Vinyl Recycling Program Takes Hold in Scotland

Glasgow, Scotland, Nov. 4, 2011 -- Since launching Recofloor in Scotland just under six months ago, flooring wholesaler and distributor Headlam Scotland is turning the UK’s award-winning vinyl flooring recycling program into a success story.

More than 10 tons of waste vinyl flooring has been collected by the firm, Scotland’s largest floorcovering wholesaler and distributor, since April 2011. This figure represents some 3.5% of the total waste collected by Recofloor this year.

Collected material is sent back to flooring manufacturers and Recofloor founders, Altro and Polyflor for further processing. Clean offcuts are reprocessed back into new vinyl flooring. Smooth used flooring is used to make traffic management products such as traffic cone bases and speed bumps.