November 22, 2002—Armstrong World Industries has reclaimed its 10,000,000th square foot of discarded ceiling tiles as part of its Ceiling Recycling Program, which enables building owners to ship old ceilings from renovation projects to an Armstrong ceiling plant as an alternative to landfill disposal.
The program involves three steps.
First, building owners must verify with Armstrong that their old ceiling tiles can be recycled. The tiles do not need to be Armstrong products to qualify.
Second, owners must stack their verified ceiling tiles on pallets and wrap them for pick-up. More detailed information on packaging procedures is available from Armstrong.
Finally, once there is a full trailer load of old ceiling tiles, the owner simply needs to contact Armstrong. The company will then arrange for a truck to pick up the material anywhere in the continental United States and transfer it to its nearest manufacturing facility. Armstrong will pay the freight for shipment to the plant, where the old ceiling tiles are recycled in the manufacture of new tiles.
Armstrong says that the process for recycling old ceilings has proven to be nearly as fast as dumping them, so the program has little, if any, adverse impact on demolition schedules. It can also be less costly than the cost of local handling, transport, dumpster, and landfill fees.
For more information about the program, contact Armstrong at 877/ARMSTRONG.
