Surfaces Exhibitors Donate Flooring from Show

Las Vegas, NV, Feb. 17, 2015 -- Exhibitors at Surfaces last month committed to donating 140,765 pounds of used flooring to the Mountain Re-Source Center.

Informa Exhibitions U.S., organizer of Surfaces, said that more than 84 exhibitors will donate to the program, which also included another 571,725 pounds of commodity materials that would have otherwise gone to a landfill.

Officials from the Mandalay Bay Convention Center said 80% of the total waste generated from the show was recycled.  Recycled materials included cardboard, carpet, carpet pads, concrete, metal, aluminum, paper, plastics, wood crates and pallets.

Through the established Mountain Re-Source Center partnership, the recycling initiative for The International Surface Event is in its fourth consecutive year.
 
Product donations filled eight 53-foot trailers to capacity and one large flatbed stacked high with rolls of carpet. Donations from the show have more than tripled since the program was launched in 2012.