Milliken Contract Says Carpet NSF-140 Certified

LaGrange, GA, Nov. 18, 2008--Milliken Contract said that all of its commercial carpet collections are now certified to the NSF-140 Sustainable Carpet Assessment Standard.

All commercial collections also achieved carbon neutral certification from the Leonardo Academy without purchased credits.
 
“Milliken has made a commitment to certify all carpet products without exception and to meet the highest environmental standards in manufacturing,” said Bill Gregory, Milliken’s director of sustainability.
 
Milliken carpet collections attain carbon neutral certification from the Leonardo Academy with credits earned internally from reduced emissions and forest sequestration. Customers for modular products have the option of ES backing with NSF-140 Gold ranking or ESP backing with increased post-consumer content and NSF-140 Platinum ranking. All broadloom collections meet NSF-140 Gold certification criteria.
 
This includes meeting performance and environmental requirements for: public health and environment; energy and energy efficiency; bio-based, recycled and Environmentally Preferable Product (EPP) materials; manufacturing operations; reclamation; and end-of-life management.
 
The company said that no other carpet products contribute more toward LEED certification. Milliken’s 100% post-consumer recycled closed loop system is the only modular carpet product classified as refurbished or reused that contributes to LEED.