Unilin Flooring announces certified pre-consumer recycled content for its dryback and engineered vinyl flooring for housing and commercial projects made under the Quick-Step and Moduleo brands.
Unilin Flooring, a division of Unilin, specialises in the production of laminate, wood and vinyl floors for housing and commercial interiors. As part of the Unilin One Home sustainability strategy which aligns with SBTi (Science Based Targets initiative) near-term targets, it has undergone an analysis of pre-consumer recycled content within its vinyl floors made at its Avelgem, Belgium production facility.
Conducted by third-party certification body SCS Global Services, the analysis has calculated the total content of pre-consumer recycled content used in dryback, loose lay and engineered vinyl floors made under the Quick-Step and Moduleo brands. Under the analysis, pre-consumer recycled content is defined as: recycled materials from other industrial processes, including internal cutting waste, reprocessed into raw materials.
For dryback and loose lay vinyl floors, such as those in the Moduleo Roots 55, Moduleo Moods and Moduleo Intoo loose lay collections, a minimum 21 per cent pre-consumer recycled content is used (SCS-RC-20324). At least 22% pre-consumer recycled content can be found in engineered vinyl floors from Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl and Moduleo LayRed (SCS-RC-20324 and SCS-RC-20323). The measurement conforms to SCS Recycled Content Standard V8-0.
Paul Webb, commercial manager UK & EIRE, Unilin Flooring, says: “The third-party verification of pre-consumer recycled content in our Moduleo and Quick-Step vinyl floors demonstrates our commitment to being transparent with stakeholders about the amount of recycled materials used in our flooring. Much of the waste used comes from offcuts within our Avelgem manufacturing plant and is processed into new material for the backing of our floors in our own recycling facility.”
Unilin dryback and engineered vinyl floors were test by SCS Global Services in accordance with SCS Recycled Content Standard V8-0. Certification is available on request.
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