Quick-Step’s new Impressive collection and world-first recycling technology are leading the way in sustainability within the flooring industry.
With a lifetime warranty, 100% waterproof construction and an ultra-resistant top layer, the enduring quality of Quick-Step’s new Impressive and Impressive Design laminate floors means homeowners will probably never have to worry about replacing their floor, but have you ever thought, ‘what if’?
Quick-Step thinks about this question all the time. That’s why it’s taken every possible step to consider how laminate floors are made and what happens to them when it comes time to change. Through thinking responsibly, Quick-Step has carved a path for a floor that’s more sustainable in more ways than one.
Impressive and Impressive Design, like every Quick-Step laminate floor, are made with 80% wood, ‘locking in’ carbon throughout their life. In fact, just one Impressive plank stores 2.5kg of CO2, that’s the same as charging a smartphone more than a thousand times!*
The core of laminate is made with a HDF (high density fibreboard) that features 100% recovered wood. For this, Quick-Step stays close to its roots and turn someone’s trash into treasure: recovered wood is a by-product from sawmills, forest management processes and roadside maintenance.
When it invented the patented Uniclic® joint in 1997, Quick-Step imagined a world of easy DIY installation for laminate floors, but Uniclic’s glueless installation also brought other happy advantages, many of which are more appreciated today than ever before.
Thanks to Uniclic® and Unizip® any damaged planks can easily be replaced without having to lift the whole floor. This repair over replace mentality also extends to Quick-Step repair kits and easy-to-follow videos: everyone should be able to make their floor last as long as possible.
When the time does come to replace Impressive or Impressive Design, the glueless installation means easier recycling. With click installation there’s no contamination to the floor itself, so it can be cleanly (and easily) recovered. Up until now that has been a moot point, as it wasn’t possible to recycle laminate. However, in another world first, Quick-Step has now made it possible to fully recycle laminate flooring.
The pioneering new technology takes old HDF and turns it into raw material to produce new HDF to be used in laminate floors. Thanks to today’s investments, Quick-Step will be able to incorporate up to 20% recycled content in its laminate floors by 2030. This is true floor to floor recycling in action!
Quick-Step’s responsible approach to making laminate floors is rooted in a floor that lasts a lifetime, but should it ever need to be recycled, it has a way to do that too. So, next time you’re thinking about buying a new floor ask, ‘what if?’ and think about how your choice of laminate flooring can always be a step ahead. Quick-Step laminate is not just a floor: it’s a future-proof choice.
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