Green Flooring – Options You May Not Be Aware Of
Green flooring, sometimes called Eco Floorcovering, is the latest trend in the consumer flooring industry. Green or Eco floors can mean different things to different people. The industry doesn’t have any hard regulations to use the terms Green or Eco friendly but it has done a good job of trying to stay with or ahead of the trend by using multiple tactics to help the environment in several ways. When shopping for an Eco friendly or Green floor product there are quite a few things to consider. Obviously, you want a floor that will perform well for your situation and the right product that will give a great look to make you proud of your project. What you need to know is that when a manufacturer considers a product Green friendly, it can mean a multitude of things and some of which you may have never even thought of.
• Sustainability – One method of creating floorcovering that is environmentally friendly is to create a flooring product that does not rapidly deplete the natural resources of the Earth. One example of this is the recent popularity of Bamboo and cork flooring. Both of these flooring types are promoted as hard surface alternatives to hardwood floors. Bamboo is a quickly growing resource and can be harvested with minimal impact to the environment. Cork can also be used as a rapid renewing resource as the process to obtain Cork does not harm the Tree and can be grow back quickly as compared to traditional Hardwood forests. Another new exciting product geared towards sustainability is Mohawk’s Smartstrand, using Carpet fibers produced from Corn.
• Recycling – Many manufacturers have taken a stance on Zero landfill manufacturing. The Carpet industry is a good example of this. Several Carpet manufacturers are continually trying to improve their process to re-use waste materials into new products or even the mainstream products to reduce waste. An example of this is a mainstream carpet fiber called P.E.T that is produced using recycled plastic bottles that would have otherwise ended up in landfills.
• Energy Consumption – Floorcovering producers have embraced the plan to save Energy both to improve the bottom line as well as help reduce the need for Coal and Fossil burning sources of Electricity. Several manufacturers have specific products made solely from alternative power sources such as Wind.
• Non harmful materials – New products are being researched and developed that will assist in flooring installation or the flooring itself that will not harm the environment as previous products have if they do end up in landfills or as waste.
When shopping for a Green floor, make sure you know all the options and find the product that best fits your needs and reduces an impact in one way or another on the environment.
Whether shopping online or in person, make sure you check out all of the Green Eco Friendly Flooring at OwenCarpet.com, a Dalton, GA original flooring wholesaler.
The author, Eric Dyer is an Owner of Owen Carpet based in Dalton, Ga. Owen Carpet was featured by NBC’s Today show as the #1 place in America to buy Floorcovering.
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