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here is more info on zylar:
http://amco.ws/plastics/nova/zylar.asp
basically a copyrighted resin/plastic mixture with a TM name.
Very strong, cheap to produce, easy to work with and popular in the medical field due to those properties, and recyclability.

Zylar is a trade name for SMMA, Styrene Methyl Methacrylate Copolymer. Which sounds like a cross of polystyrene and acrylic. Nothing green or especially recyclable about it.

In practice, post-consumer plastics are hardly recyclable as the resulting material is of very low quality. Plastic foil recycled into bags may be the exception.

That said, if one pays $230 for this, $30 goes to manufacture and $20 goes to - what? Somebody else's lifestyle, not necessarily green?

I think its rather pricey, but I do like the unique shelving.

My guess is that it isn't quite as "green" as suggested by the company.