FLOR To Recycle Carpet In Celebration Of "America Recycles Day"

CHICAGO, Oct. 30, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- FLOR Inc., the carpet design squares company, today announces its initiative to help the people of Denver keep used carpeting out of landfills in and around the city. In celebration of America Recycles Day on Saturday, November 15^th, FLOR will be taking it to the streets of the Mile-High City, collecting and recycling unwanted rugs and carpets to help simplify and ease the strenuous process for Denver consumers.

Beginning at 12:00pm on America Recycles Day, a FLOR branded truck will depart from the Cherry Creek FLOR store and pick up rolled carpet from the curbs of the city and surrounding neighborhoods that would otherwise be headed for a landfill.

To participate in the event and be included in FLOR's carpet recycling route, simply contact FLOR at [email protected] by Sunday, November 9, and provide your Denver area address. In exchange for the used carpet, FLOR will drop a $100 gift card to the Cherry Creek retail location in participants' mailboxes.  

"FLOR's commitment to sustainability has a long and historic past," said Rick Kilmer, President at FLOR. "With our store's presence in the Cherry Creek neighborhood, we thought America Recycles Day was the perfect time for us to take to the Denver streets and continue our mission of keeping used carpet waste out of local landfills."

To help combat the estimated 4 billion pounds of carpet that is discarded in the US every year, FLOR will ship the carpet collected on America Recycles Day back to its distribution center near Atlanta, GA, where its parent company – Interface, Inc. – continues its sustainability quest toward Mission Zero. FLOR will recycle it into new carpet design squares available for purchase through the Cherry Creek Location and on FLOR.com.

Committed to reducing its carbon footprint and developing environmentally conscious floorcovering for consumers, FLOR manufactures its products with renewable and recycled raw materials. It ensures discarded materials bypass landfills through its Return & Recycle Program, where used FLOR squares are reclaimed and created into new, high-quality FLOR designs.

For more information on FLOR and its sustainability efforts, please visit www.flor.com or www.flor.com/sustainability, or follow the brand on Twitter @FLOR. For more information on FLOR's Return & Recycle Program, please visit http://www.flor.com/recycle.

About FLOR:

FLOR, a division of Interface, Inc., offers carpet design squares to create custom rugs, runners and wall-to-wall designs of any shape and size. FLOR presents a dynamic alternative to conventional floorcovering with endless design possibilities for an earth aware, transformational and striking design.  Connected securely together with FLORdots™, one sided, non-toxic adhesives that can be easily removed or replaced, FLOR allows maximum flexibility and portability while delivering remarkable performance.  Founded in 2003, FLOR is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

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