The counters have been supplied by Hackney-based manufacturer Eight Inch, which is supported by market development agency London Remade.
The bars have been built from TTURA, a composite material made from 85% recycled glass, and a solvent-free resin which can be produced in any colour.
 Each of the Pitcher and Piano bars is made of glass equivalent to 800 wine bottles |
It provides a hard wearing, stain resistant surface that is easy to clean, the company said.
The bar tops installed at the Fulham and Islington Pitcher and Piano branches each weigh some 400kg and contain recycled glass equivalent to 800 wine bottles.
London Remade chief executive Hugh Carr-Harris said: “Pitcher and Piano is not only helping to increase demand for recycled products, but supporting the growing recycled design sector.”
Mike Dowell, Managing Director of Pitcher and Piano, said: “With the redesign of Pitcher & Piano, we wanted to create a design that provided the right sort of feel to develop our lunch time business but also look great at night.”
TTURA is made up of thousands of chunks of glass bonded together with the solvent. These are mixed and then poured into a mould, and then left to cure before being diamond polished in a similar manner to marble and granite surfaces.
As well as making use of recycled glass, the material reduces the need to quarry stone.
Designer and manufacturer, Gary Nicholson said: “TTURA is not only beautiful and practical, but is available in an infinite range of colours and contains 85% recycled material. No other material can offer this.”
The material has now been submitted to the Material ConneXion library in New York, used by architects and designers around the world.
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