COMMITMENT TO THE ENVIRONMENT

At Brumark, our dedication to being your Total Flooring Solution includes a commitment to being your Green Flooring Solution. We are focused on reducing our environmental impact while continuing to provide our customers with innovative, high-quality products.

This affects everything we do, from carefully selecting safe, healthy materials to working toward viable solutions for reclamation and recycling. Many of our existing products are manufactured using recycled or recyclable materials, and we continually look for new ways to be environmentally responsible with our product line. At the same time, many of our products are designed for maximum durability and sustainability, so they can be reused many times.

We recognize that this is an ongoing process, and we’ve made a long-term commitment to doing all we can to improve our environment today… and for future generations.

TraxFlex:

• Made from a sustainable green product source
• Recyclable

BruLock:

• Sustainable Option Made from recycled content
• 100% recyclable — we accept the tiles back for recycling
• Long-lasting — replace individual tiles, rather than the entire floor

Cases:

• Recyclable
• Made completely from Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET), which is extruded from recycled plastic bottles
• Lids made from 40% PET and 60% regrind material

Centiva:

• None of the production materials from manufacturing are lost or end up in a landfill
• All the regrind and dust is recycled into new flooring

Turf – Reality Grass:

• Made from pre-consumer recycled elements
• Backing is made from eco-friendly polyolefin materials
• Environmentally friendly — conserves water; eliminates need for fertilizers and pesticides
• 100% recyclable

EnviroRubber:

• Made from recycled tires
• Recyclable
• No toxic adhesives needed for installation
• Durable and highly reusable

BruCork :

• Made from recycled wine cork waste, which is made from the renewable bark of cork oak trees
• 100% biodegradable
• Environmentally friendly manufacturing process
• Naturally rot-, mildew- and fire-resistant — no chemical treatments necessary

Bamboo :

• Made from a renewable material
• Recyclable
• Biodegradable
• 100% natural

Raised Flooring:

• Recyclable
• Made from polycarbonate (a very hard plastic) for maximum durability and product life

Snaplock:

• Sustainable and recyclable, but are not made from recycled products.

Soft Floor/Carpet:

• Flooring is made from recycled EVA- Ethylene vinyl acetate.

Sisal:

• Made from a renewable resource grown with minimal pesticides and herbicides
• Biodegradable
• Durable

Exhibit Carpet:

• Made from recycled plastic bottles
• 100% post-consumer recycled content that is superior to lower grades of synthetic fibers used in making other brands of carpet yarn
• Recyclable

ORGANIC CARPET
Sorona - Carpet made from Corn

• Corn Converted into Sugar – Glucose Sugar
• Converted to Monomers and then to Polymers
• Fibers and Fabrics made out of Polymers

Rebond Padding:

• Made from 100% post-industrial waste
• Each month, 15 million pounds of recycled scrap foam rubber is used to make padding
• Waste carpet and yarns are recycled into premium synthetic cushion

Fiber Padding:

• Manufactured from recycled polyester fibers

Polyurethane Padding:

• Recyclable
• Certified for low emissions
• Extends carpet life

1 in every 4 plastic bottles becomes recyclable carpet. Nearly 3 billion (bn) plastic bottles are recycled each year, Helping to keep more than 1bn lbs of plastic out of landfills since 1999.

PET (Polyethylene Terephthalate) Carpet fiber Extruded from recycled plastic bottles, Contains 100% post-consumer recycled content. Plastic beverage bottles made with top quality PET resins as required by the US Food & Drug Administration, Thus the recycled product is superior to lower grades of synthetic fibers used in making other brands of carpet yarns.

All bottle parts used. Cap and the label are used to make carpet cores Reusable unlike Cardboard cores.

1.PET bottles – sorted, grounded into fine chips and cleaned

2. Chips – melted and extruded into fiber

3. Fiber – Spun into Carpet yarn

4. Carpet yarn into carpet – controlled process to maintain finest Quality

5. Highest Standards of Performance

• Corn Converted into Sugar – Glucose Sugar

• Converted to Monomers and then to Polymers

• Fibers and Fabrics made out of Polymers