Recofloor, the UK’s leading vinyl flooring recycling take-back scheme, funded by leading UK flooring manufacturers Altro and Polyflor, continues to set the standard for circular economy practices across the sector. Since its launch, the scheme has successfully diverted more than 8,200 tonnes of vinyl flooring waste from landfill, demonstrating the…
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Heating up green practices and cooling down old disposal routes
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 –…
Turning waste into opportunity
This month, we’re shining the spotlight on Veitchi Flooring, a Recofloor member demonstrating how practical action and strong partnerships can deliver real circular impact across the flooring industry. Early this year, Veitchi took proactive steps to responsibly clear historical resilient flooring stock by putting reuse first, supporting education, and ensuring…
Recofloor announces winners of its 2026 sustainability awards
Flooring recovery scheme celebrates the businesses and people turning waste vinyl flooring into a resource, as members collect 563 tonnes in 2025. Recofloor has announced the winners of its 2026 Recofloor Awards, recognising flooring contractors, distributors and individuals who are helping the sector keep materials in use for longer, and…
Recofloor surpasses 8,200 tonnes, assisting contractors with vinyl flooring waste management
More than 8,000 tonnes of waste vinyl flooring have now been collected and recycled through Recofloor, the UK’s industry-led scheme founded by Altro and Polyflor in 2009. The milestone underlines Recofloor’s growing role in helping main contractors and flooring contractors meet waste flooring management and sustainability targets set out in…
Safe recycling practices
Sustainability and safety go hand in hand. At Recofloor, safety is at the heart of everything we do, and we take it seriously. By keeping non‑vinyl waste and sharps out of Recofloor containers, it helps create safer working environments and supports healthier conditions for everyone handling the vinyl for Recofloor…
Spring into action by keeping your recycling simple and on track
There is no doubt spring brings a refreshed energy with warmer, lighter days. By this time, most businesses have reviewed their business plans and targets and as warehouses get reorganised, projects ramp up for the year and teams get back into full swing. Spring is a natural point in the…
Celebrating apprenticeships and the future of the flooring industry
Earlier this month, National apprenticeship week offered an important moment to recognise the value of apprenticeships across our industry. For many flooring businesses, apprenticeships are far more than a training pathway — they are a commitment to the long‑term resilience, skills, and future of the trade. Apprentices bring fresh perspectives,…
Recofloor celebrates strong performance in 2025
UK sustainable flooring recycling scheme Recofloor welcomed 38 new members in 2025, rounding off an award‑winning year in which it collected 563 tonnes of flooring – enough material to cover 26 regulation‑sized football pitches. This marks a 6% year‑on‑year rise in material recovered and brings the total collected since the…
Flooring Matters SW champions sustainability and community spirit with Citizens Advice Torbay refit
The initiative was led by CSR Champion Maisie, with installation completed by Will and Dan, who delivered the project free of charge. Citizens Advice Torbay expressed their delight: “They came, they saw and they conquered – and all with a smile! Great customer focus and so very efficient in their…
Six good reasons to enter the Recofloor Awards!
If you are a Recofloor collector and committed to diverting waste from landfill and reducing CO2 emissions, then you can shout about this by entering the Recofloor Awards. The Recofloor Awards are unique in recognising and rewarding the sustainability efforts of companies of all sizes and individuals across the vinyl flooring sector who…
Recofloor to exhibit for the first time at the Flooring Show 2025 to promote vinyl recycling service
Recofloor – the nationwide recovery and recycling scheme pioneered by flooring manufacturers Altro and Polyflor – will participate for the first time in The Flooring Show at its 2025 edition, which takes place 21st – 23rd September at the Harrogate Convention Centre. The Recofloor team will be present on at…
Recofloor named 2025 Green World Ambassador
Recofloor’s recycling successes have earned it yet another major accolade – the 2025 Green World Ambassador Silver Award for Waste Management in the Building and Construction sector. The Green World Awards attract entries from across the globe and are one of the world’s most prestigious sustainability recognition campaigns. The win…
Recofloor’s 15th Anniversary event celebrates sustainability
Recofloor marked 15 years of its successful vinyl take-back and recycling scheme with an inspiring flooring sustainability event at the Belfry Hotel & Resort in Sutton Coldfield that brought together industry leaders, delegates and businesses to celebrate progress and share knowledge in sustainable practices. Sponsored by scheme founders Altro and…
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…
Recofloor celebrates 15 years of recycling with sustainability event
Leading vinyl take-back scheme Recofloor is celebrating 15 years of successful recycling with a flooring sustainability day at the Belfry Hotel & Resort in Sutton Coldfield on Friday 25th April 2025. Sponsored by scheme founders Altro and Polyflor and hosted by sustainability champion Chris Hines MBE, the event is free…
Resource Futures takes on management of multi award-winning Recofloor scheme
The multi award-winning Recofloor scheme will be managed by Resource Futures after flooring manufacturers Altro and Polyflor commissioned the B Corp to support the scheme going forwards with its mission to recover and recycle commercial waste vinyl flooring in the UK. Set up in 2009 as part of a WRAP…
