ANN ARBOR, MICH.—NSF International announced that Mannington Commercial is the first company certified to NSF’s new American National Sustainability Assessment Standard for resilient floor covering. Certification against this standard provides a means to evaluate the environmental performance and sustainability attributes of a range of floor products.
The new standard, NSF/ANSI 332 Sustainability Assessment Standard for Resilient Floor Coverings (NSF/ANSI 332), was developed to help the floor covering industry recognize and promote sustainable manufacturing practices. Mannington Commercial has met the environmental and sustainability criteria and provides proven assurance to the public regarding these products.
NSF/ANSI 332 establishes a point-based system in which manufacturers achieve one of four levels of certification: Conformant, Silver, Gold and Platinum. Mannington’s Inlaid and Premium Tile products have earned Gold level certification. Six key criteria are used to determine when a product meets the NSF standard: product design, product manufacturing, long-term value, end-of-life management, corporate governance, and innovation.
Made from Recycled Materials
Mannington’s Premium Tile products are the only 25 percent post-consumer vinyl composition tile (VCT) in the industry. VCT and drywall are recycled from demolition and renovation projects to keep waste out of landfills. Mannington’s Inlaid and Premium Tile products are used in commercial healthcare, education and retail flooring and designed to bring long-term performance for installations that require lasting durability.
“These products are the first certified to the new standard, and we are already working on others,” said Dave Kitts, Mannington’s vice president-environment. “One of the benefits of the NSF standard is that everything is measurable, documented and proven. Sustainability cannot only be about good intentions, it must also include measurable indexes. Better products—meaning innovative, improved products with a smaller environmental impact—will become the rule rather than the exception. In order to truly change the way our industry thinks and manufactures, actions must speak louder than words.”
Mannington also has several environmentally-friendly carpet products certified to the American National Standard for sustainable carpet (NSF/ANSI 140). Similar to NSF/ANSI 332, this standard is based on a point system and addresses six criteria: public health and environment, energy and energy efficiency, bio-based recycled content, materials, manufacturing, reclamation and end-of-life management, and innovation.
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