UK Vinyl Recycler Recofloor Has First Anniversary

London, England, Sept. 13, 2010--Recofloor, the vinyl flooring recycling joint venture formed by manufacturers Altro and Polyflor, has collected and recycled 155 tons of vinyl and safety flooring off-cuts in its first full year.

Recofloor predicts a 15% increase in waste flooring collections and recycling equaling, 175 ton in its second year in 2011.

The joint venture was formed to reduce the amount of waste flooring sent to landfill. The collected material is recycled back into new flooring products, traffic cones and traffic sign bases.

Sonia Baker, environment market manager at Polyflor, said Recofloor is looking forward to signing more contractors and distributors in its second year.

Recofloor project manager Jane Gardner of Axion Consulting, agent for the Recofloor, said the next challenge was to develop a sustainable, cost-effective and efficient collection system.