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Even though recycling is only one of many elements of a manufacturer’s sustainability challenge, it’s a major focus because reclamation, recycling and reuse demand a cooperative effort that requires the creation of a complete infrastructure.
Dematerialization is a long word for a very simple concept that lies at the core of any successful manufacturing model, green or otherwise: using less material.
While the A&D community was arguably the driving force behind the greening of the built environment, now it’s starting to look more like the victim.
Today’s laminates are better looking than ever and many have outstanding performance characteristics comparable to more expensive hard surfaces.
Many people ask what a retailer should be doing when the economy is soft and store traffic is down. It’s times like these that make me love the flooring business even more.
Even though sustainable design has been around for a number of years and is becoming more important by the day, the practice is still very much in its infancy, says one of the true experts in sustainable design, Bill McDonough.
I’ve never claimed to be the smartest person in the room, so let me acknowledge to you that there are words whose definitions are so vast they tend to intimidate me. One of those words is “sustainability.”
Located in a suburb of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Malkin’s Carpets is an independent flooring retailer that offers carpet, hardwood, laminate, ceramic tile, area rugs, and vinyl floorcovering.
The independent retailers we surveyed from across the country have a lot on their minds, as they face new challenges at every stage of their business.
It’s a transitional year in the commercial business, strengthening in places and slowing in others, facing new challenges, and in its own way last month’s NeoCon reflected those dynamics.