The carpet sector is generally a cold activity with the environment.A manufacturer launches a greener product in terms of manufacturing and implementation.
Harmful glues, oil -derived fibers, carpet is not really a “correct environment” product.Interfaceflor, an American company specializing in modular floor coverings, presents a product that could change the situation.
Called Biosfera I, it is a carpet slab that seeks to cause the least nuisance to the environment.With this in mind, the manufacturer has reduced the amount of fiber used as much as possible but mainly relies on a 100 % recycled fiber.Good idea, because this part in polyamide, an oil derivative, is the most harmful.
Toxicity, glue on the front line
"There was no question of abandoning this very efficient material in terms of fire resistance or solidity," explains Didier Poisson, development manager at Interfaceflor.Suddenly, the firm notably recovers tiles at the end of his life that it retreats.
In terms of carpet, the glues necessary for installation are perhaps the most toxic element, even if the aqueous or solvent products mark progress.
The industrialist's response: the touchscreen system.These are simple face "sorts of scotch), intended to keep the slabs between them.With the end of the use of glue, the risks of inhaling coc vapors by the poster as by the occupier fade.
25 % of sales in Scandinavia
Another advantage, the slabs no longer in direct contact with the ground, during a renovation, the floor comes out intact."In Scandinavia, the touch system represents almost 25% of interface sales.We hope to arrive at this part also in France within two years, "explains Didier Poisson.
To summarize, if Biosfera I is not yet the little corner of greenery that is missing in contemporary offices, it is certainly no longer the toxic square that the carpet has long been.
Source: Batirama.com / n.Ofmbreville
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Sticker: How does it work?
These are carpet slabs placed like a floating floor.The elements are attached to each other by simple -sided stickers (sort of pieces of tape), the famous tactiles.We place one in the four corners."For installation, you have to start with the center and go to the ends of the room," we explain at Interfaceflor.The adjustment with the walls must be very precise, it is he who will determine the resistance and the good maintenance in place of the carpet in time ".
