Green & Environmentally-Friendly Products
These products and materials will meet your environmentally-friendly standards on any level.
APC and Solida Cork:
- Cork is a sustainable product that is the bark of the Cork Oak tree
- It is harvested once the tree has reached a mature age of twenty-five and every nine years afterwards
- The trees are never felled for their bark and they live to be about 200 years old
- About 95% of the cork used in cork flooring is pre-consumer recycled material. It’s made from the leftover bark, after cork has been ‘popped’ out for wine/bottle corks
American Olean
- American Olean offers the Saisons line, composed of 50.9% pre-consumer recycled material, and their Candalara Glass line can have up to 79% post-consumer recycled materials.
EXAMPLES
- 53% Selce line
- 10-50.9% Pietre de Serre
- 12.5-50.9% Calliano
- 50.9% Saisons
- Candalara Glass can have up to 79% post-consumer recycled materials
Appomattox Tile Art
- Mosaics designed and created in Virginia
- Located in Old Petersburg, Va in a renovated location
- Creates local jobs and supports local artistry
Cambria:
- Harsh chemical sealants and cleaners not necessary (b/c non-porous)
- Produced in the U.S., so less transportation required
- 1 LEED point for low emissions
- 100% H2O used in production is recycled (through filtration and sedimentation)
- Toyota Priuses are used in fleet vehicles
Crossville, Ecocycle:
- Contains 40% recycled ceramic content, certified by Scientific Certification Systems
Ekobe (Coconut):
- Sustainable product – no environmental impact
- EKOBE products are made of 100% natural materials. No chemicals are used
- Trees remain alive and contribute to elimination of CO2
- Nature produced material, resistant to organic decomposition and mechanical wear
Ergon, GreenTech:
- GreenTech is made of 40% pre-consumer/post-industrial material
- GreenTech tile can help projects qualify for 2 LEED points
- Ergon recycles all water used in the production process
- Use completely recycled materials for packaging, including boxes, plastic wrap and wooden palettes
- GreenTech has a white "green" tile which is difficult to achieve using recycled material
Fireclay, Debris Line:
- Fireclay’s Debris line contains 50% post-consumer and pre-consumer recycled materials
- The terra cotta body is made up of 26% post consumer mixed bottle glass and 26% pre-consumer granite dust
Happy Floors, Neos & Living lines:
- Neos and Living are comprised of 15% recycled material in their body and glaze
- These lines are some of the few affordable "green" options
Ice Stone:
- 70-75% recycled material by weight – generally 80-100% pre-consumer, balance being post-consumer
- Uses 100% recycled glass in a cement matrix
- Operate from renovated day-lit factory in Brooklyn, NY Navy Yard
- Provides U.S. jobs in safe, eco-friendly environment
- Over 80% of their waste is recycled, recovered or composted
- Used in LEED Headquarters
- Replaced petroleum-based machine lubrication w/ soy-based
Mapei:
- Mapei products and environmental practices can contribute toward up to eight points in 2 separate performance areas required for your LEED certification
- In the Indoor Environmental Quality performance area, MAPEI products can contribute toward 1 point in each of the following areas, Low-Emitting Materials: Adhesives & Sealants, Paints & Coatings, Carpet Systems and Composite Wood & Agrifiber Products
- In the Materials and Resources performance area, MAPEI products can contribute toward 1 point in each of the following areas: Recycled Content, 10% and 20%. Regional Materials, 10% and 20%
Marazzi
- Reuses 100% of its "green" (unfired) tile that is scrapped during the manufacturing process; this material is used to produce new tile body material
- Recycles approximately 25% of their fired scrap tile material by sending it to a local manufacturer of bricks for use in their body material
- Recycles over 90% of industrial wastewater generated during its manufacturing processes for reuse in the manufacturing process
Ergon, Mikado:
- Total recycling of the mud resulting from the purifying of the processing water
- Direct and indirect recycling of both raw and fired processing wastes with minimum solid or gaseous emission in the atmosphere
- Use of completely recyclable materials for packing: from the paper or the carton boxes, to the plastic of the wrappings, up to the wooden palettes, conforming to the FAO regulations
- Complete recycling of all the water used in the production process, drastically reducing the consumption
Oceanside Glass:
- OSG reduced their energy consumptions by 10% in 2007
- Two million pounds of bottle glass from curbside recycling programs are used per year
- 60%+ recycled material used in packaging
- Many OSG tiles are comprised of medium to high percentages of recycled glass that are made of pre- and post-consumer material, most having a good chunk of post-consumer
- Colors and blends that have the highest percentages (over 60%) are: Bohemian, Midori, Spruce, Sierra Meadow, Arctic Sky and Cobalt - Think blues, greens and browns
Silestone:
- Color “Dali” has 70% post-consumer recycled glass content
- Stellar Series, Coffee Brown and Absolute Green contain 35% post-consumer recycled glass
- Silestone’s parent company uses 98% recycled water in the slab sizing, cutting and polishing process
Terra Green:
- All Terra Green products are created with at least 55% recycled glass
- Can help projects qualify for LEED points
- Made in USA
Vidrepur Glass:
- Vidrepur Glass is made from 80% recycled car windshields and 20% recycled glass bottles
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