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News Release from: Tarkett Marley Floors | Subject: Linoleum flooring
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 04 June 2008
Tarkett linoleum flooring at Sustainable
Centre
Wolseley has chosen Tarkett's linoleum flooring as a showcase product within its new Sustainable Building Centre.
Tarkett's linoleum xf is a modern flooring solution based on traditional values, made from natural, renewable raw materials that have remained the same for more than a hundred years So it was no surprise that Wolseley chose Tarkett's linoleum as a showcase product within its new Sustainable Building Centre
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 28 Jul 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Tarkett's Veneto xf linoleum features throughout the stairwells, ladies and gents toilets and in a meeting room.
Made from linseed oil (flax), resin, wood flour, cork flour and jute, linoleum is totally sustainable as well as tough and durable, as its use in these areas demonstrates.
Tarkett's 'extreme finish' (xf) surface treatment enhances the toughness of the flooring, while the use of natural raw materials ensures it remains smooth and warm underfoot, and at the same time providing resilience to indentation, stains and abrasions.
Another environmental benefit of the linoleum xf surface treatment is the average 50% reduction in consumption of water, energy and detergent needed for its cleaning and maintenance.
It also needs no initial wax or polish and there is no need to strip.
All of these benefits combine to give Veneto xf an exceptional overall lifecycle cost.
Tarkett's closed loop production processes ensure all waste can be recycled at every stage in the manufacturing process, or safely incinerated to produce thermal and electrical energy.
As linoleum is carbon-neutral, the CO2 produced in incineration is the same or less than that absorbed during the growth of the various plants used to make it.
Tarkett has also recently started to source flax seed from suppliers near to its manufacturing plant in Narni that use traditional methods, and to reduce transportation.
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