April 4, 2007—Mannington Commercial recently introduced Infinity RE – a new backing for modular carpet. Mannington says it has taken an innovative approach to sourcing post-consumer recycled content by diverting two of the largest construction waste streams from landfills and incorporating them into new product.
The Infinity RE carpet tile backing utilizes both post-consumer drywall and post-consumer carpet — something completely innovative and unique to the company and to the flooring industry.
The drywall is reclaimed from regional construction sites and processed so that the gypsum it contains replaces some of the other raw materials in the product.
The company says it recycles more than one ton of drywall waste per day for use in its flooring products, including the Infinity RE backed carpet. Since last year, Mannington has utilized this waste stream to add post-consumer recycled content to both its carpet & hard-surface tile lines.
Infinity RE is the standard backing on a variety of Mannington modular carpet styles and is available on other styles as a custom option. Products with the backing contribute to the recycled content and other credits in LEED.
For more information, see the Mannington Web site.
