UK Vinyl Recycling Program Keeps Growing

Bramhall, UK, Feb. 28 2012 -- Recofloor said it continues to break waste vinyl flooring recycling records with 447 tons collected in 2011.

This figure is evenly split between smooth offcuts (34%), safety offcuts (33%) and smooth uplifted vinyl (33%) and is well over double the 189 tons recovered in 2010.
 
Founded by flooring manufacturers Altro and Polyflor as the UK’s first joint industry-led recycling initiative, Recofloor has now grown to 437 members across the supply chain, from waste transfer stations to flooring contractors and distributors. Nine drop-off sites and 192 new flooring contractors came on board during 2011.