Summer is often one of the busiest times in construction – including vinyl flooring fittings ramping up throughout the season. Therefore, we know how quickly waste vinyl flooring can build up and the challenge it can represent to contractors to clear their sites. The great news? Your green practices can…
Flooring that cares
As a Project Manager at Recofloor, I often experience vinyl flooring installation viewed through the lens of being a practical, technical process: selecting the right product, preparing subfloors, and ensuring a high-quality, durable finish. In many sectors, the focus is inevitably on longevity, maintenance and cost-effectiveness. However, these factors –…
Recofloor smashes annual targets as it surpasses 2.5 million m2 of vinyl flooring recycled
Vinyl takeback scheme celebrates increased impact as more contractors request collections than ever before. Recofloor – the UK’s leading vinyl takeback scheme – has announced the collection of 533 tonnes of vinyl flooring in 2024, besting its annual target by 6% and reaching the equivalent of 2,550,000 m2 of vinyl…
How digital tools can help you share sustainability messages and boost business
With eco-friendly practices increasingly in demand, it’s important to make sure customers know about your sustainability activities. Digital channels can help you spread the word, raise your profile, and attract new business. At Recofloor, the vinyl recycling scheme founded by Altro and Polyflor, we see first-hand how our members’ businesses…
Contractors – How companies can make the most of Recofloor to boost business by putting sustainability up front
More and more, large contractors and construction companies want to work with suppliers who are serious about sustainability. As a Recofloor member, your recycling activities are helping cut CO2 and reduce waste. But unless you tell people, they won’t know – and you could be missing out on business. So…
Distributors – How to use your website effectively to promote your Recofloor drop-off point and boost your sustainability credentials
As a Recofloor drop-off point host, you know that providing the service strengthens your business. So it makes sense to use your website to give helpful information to users and to promote the service to potential new users. You also know that the drop-off point is helping cut CO2 and…
FAQs – Flooring contractors and construction companies
1. What is Recofloor? Recofloor is a national commercial collection service that provides the flooring industry with a green method of disposing of waste vinyl flooring for recycling. The material collected is used to produce new flooring or alternative products used in traffic management. Founded by Altro and Polyflor in…
FAQs – Distributors
1. What is Recofloor? Recofloor is a national commercial collection service that provides the flooring industry with a green method of disposing of waste vinyl flooring for recycling. The material collected is used to produce new flooring or alternative products used in traffic management products. Founded by Altro and Polyflor…
Specify Recofloor and work towards achieving zero waste targets
Reduce your environmental impact by specifying Recofloor, the leading vinyl flooring take-back scheme founded by Altro and Polyflor. Specifying Recofloor makes an important contribution to the environmental sustainability of any project by cutting CO2 and reducing waste. Importantly, Recofloor is both cost-effective and convenient. The service offers massive savings up…
Recofloor celebrates the achievements of its recycling champions
Recofloor celebrated its members recycling achievements at a prestigious event withinTwickenham Stadium, London last month. Representatives of the scheme founders Altro and Polyflor, together with the Recofloor team were delighted to reward the commitment, passion and hard work of Recofloor members who contributed to collecting 580 tonnes of waste vinyl…
Our Achievements for 2021
Recofloor offers a sustainable collection service for commercial vinyl flooring, using the circular economy model by recycling waste material into new products. In this post, we want to share some of the milestones we accomplished in 2021! In 2021, our scheme managed to collect 587 tonnes of waste vinyl flooring,…
