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Eco Flooring Environmental Policy
Eco Flooring Systems recognises its responsibility to the environment
and we make a commitment by only supplying environmental friendly products
as part of our product portfolio.
- Only truly environmental friendly products
- Sustainable supply
- Non toxic manufacturing
- Adhesives and coatings all environmentally friendly
- Recyclable packing
- Pandas not affected
Bamboo is an
environmentally friendly, renewable resource that has been used as construction
material for thousands of years. Ecologically, the harvesting of bamboo
does not affect the world’s already dwindling timber resources.
Technically considered a grass, bamboo has the ability to grow to maturity
in 4-6 years. The intricate root system remains unharmed upon harvesting
and allows for sustainable future growth.
While hardwoods take decades
to achieve maturity, bamboo grows back to its original size within a few
months. Once cut, other hardwoods are lifeless. Whereas after bamboo is
cut, it is able to grow again and again.
BT Bamboo uses
only mature Chinese Mao bamboo for our flooring. The bamboo poles are
selected and harvested from bamboo forests carefully monitored by the
Chinese Department of Forestry. This ensures the bamboo forests are able
to self-regenerate and maintain a natural ecosystem for future harvesting.
Our supplier
is environmentally accredited ensuring a non-toxic and waste free manufacturing
process. All the glues used to laminate the boards and the coatings meet
international environmental standards – ISO 14000. BT Bamboo is
laminated with Dynea 8000 and there is no urea-formaldehyde used in the
glue. The coatings are water based and are free of halogenated hydrocarbons,
heavy metals, herbicides, insecticides, pesticides, formaldehyde and any
harmful emission complying with international standards.
BT Bamboo packaging
is all reusable and environmentally sound using recycled materials.
BT Bamboo contributes to certification under the Green Building Council of Australia Green Star rating system. |
