Florida Tile Porcelain Has 40% Recycled Content

Lexington, KY, Jan. 9, 2012 -- Florida Tile said that all of its domestically produced porcelain products have been certified to contain at least 40% recycled content.

The certification was made by the independent Bureau Veritas.

The achievement is part of Florida Tile’s Creating A Responsible Environmental Strategy program, said company president Michael Franceschelli.

“The certification is not only a great achievement for Florida Tile but also an industry first,” according to Franceschelli.

“Other U.S. manufacturers have successfully achieved high recycled content with certain colors or among some series, but not across the board in porcelain and definitely not to this extent.” 

Florida Tile has a system to recycle and re-use the byproducts from its manufacturing process, including water used in production, clay, unfired tile, dust and unfired ceramic tile. It can also regrind fired porcelain and reintroduce it into the body of new tile.