Altro is dedicated to ensuring that our products and processes minimize environmental impact at every stage, and have taken a rigorous approach to achieving our environmental objectives and goals.
As a successful business and a sustainable manufacturer, it is important to make efficient use of the resources we consume. Altro continually improves its methods and manufacturing processes to better use our resources and to reduce our impact on the environment. Our recent environmental achievements include:
Waste
- Since 2014 we achieved a zero waste-to-landfill policy.
- By including post-consumer and pre-consumer recycled content into our products, Altro is able to divert 900 tons of glass (wine bottles) and 500 tons of vinyl destined for landfills every year.
Packaging
All Altro flooring is wrapped using 100% recyclable packaging.
Recycling
Since 2007, Altro has sent zero vinyl waste to landfill, and was able to implement this by installing the world’s first in-house safety floor recycling system. The system offers a closed loop recycling process and is capable of recycling over 500 tons of vinyl factory waste each year. All recycled content that Altro uses is sustainably sourced and complies with ISO 14021-1999 for environmental labels and declarations.
Recofloorâ„¢
We are one of two founding members of Recofloor™, the industry’s vinyl take-back program. Recofloor™ collects vinyl off cuts and uplifted vinyl, irrespective of manufacturer, diverting them from landfill. Since its launch in 2009, the program has collected and recycled over 3,400 tons of waste vinyl flooring.
Recowallâ„¢
Since its launch in 2010, Recowallâ„¢ has recycled over 100 tons of Altro Whiterock wall panels. Although Recowallâ„¢ is a much smaller program than Recofloorâ„¢, it is important because it demonstrates that Altro Whiterock can, and is, being recycled.
Our strategies are to reduce the consumption of resources, emissions, and waste, improve our product formulation, and increase recycling. We apply numerous sustainable practices across our global organization and we are recognized as an environmental leader in our industry.
Sustainable attributes of Altro products
- No heavy metals – contains no lead, cadmium, mercury, or hexavalent chromium.
- Ortho-phthalate-free – we do not use ortho-phthalates in the manufacturing of our flooring or wall products.
- Bio-based ingredients – our flooring products now include as much as 24% rapidly renewable, bio-based content.
- Derived from maize and sugar beets, our bio-based plasticizer is responsibly grown in Europe and is not destined for human consumption.
- Recycled content – Altro flooring contains up to 20% recycled material.
- Low VOCs – Altro flooring complies with FloorScore certification as well as the CA 01350 and CDPH test methods.
- Our wall systems are also low-VOC and comply with the CA 01350 standard. In fact, VOC emissions for Altro Whiterock have been found to be below detectable limits.
- Adhesives used to install Altro floor and wall products are also low VOC emitting and comply with federal standards such as SCAQMD Rule 1168.
- Off cuts and scrap Altro flooring can be 100% recycled directly at our manufacturing facility.
- Altro Easyclean technology, built into our products, significantly reduces cleaning costs and reduces their long term impact on the environment.
Vinyl - A Material for Life
Vinyl is the world’s most researched and widely used plastic. It can be used to make virtually everything from intravenous tubing to flooring—vinyl is extremely versatile.
There are many advantages to using vinyl flooring:
- Uses less energy in the manufacturing phase than most competing products
- Boasts a lower carbon footprint than most common consumables
- Can be recycled many times over without compromising performance
- Inherently flame retardant, self-extinguishing once the source of flame is removed
- Lighter, on average, than other flooring materials reducing fuel consumption in transit
- Does not rot or corrode
- Inherent flame retardant
- Extremely hygienic
- Minimal off gassing, low VOCs
- Versatility
- Energy-efficient production
- Extremely durable and long lasting
Safety and slip-resistant floor recycling
These floors were once thought to be impossible to recycle due to the abrasive nature of the aggregates, which give the flooring its slip-resistant and durable qualities. Altro’s unique system, which began in 2007, provides a closed-loop recycling process that eliminates vinyl waste sent to landfill.
Discover more of our sustainability story and credentials here.
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