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GERFLOR COMMITTED
TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

 
 

Gerflor recognizes the importance of being proactive and creating new ways to achieve sustainable development. This is why Gerflor is devoting substantial resources to
environmental research.
Gerflor achievements can be summarized as follows:

 

 

hygiène et sécuritéHealth & Safety.

Vinyl is a widely used in the automotive, food packaging, and healthcare
industries where, medical disposables come into contact with patients.
Gerflor uses this same high grade raw material to produce its floor coverings
to standards that exceed all prescribed health and safety requirements.

• Safe raw materials: no heavy metals, no solvent based inks, no phtalates
and components rated as carcinogenic, no formaldehydes, no PCP.

• No substance potentially subject to any REACH (Registration, Evaluation and
Authorisation of Chemical) restrictions.

• Low VOC emissions 70% lower than European standards and Agbb protocol.

• Fire resistance: vinyl does not help fire spread and does not release toxic
gaseslike choride (Cl2) and far less carbon monoxide (CO) than any other type
of flooring.

 

 

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Committed to future generations
 

Recyclage

Recycling.

Vinyl is one of the only building materials that is 100% recyclable. Unlike other
plastics, it can be endlessly recycled into new products and materials adding
value throughout its long lifes.

• Post industrial waste recycling: almost 100% of our manufacturing waste is
recycled.

• Post installation waste recycling: In Europe, Gerflor has started to organize
the collection of post installation waste from large projects to get these wastes
recycled.

• Post consumer waste recycling: Gerflor products are 100 % recyclable a
the end of their life and qualify for credits under many internationally accredited
Green Building Schemes. Gerflor was also one of the founding members of the
first vinyl floor covering recycling workshop: AgPR.

 

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ISO 14001ISO 14001.

In Europe, less than 50% of manufacturers have achieved an ISO 14001 certification and Gerflor is one of them. Gerflor industrial sites are certified ISO 14001 and are committed to continuously improving their environmental performance.

 

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 Gerflor Tarare manufacturing plant

Analyse Cycle de VieLife Cycle Analysis.

Life Cycle Analysis is regarded as the ultimate means by which all environmental impacts are measured and improved upon during a product's life cycle including manufacture, delivery, installation, cost of ownership and maintenance, ultimate disposal/recycling of all products. All new Gerflor product ranges are developed using a full life cycle analysis model.

In the UK, all Gerflor products which match the BRE generic flooring specifications have been given either A or A+ratings, with A+ representing the lowest environmental impact possible.

fiches de données environnementales et sanitaires

 

 

 

 

 

 Datasheets environmental and health