Shaw Contract Group Broadloom

Commercial broadloom carpeting
'Shaw Contract Group, the commercial arm of Shaw Industries, offers the widest range of commercial carpet tile and broadloom in the industry. The broadloom and performance broadloom ranges featuring EcoSolution Q Yarn® with Ecoworx® backing are environmentally unique.

The full product offering is available in the UK in a number of textures and styles featuring many award winning designs and include a range of impervious backings suitable for education, healthcare, government, and assisted living. A number of the collections use the same materials of construction as the BRE “A” rated commercial carpet tile range and hold a range of third party eco labels including MBDC “Cradle to Cradle” Silver certification, NSF140 platinum rating and CRI Green Label Plus for indoor air quality. Shaw’s manufacturing operations are ISO 9001 and 14001 accredited and have committed to achieve a waste to landfill reduction by 90 percent by 2011.

EcoSolution Q nylon 6 fibre:
Eco Solution Q premium branded nylon is cradle to cradle certified and can be recycled into more Eco Solution Q, again and again. It contains a minimum of 25% recycled content, utilizing an average of 10.5 million kilograms of recycled content annually.
Requiring 18% less energy to make than nylon 6,6, it's efficient too. And, with the strongest tensile strength, Eco Solution Q offers exceptional performance.

EcoWorx Backing:
100% recyclable. Completely PVC-free. EcoWorx offers three high-performance cradle to cradle backings to meet your every need. Each is backed with a lifetime commercial warranty and an environmental guarantee for reclamation and recycling.
With proven performance across the globe, and recognition from a number of third parties for its environmental leadership, EcoWorx is tried, tested, and truly remarkable.
EcoWorx performance broadloom comes standard with a moisture barrier, which offers performance in the most intensive use environments.

Global Environmental Guarantee:
Shaw leads the world in carpet reclamation, recovering and recycling more than 40 thousand tonnes annually. Shaw’s “Evergreen” nylon recycling facility represents one-third of the industry’s entire carpet recycling capabilities. Products featuring EcoSolution Q Yarn and EcoWorx backings are collected globally at no charge and recycled into new carpet. '
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Environmental metrics

Company credentials
ISO 14001
Material(s)
Solution-dyed Nylon 6 pile with min 25% recycled content, non-woven polyster primary backing, polyolefin compound (non pvc) secondary backing with 40 % recycled content
Life expectancy
15 years
EPD to ISO 14025
none
Recycled content
1
Recycleable
Recyclable and Reuseable
3rd party product endorsement
None
Environmental labelling
none
Country of manufacture
USA
Manufacture details
Manufacturer
Shaw Contract Group
Address
3rd Floor, 80 Clerkenwell Road, London EC1M 5RH
Telephone
0207 961 4120
Fax
0207 961 4122
Downloads
Download shawtile1.pdf Shaw Industries Sustainability Report
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