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Greenland Composites' product, Smart Stone, is a lawn and garden stepping-stone made entirely of recycled or recyclable materials. With sawdust and roughly 80 plastic shopping bags going into each stone, it looks and performs like concrete or natural paving stone.

Weighing less than five pounds, it is easy to transport and install, has a uniform size and shape and won't shatter if dropped.

Greenland Composites has been working with Fayetteville-based branding agency jimbob inc. to brand, position and market Smart Stone. Home Depot of Canada has recently awarded Greenland Composites category-exclusive distribution.

"We're extremely excited about the direction in which this product is headed," said Greenland Composites CEO Burt Hanna. "We believe we've positioned Smart Stone to be on the crest of a dominant wave as energy prices continue to rise and the need to be environmentally sustainable becomes more urgent."

Smart Stone received top recognition at the first-ever Innovative Green Awards in Las Vegas in May.