GREEN FLOORING
TAKE IT BACK!
Desso have been following Cradle to Cradle principles since 2008, and six years down the line, we take a look at how the carpet manufacturer continues to develop its products using materials which can be recycled in a healthy way and on an infinite basis.
For Desso, it’s all about being eco- effective by designing products and using materials that can be taken back and healthily recycled as either technical or biological nutrients.
In 2010, Desso launched its Cradle to Cradle Silver Certified backing, called EcoBase, which has a composition allowing the polyolefin-based layer to be
REASONS TO RECYCLE
• For customers, waste carpet tiles’ recycling costs are comparable to those of landfill. Improving recycling processes will make recycling more cost-effective in the future. Desso manages material recovery and provides certification to verify the recycling destination and quantity.
• An advanced approach to sustainability differentiates a business, and attracts customers who value companies with green credentials.
• Recycling helps to reduce the ever- increasing burden on landfill.
• Plus, it has a positive effect on climate change, through the reduction of carbon emissions, because of the lower energy need for recycling compared to the production of virgin materials.
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fully recycled in Desso's own production process. Here, the yarn is also converted back to the basic material and returned to Aquafil, one of Desso’s yarn suppliers, for the production of regenerated nylon, known as ECONYL yarn. The result is a closed-loop system.
RECYCLING TO CLOSE THE LOOP As part of its commitment to closing the loop, Desso has developed a Take Back programme to retrieve post-consumer, non-PVC carpet from customers and competitors, thereby reducing the amount of material dumped into landfill, at competitive prices for the user.
“The yarn is returned to Aquafil for the production of new yarn, while the bitumen from the backing is used in roofing, road building and concrete.”
Under this scheme, all non-PVC carpet tiles can be collected in the UK and sent back to Desso’s recycling plant in the Netherlands, where the yarn and other fibres are separated from the backing through the separation technique, Refinity.
This allows both material streams to be recycled. After several purification stages, the yarn is returned to Aquafil
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WHAT HAPPENS TO RETRIEVED CARPET TILES?
• In some instances, carpet tiles are cleaned and re-used.
• Fuel for energy: non-recyclable carpet tiles are shredded, mixed with other materials and used as secondary fuel in the cement industry, where the lime stone is used as raw material for cement.
• Material recovery for recycling: carpet tile components are separated for recycling.
• The condition and appearance of tiles determines their most appropriate diversion from landfill route.
for the production of new yarn, while the bitumen from the backing is used in roofing, road building and concrete. Through its close partnership with Aquafil, post-consumer yarn waste is transformed into a yarn composed of 100% regenerated nylon, ECONYL. Currently, 50% of Desso’s carpet tile range is available with ECONYL yarn.
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