by jbs031310 e3 — March 15, 2010—3M Canada Company and Mannington Commercial have announced a joint project where large format graphics used in the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games will be reclaimed and manufactured into high recycled content flooring.
To support their sustainability objectives, when planning for building and vehicle graphics, 3M Canada looked for ways to reclaim the wraps after use as a material stream for recycled products. About 200,000 square feet of the graphics seen during the games on vehicles and key venues are in scope. All of the material will be diverted from landfills and remanufactured into Mannington commercial flooring.
Mannington will recycle the graphics into Premium Tile, a product popular in commercial healthcare, education and retail applications. The Premium Tile product already contains post-consumer waste streams including drywall and VCT reclaimed from renovation sites, and is certified as an Environmentally Preferable Product, meeting the rigorous requirements of NSF-332-2007 certification.
