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Intro: On rastra

Excerpt: "There%u2019s low maintenance," said Karl Holik, president of Rastra Corp., which will establish independent licensee Rastra Ohio Inc. "You don%u2019t have any mold, termites don%u2019t attack it, and polystyrene, once it%u2019s coated with cement, it becomes a noncombustible product."

Article Title: New York - Going Green. It\'s Rastra, Mon - Europaconcorsi

Intro: On Rastra: cement form blocks

Excerpt: Or to be more precise, it is made of Rastra, a composite of recycled polystyrene, cement and concrete that, thanks to the growing attraction of green living, has become one of the hottest building materials in the United States. More than 6,000 structures - ranging from a traditional three-bedroom house in the Poconos to a four-story block of loft apartments in Portland, Ore. - have been built in the United States using Rastra, the vast majority of those in the past five years. (Rastra was created by a group of European engineers in 1972, but it has taken a long time to catch on here.) The material is popular among the environmentally conscious for two reasons. All the polystyrene foam used in its production is recycled. And because foam accounts for 85 percent of its volume, Rastra is a remarkable insulator, greatly reducing energy costs.

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