine powder, refining it into light weight pellets that expand and generate a fine-pored granulate which is used in the production of Atlas Block’s concrete mix. The result is a concrete product that is non-toxic, chemically stable, mold proof, odourless, has excellent noise and heat insulation values and is unaffected by moisture.

PCR Block is already being used for the media centre at the 2010 G8 Summit to be held in Huntsville, Ontario.

For more information visit www.LEED.AtlasBlock.com.

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