Environmental Page

 

Being 100% environmentally friendly is hard, but we all try, so the same applies at International Floorcoverings. We are trying to be as Environmentally friendly as possible. Our policy is; “what ever can be recycled generally is”. Instead of disposing of the clean off cut waste material from our projects, we recycle it to make the sampling that we give away. Whenever the need arises to use adhesives, we do our best to use Eco friendly adhesives that are extremely low TVOC (total volatile organic compounds) and give out low odour. We even go to the point of re using the cardboard and plastic tubing that the large new rolls of carpet are rolled on as well as the plastic wrapping that these large rolls of carpet are covered in. 

 

Our entire range of woven carpets are Environmentally friendly. Our natural fibre carpets, including wool, sisal, jute, seagrass and coir are made from renewable or plentiful resources, are low in embodied energy and pollution impacts, also the dyes used are acid free and conform with all European standards. 

 

No pesticides or chemical fertilizers are used in sisal production, and although herbicides are occasionally used, even this impact may be eliminated, since most weeding is done by hand. 

 

Allergy problems are lessened because both coir and sisal contain tannins which repel dust mites. They also absorb moisture from the air when it's humid and release it when the humidity drops, which helps stabilise the surroundings for sensitive noses. 

 

When looking at flooring for your particular project, choose products with very low or no solvent and harmful particle emissions, such as Coir and Sisal which are non-toxic, antistatic and antibacterial. These environmentally friendly characteristics are making our natural fibre carpets increasingly popular with the Australian consumer. 

 

Even Our Woven Antron is an Environmental Green Label Fibre 

 

Woven Platinum Antron®  6.6 Nylon fibre commercial carpet comes with the green tick of approval, this is due to the fibre being recyclable, the energy used for manufacturing the Antron® fibre is 30% lower than the European benchmark. Added to this is the durability of the product, lasting longer on the floor, lessens the need to replace it as often as other commercial carpet. 

 

Woven Antron Excel Fibre is Certified by Scientific Certification System as an Environmentally Preferred Product 

 

Woven Antron Excel Fibre holds a CRI Green Label Plus (USA) GLP 7478 rating for indoor air quality with VOC’s of less than 0.5mg/sq hr 

 

 

                                      

 

Woven Antron Excel fibre is a renewable resource