LOPO artificial culture brick products are manufactured from two of the most abundant natural materials on the planet, that is clay and shale.

The raw materials that LOPO uses to produce handmade culture brick are surface-mined in a way that causes minimal long-term impact to the environment. These are materials that can be recycled used again and again, or can be broken down without harm and returned to the earth. There is effectively no waste and the land at extraction locations is reclaimed according to federal and state guidelines, which often includes replanting with trees or lake development.

And, unlike other wall cladding building materials, stacked cultured brick creates little waste when it is manufactured. Mining one pound of clay produces nearly one pound of brick with only slight moisture and mineral loss.