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For nearly half a century, Tandus Flooring has been a pioneer in the areas of research and development of innovative solutions while continually advancing business practices to meet the critical environmental challenges facing our industry. Consistent with this heritage of innovation, Tandus Flooring established the INFINITY INITIATIVE.
The Infinity Initiative encourages the forward thinking and risk taking that leads to the breakthrough technology that will fix the environmental problems of today and serve as the springboard to answer the challenges of tomorrow. The collective energy within the Tandus Flooring community has led the progression of historic milestones in environmental and social responsibility and sets the stage for future successes.
Tandus Flooring launched the industry’s first closed loop recycling program in 1994. Tandus Flooring recycles for the industry, we have recycled more than 175 million pounds of flooring and other waste with more than 60 percent of product reclaimed and recycled is not original Tandus Flooring product. Floor products produced through reclamation are identified as ER3® products.
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The Infinity Initiative has led to absolute transparency to environmental claims. In 2000, Tandus Flooring became the first in our industry to acquire third party certification for our environmental claims. This process was highlighted in 2010 when our Center for Environmental Innovation became the world’s first third party certified flooring reclamation center.
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Tandus Flooring ventured outside our own industry to find valuable alternative waste streams for feed-stock. This search for alternative material streams and collaboration with a leading healthcare provider yielded ethos, a high performance polymer, recycled from disposed windshields and safety glass.
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Through our unique partnership with Cargill, Tandus Flooring introduced Genesis, a sheath core fiber constructed of nylon and bio-based polymer that achieves a yarn system with 15% rapidly renewable material with no compromise in performance.
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Tandus Floorings invention of the RS Installation System, (mill-applied “peel and stick” process) in 1988, eliminated the need for wet glues and revolutionized the industry. In addition to virtually eliminating VOCs associated with new flooring installation, the RS system has prevented more than three million glue buckets to local landfill and saved thousands of gallons of fuel in transportation.
Introduced in 1967, Powerbond was the industry’s first hybrid resilient sheet flooring constructed of a nylon wear layer and closed cell cushion “Powerbonded” together through heat and pressure. In the past four decades, Powerbond has proven to be a fiscally responsible product that supports a healthier indoor environment, an innovative design medium and a product that is an environmentally responsible choice.
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