DRYBACK and rigid click vinyl flooring from Unilin now comes with more pre-consumer recycled content, as it continues towards a target of 40% by 2040. Since it was founded in 1960, Unilin says it’s pioneered circular production, and it remains the driving force behind everything it does today.
Says the company: ‘This focus on renewable and recyclable materials has been central to the development of Unilin’s vinyl planks and tiles. Waste PVC from within its own production have been used since day one, reducing reliance on virgin material and keeping it in the loop and helping Unilin to minimise the use of CO2 intensive virgin PVC.
‘Relying on internal production waste alone has limitations in terms of material availability and so Unilin launched its Recover programme to take back post-industrial PVC from other industries, as well as installation off-cuts and old floors. Since it began, Recover has been used to ensure unwanted PVC from pre-consumer and post-consumer sources are used in all new vinyl flooring from Unilin.
‘As a result of the growth of Recover in collecting external PVC waste, in just a single year, the pre-consumer recycled content of Unilin’s dryback (glue-down) vinyl flooring has increased from 21% to at least 24% (SCS-R-20325).
‘Rigid click vinyl has also risen from 22% to minimum 25% pre-consumer recycled content (SCS-R-20324). Importantly, this recycled content has been independently certified by SCS Global Services.
‘The analysis has calculated the total content of pre-consumer recycled content used in vinyl floors made at Unilin’s vinyl planks and tiles production facility in Avelgem, Belgium.’
Continues the company: ‘Under the analysis, SCS Global Services identifies pre-consumer recycled content as: recycled materials from other industrial processes, including internal cutting waste, reprocessed into raw materials. Certification is publicly available from the SCS Global Services website, www.scsglobalservices.com.
‘Third-party verification by SCS Global Services demonstrates Unilin’s commitment to being transparent about the materials used in its flooring and fairly reporting on its progression as it strives towards 40% recycled content in its vinyl planks and tiles by 2040.’
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