Four Great Green Ideas
Green cleaner Celilo, a restaurant in Hood River, Oregon, buys biodegradable cleaners from Simple Green ($4 for 22 oz; simplegreen.com).
Glass countertop The new bar at Flea Street Café in Menlo Park, California, is made of "Tableau" recycled glass by Fireclay Tile (from $100 a sq ft; 408-275-1182 or fireclaytile.com).
Eco-paints Gray's at the Park, a bistro at the Hilton Hotel in Vancouver, Washington, used a Pittsburgh Paints line that's low in volatile organic compounds (from $20 a gal; pittsburghpaints.com).
Cork flooring The Expanko cork flooring at ACME Chophouse in San Francisco is made of recycled material (from $5 a sq ft; 800-345-6202 or expanko.com). —Jen Murphy
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