InterfaceFlor ReEntry Program Now in Europe

Atlanta, GA, March 16, 2011 -- InterfaceFlor has expanded its ReEntry 2.0 system of separating yarn and backing from used carpet tile into Europe at its operation in the Netherlands.

The company expects to divert some 2,700 metric tons of used carpet tile from European disposal facilities annually, enabling the materials to be recycled into new carpet tile yarn and backing.

The company said that four times less energy is required to process materials through the ReEntry 2.0 system than is needed to process the same amount of virgin materials for carpet production.

The Netherlands facility is also powered 100-percent by renewable electricity, and backing reprocessed through the system use 20 times less energy than virgin backing.