Ecobond floor tiles
Moulded floor tiles from recycled materials
'The Ecobond floor tile is made from secondary aggregates and process by-products, traditionally regarded as waste and other waste materials capable of being bonded with binders. The process Carbon Footprint is 80% less than conventional tile manufacture.
Ecobond floor tiles can be through-coloured and are UV resistant. Impact resistance is more than twice that of ceramic tiles and they have passed frost tests, chemical resistance and abrasion testing.
The tiles are produced using aqueous based resins – no ureas or isocyanates and the resin is approved for use in food chain packaging. Tiles have been produced using mica, slate dust, marble, granite, kiln sand, copper slag, glass and cementatious tank cleansers. Desert sand from Dubai has also been turned into tiles.
The process has no effluent or wastes and any rejects are recycled. End of life product can be recycled into tiles.
Profile: Flat with or without riven surface
Format: Currently available in the following sizes:
500mm x 500mm Weight 6.3Kgs
600mm x 300mm Weight 3.7kgs
300mm x 300mm Weight 1.7kgs
500mm x 250mm Weight 1.9kgs
150mm x 150mm Weight 0.5kgs
Thicknesses available: 6mm – 12mm
Colours: Any pantone colour can be provided with notice and individual samples of non-pantone colour can be matched. Colours are through colours.
NB Any variety of sizes can be provided as moulds can be adjusted to suit applications. Colour and shade variations are infinite and designers can create bespoke applications with greater flexibility.'
| Material/s: | Slate & Mica with safe binders. Other materials can be used on request. Tiles have been produced using granite, marble, andulucite, sand, glass, PFA, kiln sand, Yorkshire stone, copper slag, steel slag and dolomite. |
| Environmental statement: | yes |
| BRE Ecopoints: | unrated |
| Green Guide rating: | unrated |
| Environmental certification: | none |
| 3rd party accreditation: | the tiles have undergone CERAM testing |
| 3rd party product endorsement: | none |
| Quality certification: | none |
| Reusability / Recyclability: | reusable and recyclable |
| Recycled content to ISO 14021: | min 80% |
| Life expectancy | expected 20+ years |
| Substitute for or new materials / method: |
PVC, ceramic, stone, slate, granite, rubber tiles |
| Downloads: | Technical data Technical characteristics |
| Codes of Practice: | |
| Workmanship Work Section: | |
| Country/s of manufacture: | UK |
| UK distribution location: | Staffordshire |
| Alternative products: | Floor tiles |
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| Information last updated: | Wednesday 30th, April 2008 |
| Manufacturer's evidence rating:* |  |
| Manufacturer: | Ecobond (Rugeley) Limited |
| Address: | Unit 208, Wolseley Court, Towers Business Park, Rugeley, Staffordshire, WS15 1UW. |
| Telephone: | 01889 575511 |
| Fax: | n/a |
| Email: | info@ecobonduk.com |
| Website: | www.ecobonduk.com |
| Supply chain availability: | Manufacturer |
| Supplier: | Ecobond |
| Telephone: | 01889 575511 |
| Email: | info@ecobonduk.com |
| Website: | http://www.ecobonduk.com |
The product has been selected on the above average performance in the following areas:
| - | Abiotic depletion | - | Acidification |
| - | Global warming | - | Eutrophication |
| - | Ozone layer deplection |  |
Solid Waste |
| - | Human toxicity | - | Radioactivity |
| - | Fresh water aquatic ecotoxicity | - | Minerals extraction |
| - | Terrestial exotoxicity | - | Water extraction |
| - | Photochemical oxidation |
*Note:
Manufacturer's evidence rating
* One star rating: The product has been included based on an assessment of the manufacturer's own product information.
*** Three star rating: The product has been included on the basis of a third party, independent, Life Cycle Analysis (BRE Ecoprofile or similar).
