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Epic™ Hardwood. 3/8" -thick Epic uses 50% less newly harvested wood
than conventional 3/8" -thick engineered
wood flooring because it is made with
EnviroCore™-a dense, inner core
composed of wood fiber by-products
created in the manufacture of other
products that are otherwise burned or
put into landfills. Epic premium veneers
come from managed forests.
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Shaw Laminate. Shaw's laminate products are inherently good
environmental choices in floor covering.
Engineered to last, laminate flooring
offers a long life span that minimizes
replacement. And while it simulates the
upscale look of a natural product like
an exotic hardwood or ceramic tile, the
actual material isn't used and the
natural resource preserved. Shaw
laminates OptiCore™ - an
environmentally friendly laminate
coreboard that's strong, stable, and moisture resistant.
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Anderson Hardwood Floors.
A member of the Forest Stewardship
Council and Harwood Forestry
Fund, AndersonHardwood Floors,
Shaw's latest acquisition,
follows sound environmental practices.
A recent introduction, Grand Canyon,
is made from 100% wood by-products
and represents one of the most
environmentally responsible hardwood
products available.
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Shaw's new
TripleTouch™
Cushion is
environmentally responsible.
TripleTouch is made with natural oils,
reducing our dependency on
petroleum-based products. In addition,
the backing system's primary
components are made
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Shaw Living's
EcoMade™
rugs are
recyclable and backed by a complete
recycling program. Consumers may
return used rugs to Shaw in a
postage-paid rug return envelope
at no charge.
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Type 6 Nylon.
Type 6 nylon (Nylon 6)
is used in such applications as
residential and commercial carpet, as
well as other products. It is the only
residential carpet fiber capable of being
recycled back into carpet fiber
repeatedly. Carpets of Type 6 nylon
are recycled at Shaw's Evergreen Nylon
Recycling facility in Augusta, Georgia.
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Anso® Nylon
is the longest standing,
continuously marketed fiber brand in the
residential floorcovering industry. Anso
nylon is among the best fibers available,
providing exceptional performance, and
built-in stain and crush resistance.
Carpets of Anso nylon contain recycled
content and are made from Type 6
nylon, which is recyclable into
new carpet.
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EverTouch®
nylon products are also
made from Type 6 nylon that can be
recycled back into carpet fiber again
and again, endlessly.
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Eco Solution Q®
nylon is a Type 6
nylon that has been used in commercial
applications since 1995. EcoSolution Q
is continuous filament fiber designed
to meet the exacting criteria of
the commercial market, from the
aesthetic needs of the corporate office
environment to the hygienic standards
of health care installations. Post-end
-user EcoSolution Q fiber will be
recycled at Evergreen Nylon Recycling.
EcoSolution Q contains a minimum of
25% recycled content and contributes
to the U.S. Green Building Council's
(USGBC) LEED (Leadership in Energy
and Environmental Design) certification
standards.
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Solution Q®
nylon is a Type 6 nylon
also used in commercial
applications. Solution Q does not
contain recycled content but can be
recycled into new fiber repeatedly.
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EcoWorx® Tile.
EcoWorx is also the
industry's first sustainable, non-PVC tile
backing system. EcoWorx actually
outperforms traditional PVC backings
while it is 40% lighter in weight and is
considerably more durable than PVC.
EcoWorx was awarded the EPA's
Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge
Award, the only time the award has been
given to a carpet product, and the Best
of NeoCon award, among many other
acknowledgments.
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EcoWorx® Broadloom.
The introduction
of fully recyclable EcoWorx Performance
Broadloom brings the sustainability and
proven performance of EcoWorx backing
technology to the much larger
broadloom market.
Because broadloom carpet occupies
roughly two-thirds of the commercial
market, an even greater amount of
post-consumer carpet can be kept from
landfills due to the recyclability of
EcoWorx Performance Broadloom.
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