EPD Transparency Summary
COMPANY NAME Interface
PRODUCT TYPE Modular Carpet Tile
PRODUCT NAM E Modular Carpet on GlasBac® Nylon 6 Styles
PLACE HI RESOLUTION PRODUCT DEFINITION Modular carpet with recycled solution dyed Nylon 6 yarn face cloth IMAGE combined with GlasBac® backing. The products are manufactured by HERE Interface in LaGrange, Georgia USA. 2.5" X 3" 300 DPI CM YK PRODUCT CATEGORY RULE PCR-Floorcoverings (PCR) Harmonised Rules for Textile, Laminate and Resilient Floor Coverings
CERTIFICATION PERIOD September 19, 2011 - September 19, 2016
DECLARATION NUMBER 110919.11CA29311.101.1
LI FECYCLE I M PACT CATEGORI ES The environment al impact s list ed below were assessed t hroughout t he product ’s lifecycle – including raw mat erial ext ract ion, transportation, manufacturing, packaging, use, and disposal at end of life.
Global Warming Ozone Deplet ion Photochemical Ozone Acidi cation Potential Eutrophication Depletion of Abiotic Deplet ion of Abiot ic Potential refers to Potential is the Creation Potential is t he result of human- Potential occurs when Resources Element s Resources Fossil Fuels long-t erm changes destruction of the happens when made emissions and excessive nut rient s refers t o t he reduct ion refers to the decreasing in global weather st rat ospheric ozone sunlight reacts with refers t o t he decrease cause increased of available non- availability of non- patterns – including layer, which shields the hydrocarbons, nitrogen in pH and increase in algae growth in renewable resources, renewable carbon- t emperat ure and earth from ultraviolet oxides, and volat ile acidity of oceans, lakes, lakes, blocking such as m et als and based compounds, such precipitation – radiation that’s organic compounds, rivers, and st ream s – a t he underwat er gases, t hat are found as oil and coal, due t o t hat are caused harmful to life, caused to produce a type of phenomenon t hat penetration of sunlight on the periodic table human activity. by increased by human-made air air pollut ion known as pollutes groundwater needed t o produce of element s, due t o concentrations of pollution. sm og. and harms aquat ic life. oxygen and resulting in human activity. greenhouse gases in the loss of aquatic life. t he at mosphere.
7.65 1.55E-06 0.40 0.035 0.0015 kg CO2-Equiv. kg CFC 11-Equiv. kg O3-Equiv. kg SO2-Equiv. kg N-Equiv. TRACI
7.74 1.22E-06 0.005 0.038 0.0037 1.06E-05
CM L kg CO2-Equiv. kg R11-Equiv. kg Ethene-Equiv. kg SO2-Equiv. kg Phosphate-Equiv. kg Sb-Equiv.
One square meter of carpet, medium face weight (712 grams/square meter, 21 ounces/square yard). The use stage is for one year of carpet life. The reference FUN CTI ONAL UN I T flow is one square meter of modular carpet. MATERIAL CONTENT Mat erial cont ent measured t o 0.1%.
COMPONENT MATERIAL AVAILABILITY MASS% ORIGIN
Face Cloth/yarn Nylon 6 Post Industrial Recycled Recycled material, abundant 8.6% US (25038-54-4)
Face Cloth/yarn Nylon 6 Post Consumer Recycled Recycled material, abundant 8.6% US (25038-54-4)
Tufting Primary Polyester (25038-59-9) Fossil resource, limited 2.5% US
Latex Ethylene vinyl acetate (25822-09-7) Fossil resource, limited 5.0% US
Filler CaCO3 (1317-65-3) Mineral resource, non renewable, 14.9% US abundant
Soap Alcohol ethoxysulfate (68585-40-0) Fossil resource, limited 0.3% US
Biostatic preservative Intersept (68132-19-4) Renewable resource, abundant 0.3% US
Fiberglass Silica (65997-17-3) Mineral resource, non renewable, 1.1% US abundant GlasBac® Backing Polyvinyl chloride copolymer Ethylene – Fossil resource, limited 9.7% US (25035-98-7) Salt – Mineral resource, non renewable, abundant
GlasBac® Backing Di-isononyl phthalate (68515-48-0) Fossil resource, limited 9.5% US
GlasBac® Backing Calcium alumina glass spheres, Recycled material, abundant 39.4% US preconsumer (68131-74-8)
GlasBac® Backing Calcium oxide (1305-78-8) Mineral resource, limited 0.2% US
ADDITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION RECYCLI N G OR REUSE
PRE- CON SUM ER RECYCLED CON TEN T 47.5 % Product should be recycled through Interface’s ReEntry® 2.0 process by contacting Interface ReEntry® 2.0 at POST- CON SUM ER RECYCLED CONTEN T 8.5 % 888-733-6873 (US) or 866-398-3191 (Canada). VOC EMISSIONS CRI Green Label Plus
WATER CONSUMPTION 0.35 m3
EN ERGY STA N DA RD S CERTI FI CATI ON S
REN EW A BLE EN ERGY 22.88 % M J ASTM E-648 Radiant Panel ASTM E-662 Smoke Density N ON - REN EWABLE EN ERGY 98 % 141.81 M J AATCC -134 Static AATCC 16-E Light fastness ISO 2551/ASTM D 7570 MANUFACTURER CONTACT INFO Dimensional Stability
EN14041 CE-Labeling NAME Interface
PHONE 800-634-6032
EM A I L sustainability@interface.com
WEBSITE www.interface.com
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