When it comes to collecting waste vinyl flooring for recycling you are the most important piece of the puzzle. Whether you are a business owner, fitter or simply a part of an organisation, helping to take a step towards sustainability considering the steps to collect good quality material is essential.    

But are sustainability credentials the only benefit it provides? In reality, recycling vinyl flooring contributes to the welfare of ourselves and future generations and here is why:

Conserve resources

The first and most obvious benefit can be associated with the environment. Recycling vinyl flooring helps you play a vital role in conserving natural resources and reducing waste.

Avoid landfills or incineration

When the time comes to dispose of the offcuts or uplifted material it is essential to consider the appropriate course of action. The more you contribute to recycling vinyl flooring, the less likely it is to end up in a landfill or sent for incineration.

Save costs

Recycling vinyl flooring can help your organisation financially by avoiding increased commercial waste disposal costs. Joining hands with Recofloor can help you save up to 70% when compared to landfill tax or skips.  

Save on industry footprints

All the material we collect is returned to Altro and Polyflor, in the UK. This waste is recycled back into new flooring or sent to a UK traffic management product manufacturer. For every kg of offcuts we recycle, we are helping to save approximately 1.2 Kg of CO2 emissions. This calculation is based on displacing the concrete in traffic management products, the primary application for the flooring collected. 

How to collect material for recycling: The Recofloor way

Here we explain a few tips to enhance the recycling of vinyl flooring and how to do it right to ensure the success of the recycling:

Introduce Recofloor

Introducing Recofloor to your customer ensures that when you start a project you and your colleagues know about Recofloor, its guidelines, and its requirements.

Depending on the project you might need to introduce Recofloor ahead, so think about specifying Recofloor on your tender, and agree with the customer about using the scheme onsite.

Raise awareness onsite

There is often other trades working onsite and it might be require to mention Recofloor to them, so they are aware to keep their waste off the Recofloor collection containers.

Separate vinyl types

Recofloor allows you to collect various types of vinyl products and using the appropriate Recofloor labelled containers will help you separate the different types of flooring and keep contaminants away.

This will enhance your staffs’ understanding of the distinctions between the acceptable vinyl flooring products and ensure proper placement based on their respective characteristics.

Monitor and keep track

Collecting waste vinyl flooring right the first time is important, as any contamination can disrupt your efforts. Therefore, initiate the practice of monitoring and tracking your vinyl waste from day one to help ace the recycling process. When possible, share the responsibility of monitoring with one or two colleagues to ease the task.

Keep containers secure 

Properly place Recofloor bulk bags on pallets and if possible, tied with the loops when ready for collection. If you are using the Recofloor bins, keep these locked and let other members of the team know who has the key. Be wary of how much vinyl waste you generate on a daily basis, the containers capacity and collection times. You don’t want to end up with overflowing containers. 

Do the final check

Any possible contamination can also be eliminated during one final check before sending the containers. The recycling process can come to a stop if contamination is found. This is why it is important for you to collect good quality material efficiently.

If you would like to discuss your project in more detail, please contact us 0161 355 7618 or complete our online enquiry form