In Mohawk Greenworks Projects Benefit Property Owners, Builders, Residents, and Consumers

Mohawk Industries has literally hundreds of environmentally-oriented projects in the works at any given time.  These range from internal efforts to cut emissions at a single plant, to the industry’s largest recycling project that converts as much as one-quarter of all the soft drink bottles sold in North America into carpet fiber.

To allow consumers, builders, employees and others to better understand the full scope of Mohawk’s environmental efforts, the company has an “umbrella” program called “GreenWorks” that places all green projects under a single platform for customers and shareholders.

Mohawk is one of the largest recyclers in the flooring industry.   Mohawk currently diverts more than three billion pounds of pre- and post-consumer waste from landfills, and this number continues to grow. 

More than 500 Mohawk products—carpet, carpet tiles, cushion, laminates, and ceramic tile—contain recycled materials.  Recycled materials come from Mohawk processes and from a range of other products, including old tires, roofing materials, old wood furniture, soft drink bottles, carpet, and others sources.

And Mohawk’s SmartStrand® Fiber with DuPont™ Sorona^® renewably sourced polymer replaces 37% of the petroleum used in fiber manufacturing with renewable sources like corn sugar.

To learn more about Mohawk GreenWorks, visit the company’s website devoted exclusively to Mohawk green projects: www.mohawkflooring.com.

Mohawk’s engineered hardwood products have taken a big environmental step forward with their use of use of the patented PureBond^® no added formaldehyde engineered flooring technology. 

PureBond technology allowed Mohawk engineered hardwood brands to be the first to achieve FloorScore certification. Products that feature PureBond technology meet one of the most stringent air quality standards in the world.

FloorScore testing screens products for 78 specifically identified volatile organic compounds (VOCs), some of which are identified by California’s Propositions 65 as known carcinogens or reproductive toxins.

Mohawk brand hardwoods were also the first to achieve California Air Resource Board (CARB) Phase 2 compliance for formaldehyde emissions of composite wood products.  Mohawk products earned this distinction almost one year ahead of the agency’s deadline.

Mohawk brand woods are fully Lacey Act compliant.  In addition, a number of Mohawk hardwood products have been certified sustainable by Appalachian Hardwood Manufacturers or the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).

 

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Mohawk is a leading supplier of flooring for both residential and commercial applications. Mohawk offers a complete selection of broadloom carpet, ceramic tile, laminate, wood, stone, vinyl, rugs and other home products. These products are marketed under the premier brands in the industry, which include Mohawk, Karastan, Ralph Lauren, Lees, Bigelow, Columbia, Century, Dal-Tile, American Olean and Quick-Step. Mohawk's unique merchandising and marketing assist our customers in creating the consumers' dream. Mohawk provides a premium level of service with its own trucking fleet and over 250 local distribution locations.

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