Green Living
We can all do our part by making smart purchases, so why not begin with flooring?
What is Green Flooring and the factors that determine Green?
Green flooring includes any flooring that is sustainable, eco friendly,contains recycled content, is made from materials that can be recyclable, leaves a small carbon footprint or has low VOC's (volatile organic compounds). There are different degrees of green associated with different types of flooring.
A green flooring product can have one or more of the following qualities:
Flooring made from natural materials
Flooring material that has been salvaged for reuse
Flooring and carpeting that has a longer life cycle and won't need to be replaced quickly
Made form materials that are low- or non-toxic
Do not off-gas
Contain recycled content
Conserves energy or water or both
Can be recycled or disposed of safely without damage to the environment
Made form materials such as bamboo that is rapidly renewable
Do not overtax natural resources
Are manufactured responsibly and ethically with the environment in mind
Afford greater cost savings
DaltonCarpet.com Goes Green With Confidence and Style!
Look at some of the many ways we are accomplishing this:
Forever Carpet - The newest development in Green Living for your home or commercial flooring needs.
Welcome to the new way of thinking! Forever Carpet is a new line of flooring that recycles old carpet into new carpet. This "floor to floor" technology will revolutionize the way you think about carpet.
No more carpet in the landfill! After sorting Forever Carpet in recycling centers, it goes through a recycling process where it is pelletized and extruded back into yarn fibers to be made into new carpet that can be made new again and used and over and over again. Just think, the carpet you are walking on today could be the carpet your great-grandchildren will be walking on tomorrow!
Green P.E.T. Recycled Carpet A carpet alternative that makes sense.
PET carpet is manufactured with yarn created from reclaimed polyester resins of two-liter soda bottles, ketchup containers and lots of other packaging that would normally go to waste. Commonly known as Pop Bottle Carpet, recycled PET (polyethyleneterephthalate) polyester carpet is uniquely strong and durable.
The making of P.E.T.carpets starts out by sorting the P.E.T. bottles and then grinding them into small chips. The cleaned and sanitized chips are then melted down and extruded into a fiber before being spun into carpet yarn. Talk about smart, the labels and caps from the P.E.T. holders are used to make the core, the roll that carpet is wrapped around. Since 1999 over 17 billion plastic bottles have been recycled, and that's saved one billion pounds of waste!
P.E.T.carpet is not on good for the environment, it comes in a range of styles, from plush solids, looped berbers, and textures to friezes. Of course the colors that PET recycled carpeting comes in are almost endless.
The quality of our polyester resins remains unchanged throughout the recycling process. Indeed, recycled PET has a higher melting point and higher density than nylon, which gives the carpet many superior characteristics. This means you get a carpet from us that tend to be heavier, thicker and more luxurious than conventional nylon carpets! Beside being the right choice to protect the environment, recycled polyester "green" carpets consistently demonstrate superior stain resistance over nylon construction.
Advantages:
Superior resistance to soils and stains.
Superb abrasion and wear resistance.
Bright coloration with excellent colorfastness.
Soft luxurious feel.
Fibers designed for high static control.
Much lower moisture absorption.
Market tested: 150 million yards installed since 1991.
Competitively priced.
Environmental Benefits:
Reduces use of virgin resources
Less energy used than for manufacturing virgin carpet
Less polluting dyeing process
Over 1.6 billion containers a year reclaimed
Because plastic beverage containers are made with top quality resins as required by the Food and Drug Administration, recycled PET is superior to lower grades of virgin synthetic fibers used in making other brands of polyester carpet yarns.
Easier maintenance reduces the use of carpet cleaners that may also emit VOCs.
About 40 two-liter soda bottles are recycled per square yard of carpeting.
PET. fibers can be recycled in the future for other applications such as car parts, insulation, transportation devices and stuffing for furniture.
DaltonCarpet.com is cutting back carpet's impact on the environment through the 3 R's: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. You can make an impact as well by choosing one of our Green Living Products for your next flooring project!
What is Green Flooring and the factors that determine Green?
Green flooring includes any flooring that is sustainable, eco friendly,contains recycled content, is made from materials that can be recyclable, leaves a small carbon footprint or has low VOC's (volatile organic compounds). There are different degrees of green associated with different types of flooring.
A green flooring product can have one or more of the following qualities:
Flooring made from natural materials
Flooring material that has been salvaged for reuse
Flooring and carpeting that has a longer life cycle and won't need to be replaced quickly
Made form materials that are low- or non-toxic
Do not off-gas
Contain recycled content
Conserves energy or water or both
Can be recycled or disposed of safely without damage to the environment
Made form materials such as bamboo that is rapidly renewable
Do not overtax natural resources
Are manufactured responsibly and ethically with the environment in mind
Afford greater cost savings
DaltonCarpet.com Goes Green With Confidence and Style!
Look at some of the many ways we are accomplishing this:
Forever Carpet - The newest development in Green Living for your home or commercial flooring needs.
Welcome to the new way of thinking! Forever Carpet is a new line of flooring that recycles old carpet into new carpet. This "floor to floor" technology will revolutionize the way you think about carpet.
No more carpet in the landfill! After sorting Forever Carpet in recycling centers, it goes through a recycling process where it is pelletized and extruded back into yarn fibers to be made into new carpet that can be made new again and used and over and over again. Just think, the carpet you are walking on today could be the carpet your great-grandchildren will be walking on tomorrow!
Green P.E.T. Recycled Carpet A carpet alternative that makes sense.
PET carpet is manufactured with yarn created from reclaimed polyester resins of two-liter soda bottles, ketchup containers and lots of other packaging that would normally go to waste. Commonly known as Pop Bottle Carpet, recycled PET (polyethyleneterephthalate) polyester carpet is uniquely strong and durable.
The making of P.E.T.carpets starts out by sorting the P.E.T. bottles and then grinding them into small chips. The cleaned and sanitized chips are then melted down and extruded into a fiber before being spun into carpet yarn. Talk about smart, the labels and caps from the P.E.T. holders are used to make the core, the roll that carpet is wrapped around. Since 1999 over 17 billion plastic bottles have been recycled, and that's saved one billion pounds of waste!
P.E.T.carpet is not on good for the environment, it comes in a range of styles, from plush solids, looped berbers, and textures to friezes. Of course the colors that PET recycled carpeting comes in are almost endless.
The quality of our polyester resins remains unchanged throughout the recycling process. Indeed, recycled PET has a higher melting point and higher density than nylon, which gives the carpet many superior characteristics. This means you get a carpet from us that tend to be heavier, thicker and more luxurious than conventional nylon carpets! Beside being the right choice to protect the environment, recycled polyester "green" carpets consistently demonstrate superior stain resistance over nylon construction.
Advantages:
Superior resistance to soils and stains.
Superb abrasion and wear resistance.
Bright coloration with excellent colorfastness.
Soft luxurious feel.
Fibers designed for high static control.
Much lower moisture absorption.
Market tested: 150 million yards installed since 1991.
Competitively priced.
Environmental Benefits:
Reduces use of virgin resources
Less energy used than for manufacturing virgin carpet
Less polluting dyeing process
Over 1.6 billion containers a year reclaimed
Because plastic beverage containers are made with top quality resins as required by the Food and Drug Administration, recycled PET is superior to lower grades of virgin synthetic fibers used in making other brands of polyester carpet yarns.
Easier maintenance reduces the use of carpet cleaners that may also emit VOCs.
About 40 two-liter soda bottles are recycled per square yard of carpeting.
PET. fibers can be recycled in the future for other applications such as car parts, insulation, transportation devices and stuffing for furniture.
DaltonCarpet.com is cutting back carpet's impact on the environment through the 3 R's: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. You can make an impact as well by choosing one of our Green Living Products for your next flooring project!