Armstrong Recycles

Lancaster, PA, Nov. 14--Armstrong World Industries has reclaimed 10 million square feet of discarded ceiling tiles as part of its ceiling recycling psrogram. The 10 million mark was hit at the company's Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania plant as part of a shipment that contained 57,143 square feet of discarded ceiling tiles from an office renovation project at the General Motors Tower in Dearborn, Michigan. Its recycling program, the first of its kind, enables building owners to ship old ceilings from renovation projects to an Armstrong ceiling plant as an alternative to landfill disposal. Under the program, Armstrong even pays freight costs for shipping the old ceilings, which it uses as raw materials in the manufacture of new ceilings. The 10 million square feet of used ceiling tiles is enough to completely cover 208 football fields. The total also represents 7.048 million pounds, or more than 3,500 tons, of construction waste that would have normally been dumped in landfills. Armstrong introduced the recycling program in June 1999.