Post-industrial recycled plastic? That's resin enough for me!

These cooler-than James Dean-in-an-ice-storm architectural panels are made by Salt Lake City-based 3form—one of the greenest companies I’ve ever seen.

Not only does 3form use a polyester resin made from post-industrial recycled plastic to manufacture its colorful, multi-textured panels—which can be used for backsplashes, baseboards, cabinet fronts, you name it. No no. They go much further than that:

• 3form harvests wind power to run their machinery
• They make GreenGuard- approved products that contain zero VOCs
• They plan to eliminate all landfill contributions by 2009

How? Once you're done with the panels, 3form will pick them up, free of charge. They refurbish them, resell them, and donate 10 percent of the profits from that sale to the Rocky Mountain Institute, a nonprofit focused on reforming U.S. energy policy.

The Gingko Thatch panel (LOWER RIGHT) and the Bamboo Rings (TOP) are part of the Varia collection, made from 40 percent recycled plastic. See those rings? They were provided by a family in Nepal that 3form contracted in an effort to help their village’s economy.

Can you say corporate responsibility? Sure you can.