Finding a green countertop

The sink obsession is on the back burner for now. It was a small side trip on this whole kitchen journey. I do keep checking for the perfect sink, but we are back to our default choice for now. Today it's back to the previous obsession: countertops. We are still not sold on any of the standard choices, so I have been investigating another choice: paper. Richlite and Paperstone are made from paper mixed with resin to make a countertop similar to Silestone or Corian. Paperstone interests me more since it is made with either 50% or 100% recycled paper and uses a non-petroleum based resin (made from cashew nuts or something.) It was easy to read about online, but hard to find out exactly where I could buy it other than Seattle. (It is made in the Pacific Northwest somewhere.) I finally emailed the contact on the Kliptech homepage, and finally got a return email from
Jason Holstein at Amicus Green Building Center in Kensington MD. They carry Paperstone as well as lots of other green building stuff. We plan a trip there on our way to visit my parents in Columbia.
We get to see (and feel) the paperstone as well as some other choices. The paperstone looks like laminate or corian but feels much nicer and softer, not like plastic. The cost is not too bad. We try to debate color choices but the kids decide that is's time to demonstrate just how loud cute little girls can be, so we had to cut our visit a bit short. Howie thought we should take some samples, but I was not ready to make color choices--there are workable colors, but none of them shouted "Perfect Choice" to me. I will definitely be back soon--without children--to check it out further. I think I want to buy a piece and abuse it to see how well it will hold up in our house, under actual circumstances. The idea of it is quite appealing. I love the "green cred" it would bring to the house.
I feel much better about having another choice. Husband thinks it is a bit expensive for something that looks like laminate--his role in this is to keep an eye on the bottom line. Still haven't found the perfect choice--the obsession continues!