Founded in 2017 by Rob Conboy, Glavel is a Vermont-based company that specializes in selling a lightweight building material from post-consumer recycled glass known as foam glass gravel. Because cellular glass is derived from recycled glass, it’s petroleum and chemical-free. Glavel began by importing foam glass gravel from Europe, with the plan to introduce the product to the U.S. market, build up a customer base, and eventually open a domestic manufacturing facility—all while helping to solve the country’s glass recycling problem.
