Recofloor

The vinyl flooring take-back scheme

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    • Bramhall Flooring – STI Poynton Electric Manufacturing Site

    Demonstrating easy use of Recofloor on-site Bramhall Flooring takes full advantage of scheme benefits.

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    Bramhall Flooring was initially engaged to replace the existing flooring with 1,400 sqm of Polyflor SD antistatic vinyl in 5100 silver grey.

    The contractor demonstrated the ease of implementing Recofloor to collect, return and recycle material from STI Poynton by placing large Recofloor bulk bags on site to collect all the uplifted vinyl with less than 3mm of adhesive for meeting Recofloor Specifications. The Installation offcuts from the new vinyl were also bagged separately and collected from site for recycling.

    • 4.5 tonnes collected
    • ‘Easy to use, Recofloor saves us money on skips and diverts waste from landfill’ – Bramhall Flooring

    Unfortunately, within two months of the project’s completion the whole building was left under a foot of water after a nearby river burst its banks. Despite being cleaned, the new vinyl had to be replaced due to concerns about possible water damage underneath.

    Bramhall Flooring returned to replace the floor, this time in a ‘more serviceable’ darker grey. A turbo- stripper was used to uplift the vinyl and again Recofloor was deployed and used on site.

    In total, around 18 pallets of waste vinyl flooring were recycled from both project phases.

    Comments

    Easy to use, Recofloor saves us money on skips and diverts waste from landfill
    Julian Normie, Managing Director at Bramhall Flooring
    We totally buy into Recofloor and it was easy to use on both phases of this project.. We rang up, asked for the bags and while we brought some back to our premises, most were collected from site as the project continued. We believe that recycling helps the environment and doesn’t contribute to overloaded landfill sites. Using Recofloor also saves us money on skips. We have been asked several times to provide evidence that we recycle as this helps clients with their BREEAM ratings – and Recofloor membership helps us to do this. Leading flooring manufacturers Polyflor and Altro founded Recofloor in 2009 to divert waste vinyl flooring from landfill. All recycled waste vinyl goes back into new products – including flooring. Operating across the UK and Ireland, the scheme collects post-installation flooring and offcuts from a wide variety of projects in diverse sectors.
    Bramhall Flooring
    Bramhall Flooring is a great example of a contractor engaging with the scheme and promoting its ease of use on projects.
    Carla Eslava, Recofloor Manager

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