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Our Commitment
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Fabrication
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Masland Contract is committed to creating a healthier planet for the people of today,
as well as for future generations. We believe that true design is timeless, and
that our responsibility to the environment shares an equal footing with aesthetics.
Our goal is to find the most effective and least wasteful ways to create products
from the very beginning, and that each product has the least amount of impact on
the environment throughout its entire life-cycle. By focusing on conservation of
energy, sustainable selection and efficient use of raw materials, managing waste,
and recycling, Masland is building the foundation for the creation of a healthier
planet.
We are continually striving towards creating a better planet for today as well as
tomorrow.
Our efforts embrace the use of new technologies for more efficient ways to manufacture
products, the conservation of natural resources, and the reduction of landfill waste.
Everything we do has an impact on our planet, and we are committed to creating the
smallest possible footprint on the environment.
As we move into the future, Masland will continue to expand on their commitment to our planet, in order to create beautiful products, as well as creating a healthierplanet.
View the Masland Sustainability P.A.C.T
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Masland Contract is committed to creating environmentally friendly products from
the very beginning. Whenever possible, we partner with suppliers within our 500
mile radius, in order to foster business for our local communities, as well as reducing
transportation costs.
Our primary nylon supplier is Invista, whose Antron Legacy and Antron Lumena fibers
are both certified as Environmentally Preferable Products (EPP). The certification
is provided by Scientific Certified System, a third party authorized to verify environmental
claims.
The EPP rating looks at the Total Environmental Impact of a product throughout its
life cycle and compares it to similar products.Masland broadloom uses Hardwear™
Plus, Permalok™ & Unilok™ backings, which contain a highly refined recovered
mineral endorsed by the U.S. E.P.A. known as Celceram®.
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Masland Contract believes in working smarter to create our products, and eliminating
wasteful production methods. We have initiated a program in our tufting facilities
to reclaim waste yarn by rewinding short ends of yarn at the completion of production
cycles. By combining these short lots of yarn and returning them to manufacturing
for tufting, more than 330,000 pounds of yarn per year is recycled back into our
manufacturing processes.
As of 2005, Masland began sending all of our carpet and yarn manufacturing waste
to reclamation centers. This diverts approximately 100,000 pounds of post-industrial
carpet from the landfill. Uses for the re-claimed carpet range from manufacturing
of padding for under carpet, automobile parts and roof shingles among other products.
Since 1999, reductions in natural gas and water used for the dyeing of yarn and
carpet and the finishing of carpet have been reduced 22% and 17 % respectively.
In addition, electricity has been reduced by 26% during the same time period Since
1999, reductions in natural gas and water used for the dyeing of yarn and carpet
and the finishing of carpet have been reduced 22% and 17 % respectively. In addition,
electricity has been reduced by 26% during the same time period.
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The Power of Green Masland is continually searching for alternative energy sources,
in order to conserve the natural resources of our planet.As part of this effort,
we have committed to an annual purchase of over twenty-two million kilowatt hours
of clean, carbon-neutral wind energy from Colorado-based Renewable Choice Energy.
By purchasing REC’s (Renewable Energy Credits) Masland is guaranteeing that more
renewable energy will be released into the national power grid, replacing power
that would have otherwise been generated by coal or gas.
Masland Contract has also partnered with the Dow ™ Chemical Company to begin using
greener energy for powering the manufacturing processes of latex used for carpet
backings. The Dow™ LOMAX™ Technology uses reclaimed methane gas from landfills
as a renewable energy source, which will result in a significant reduction of green
house gas emissions.
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Moving Towards a Greener Future Masland is actively working towards creating a greener
tomorrow for our future generations.The War on Waste program has empowered our employees
to generate effective ways of eliminating waste. From recycling paper, plastic and
aluminum cans to advancements in the energy efficiency of machinery, Masland Contract
has generated a respect for nature that will ensure a safer environment for the
future.
Waste elimination programs in place include the reduction in the amount of custom
samples produced in the preliminary stages of product selection. In place of initial
custom samples, we have instituted recyclable CAD renderings to assist the design
community in its selection process before moving to a full-scale custom sample.
This measure will eliminate more than 30,000 pounds of yarn waste per year. Masland
Contract offers a sample recycling program for customers to return their samples,
or those from any other manufacturer, for recycling.A self addressed, postage paid
label accompanies all sample orders from Masland Contract. By this joint effort
of our customers returning samples and Masland recycling the swatches, we can avoid
more materials going into landfills. We are proud to be a corporate sponsor of The
Carpet America Recovery Effort. CARE is the joint industry/government effort dedicated
to increasing the amount of recycling and reuse of post-consumer carpet and reducing
the amount of waste carpet going to landfills. Thanks to CARE, over one billion
pounds of recovered carpet has been reused or recycled since the group was founded
in 2002.
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Masland Contract is committed to providing certified environmentally friendly products,
and through third party certifications, we are able to provide consumers with an
unbiased evaluation of our products. We are proud to have achieved Gold status through
NSF/ANSI-140 2007. This program evaluates products based on a products total life
cycles, from fabrication to recycling and/or disposal. Each product tested must
meet performance benchmarks, with additional credit available to manufacturers who
have demonstrated an exceptional innovation in sustainability.
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Masland Contract is committed to offering a healthy environment through the use
of their products. Third party certifications assist in providing an unbiased evaluation,
assuring that each of our products meets the highest standards. Our products are
CRI Green Label Plus certified. This program is designed specifically for carpet
and adhesives, and sets the standard for IAQ and ensures that customers are purchasing
the very lowest emitting products on the market. Using scientifically established
standards, the Green Label Plus program symbolizes the carpet industrys commitment
to a better environment for living, working, learning and healing.
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All Masland Contract products pass the Carpet and Rug Institutes Green Label Indoor
Air Quality Testing Program for carpet. Passing these stringent tests enables all
Masland broadloom and modular tile styles to contribute a full point to the LEED
Indoor Environmental Quality, Credit 4.3 Low Emitting Materials, Carpet. This is
the only full point that any type of carpet provides. The selection of Masland products
can also contribute toward LEED Credits in Indoor Environmental Quality, Credit
4.1 Low Emitting Materials, Adhesive and Material and Resources, Credits 4.1 and
4.2 Recycled Content and Credit 6 Rapidly Renewable Resources.
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