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If you want to see beautiful examples of our commitment to the environment, look at our products. They are the culmination of everything we do, and we know they must achieve maximum performance while minimizing resources.
That's why every Mannington product goes through our rigorous STAGE/GATE process. Environmental responsiveness is built right into each product through the "Design for Environment" steps. We research market needs to be sure our product delivers precisely the performance needed, and subject each product to up-front testing and evaluation to decrease changeover time, product rejects, and manufacturing waste.
This level of critical thinking is reflected in our products. All of our modular carpet with Infinity backing and Antron fiber has been certified SCS Sustainable Choice-Gold as an Environmentally Preferable Product under the new Sustainable Carpet Assessment Draft Standard (ANSI Draft Standard NSF 140 – 2005). And we’ve taken recycling to the next step by making carpet out of resilient flooring and vice versa. Infinity® RE carpet backing contains both recycled carpet and hard-surface flooring, and 40% of hard-surface Relay™ comes from recycled carpet. ArtCraft™ is composed entirely of post-production yarn and ArtWorks™ mixes post-production yarn with high-percentage recycled content yarn. Streamlines™, our lower face-weight carpet collection, does more with less. We also work to continually increase the recycled content in all our products.
It also means we look above the floor - to the air. Indoor air quality is a growing concern, and we have taken it seriously. Our products meet the CRI GreenLabel and GreenLabel Plus standards, the FloorScore standard and the CHPS 1350 IAQ standard. We work with our vendors to make sure our adhesives also meet these standards.
We've looked to the future - to when you are done with the product. Even if it is just a sample, there is our Boomerang sample return program. We are involved in the reclamation commitments of the Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE), and can help you recycle rather than landfill your carpet product. Even our carpet tile seconds are reused - we donate them to local charities, churches, schools and civic groups.