ReEntry recycling 4
The separated backing is fed into new backing on site.
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The separated backing is fed into new backing on site.
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The recycled yarn is put in big batches to be sent back to our yarn supplier.
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The yarn is being separated from the backing
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Tiles quality inspection before going through our ReEntry 2.0 recycling process.
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Urban Retreat Three provides an elegant palette for a classical environment.
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Urban Retreat Three pairs quite elegantly with Urban Retreat One.
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The three patterns in Urban Retreat Three share the same eight hues found in Urban Retreat Two.
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Urban Retreat Three is inspired by biophilic design. It is is a conspiracy of refined textures that are destined to seduce.
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Mixing these patterns accentuates the differences in scale, volume and movement.
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Urban Retreat Two collects the orderly and the organic in an exquisitely restrained palette.
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Urban Retreat Two presents 3 patterns in a shared neutral palette of 8 colourways.
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The rich texture of Urban Retreat Two lends a unique look and feel to any interior space.
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Urban Retreat One is available in three beautiful patterns inspired by nature.
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Urban Retreat One offers 8 colourways in a complex primary pattern and 8 boldy mixed colours in a transitional pattern.
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Urban Retreat One combines sharp and blurred patterns.
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Urban Retreat One is available in three beautiful patterns inspired by nature. It combines sharp and blurred patterns and is particularly suited to areas where the design of the space is a high priority.
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Metropolis Past offers rich, dense colours and subtle textures which create floors of unusual depth.
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Using Monochrome you can identify different spaces and working areas with no partition walls.
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Monochrome comes in an array of colours – making it simple match to other interior products and furnishings.
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With Monochrome you can create a seamless wall-to-wall flooring.
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Madritum is made to perform in any business location, retaining its striking appearance in high-traffic areas.
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Hydropolis offers a radical new direction in design thinking, where visual trickery inspires unfamiliar effects.
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With Histonium, the lines are disturbed, rippling unevenly to resemble flimsy fabric, translucent and torn.
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Etruria has contrasting areas of light and shade and amorphous mapping of unexplored worlds.
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With its deep, dark colours, Bisanzio is inspired by twisted, tangled, contorted tree bark, glimpsed in twilight.
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Biosfera is our most sustainable product to date, in 46 colourways.
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With Biosfera, you have the choice of three high-performance tufted carpets; Micro, Bouclé and Velour.
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The yarn used in Biosfera is made from used fishing nets and fluff from used carpets.
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Biosfera is made using 100% recycled yarn.
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Biosfera Boucle is suitable for monolithic installation, so you can create seamless, wall-to-wall effects.
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Biosfera Micro uses around 50% less yarn than a typical carpet tile.
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The main interior ingredient that can establish and maintain a zone, with ease and without building barriers, is flooring.
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Effective zoning starts with the floor.
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Modular flooring is the only type of flooring that gives you the flexibility and creativity you need.
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Modular flooring can also be combined with hard surfaces and other materials.
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Modular flooring gives the opportunity to mix and match colours, patterns and textures, to work with unusual shapes.
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Modular flooring is made for zoning.
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Once the flooring has identified the zone, you’re free to use the other design tools to enhance and embellish it.
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The main interior ingredient that can establish and maintain a zone, with ease and without building barriers, is flooring.
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Effective zoning starts with the floor.
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Modular flooring is the only type of flooring that gives you the flexibility and creativity you need.
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Quality inspection after the carpet is cut in tiles, by using ultrasonic technology
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A random patterned product in the manufacturing process
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Yarns and cones are recycled in the manufacturing
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A pioneering carpet tile collection, introducing bio-based nylon, made for heavy wear
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A wide selection of styles and colours are available with 100% recycled nylon
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Transformation - non-directional installation reduces installation time and waste
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How would nature design a floor? We use biomimicry as a source of design inspiration
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Used carpet tiles re-used for shed roofing in France
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Used carpet tiles re-used for art project in Girona Flower Festival, Spain
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Used carpet tiles being cleaned with German ReEntry® partner
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Used carpet tiles re-used for temporary purpose in examination halls
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Used carpet tiles re-used for art project in Girona Flower Festival, Spain
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Fully automatised warehousing facility
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Carpet tiles with random designs, suitable for non-directional installation minimise installation waste down to 1-2%
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Modular carpet reduces installation waste significantly compared to broadloom carpet
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Sourcing of used fishing nets for recycling into nylon for new carpet
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Working with Zoological Society London to establish innovative supply chain
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Multi-modal transport, using barges and trains instead of trucks reduces environmental impact
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Collecting used fishing nets in Philippines for recycling into nylon
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Fotosfera, our first truly commercial carpet tile, made with 63% bio-based nylon
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Fotosfera is available in two designs, Micro & Structured, each with eight coordinating colourways
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Fotosfera, our first truly commercial carpet tile, made with 63% bio-based nylon
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Yarn cones in the manufacturing
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Solar panels used on the main office building in Scherpenzeel, The Netherlands
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Solar panels used on the main office building in Scherpenzeel, The Netherlands
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The carpet tiles are picked up to be recycled in the ReEntry® 2.0 process
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The carpet tiles are ready for pick up, to go to recycling
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The stacked tiles can easily enter the elevator
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Carpet tiles are easy to transport
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The carpet tiles are easily uplifted and stacked
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The carpet tiles are easily uplifted and stacked
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Used carpet tiles are being de-installed for recycling
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Fully automatised warehousing facility
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Automatised packaging avoids heavy repeated lifts
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Ultrasonic cutting reduces manufacturing waste by around 300 tonnes per year
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Highly advanced technology is used in the microtufting process
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Yarn cones in the manufacturing
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Testing for the suitability of castor chair use
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All products undergo thorough testing to meet the most stringent standards
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Automatised conveyor belt and packaging
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Ultrasonic cutting reduces cutting waste in the manufacturing with around 80% compared to die cutting
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Easy and clean installation, step 4/4, with less disruption to the building users
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Easy and clean installation, step 3/4, with less disruption to the building users
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Easy and clean installation, step 2/4, with less disruption to the building users
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Easy and clean installation, step 1/4, with less disruption to the building users
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TacTiles™ facilitate easy recycling. No carpet is stuck on the floor.
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TacTiles™ create a floating floor, with no damage to the sub floor
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TacTiles™ come in small cardboard boxes that are easy to carry, transport and recycle.
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TacTiles™ create a glue-free installation, with no odour and virtually zero VOCs
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Verified carbon offsetting: Wind turbine construction in India
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Verified carbon offsetting: Fuel efficient stoves, Cambodia
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Verified carbon offsetting: Fuel switch programme - Ceramic factory in Brazil
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Verified carbon offsetting: Biomass collected in the fields, India
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Verified carbon offsetting: Reforestation project in Tanzania
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Verified carbon offsetting: Small scale hydro project in China
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Recycled content is used in all Graphlex® backed carpet tiles, increasing the overall recycled content
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Microtuft carpet uses around 50% less yarn compared to a traditional carpet tile
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High performance microtuft carpet, up to 50% less yarn than a typical carpet and 100% recycled nylon
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High performance cut pile with minimal material and 100% recycled nylon
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High performance loop pile with minimal material and 100% recycled nylon
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Nylon yarn with pre- and post consumer recycled content
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The recycled materials are processed and transformed into nylon chips
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Fishing nets being sorted at our supplier's for use in the 100% recycled nylon yarn
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Biosfera is made with 100% recycled nylon, some of it from used fishing nets
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Carpet fluff separated from Interface's ReEntry® 2.0 recycling process
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Separated carpet fluff is baled and shipped to suppliers
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Our first product with post-consumer recycled content was introduced in 2007
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Using recycled nylon yarn reduces the environmental impact significantly
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Biosfera uses 100% recycled nylon
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Biosfera is our most sustainable product to date, coming soon in 46 colourways
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The separated backing is fed into new backing on site.
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The high purity enables the yarn to be used as raw material for new products.
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The separated nylon yarn is sent to our suppliers for recycling.
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The main components are separated using advanced technology.
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The tiles pass a metal detector.
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The carpet tiles enter the process on a conveyor belt.
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ReEntry® 2.0 can recycle both our own and other manufacturers' tiles.
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The process is a breakthrough for like-for-like carpet recycling.
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ReEntry® 2.0 in Europe can recycle 600,000 m2 of carpet tiles annually.
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We introduced our ReEntry® 2.0 recycling process in the US in 2007.
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Every day valuable materials are wasted in landfill sites.
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Castor bean plants can help stabilise the soil and fight erosion.
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Castor bean plants can fetch revenue over ten times what it costs to start the crop.
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Fotosfera consists of yarn exclusive to Interface that is made from castor plant oil produced in rural communities.
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Castor bean plants can provide an additional income for rural farmers.
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The oil is extracted from the castor bean seeds and used in the further processing of the bio-based nylon used in Fotosfera.
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The seeds from the castor bean plants are dried in the sun.
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70% of the world's castor oil plants are grown in India.
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The seeds of the castor bean plants have a very high oil content
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Unlike many other crops used in bio-based materials, castor bean plants do not compete with food crops.
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Castor bean plants can thrive in land unsuitable for other uses.
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Castor bean plants require water as little as once in up to 25 days.
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Castor bean plants thrive in hot, dry climates and require very little water.
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Castor bean plants grow in only four months, and are therefore rapidly renewable
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Oil from castor bean plants is the key ingredient of the yarn used in our new Fotosfera collection
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