Interface expands its green range
01 April 2013
GLOBAL carpet tile manufacturer Interface has expanded the choice available for its most sustainable carpet tiles, including new colours and styles as well as new 100-per-cent recycled yarn versions for a greatly reduced environmental impact.
Customers can now choose from more than 365 colours and 20 styles across the company’s diverse product range, including new colours in the popular Biosfera collection. Several brand new ranges as well as new 100-per-cent recycled yarn versions of Interface’s best-selling products are now offered by the company.
Commenting on the offering, a company spokesman says: “Interface was the first company in the industry to develop a product with 100-per-cent recycled nylon yarn, when it introduced Biosfera I in 2011 – now one of its best-selling collections ever.”
Featuring products with half the carbon footprint of a typical carpet tile, recycled materials in the backing and a minimal amount of yarn, Biosfera I is the result of Interface redesigning its products to reduce their largest environmental impact – the extraction and use of raw materials.
Steven Pratt, regional director Middle East of Interface, says: “We know that our customers want to buy sustainable products – the popularity of Biosfera proves this – and are now delighted to be able to offer them what we believe is the biggest, brightest and most stylish range of sustainable carpet tiles on the market today.
“So, whatever our customers are looking for – whether structured, brightly coloured, patterned, random design or Microtuft products – we have the carpet tiles with 100-per-cent recycled yarn to match their needs. In fact, we have a different product for every day of the year. Buying sustainable products shouldn’t mean compromising on colour and style.”
Interface products with 100-per-cent recycled yarn include:
• Urban Retreat: This new launch is inspired by people’s instinctive love of nature. Available in three distinctive designs, it offers an elegant solution for built environments wanting to create a connection between the outdoors and indoors. In addition to 100-per-cent recycled yarn, Urban Retreat also contains a high proportion of recycled content in the backing.
• Monochrome: Designers are increasingly moving away from one continuous floor covering and using combinations of colours, textures, patterns and materials to create distinct zones for different activities, says the spokesman. Monochrome responds to this trend and introduces more possibilities, with 48 colours, to explore the concepts of creative nesting and floor zoning.
• Biosfera: Biosfera is now available in an even greater choice of colours.
Besides these, a selection of Interface’s best-selling products, ranging from the on-trend Metropolis Etruria to the versatile Equilibrium, are now available with 100-per-cent recycled yarn.
Interface is a global leader in the design and production of carpet tiles. Its products combine beauty and innovation with functionality and environmental credentials to help customers bring their design vision to life.
It was one of the first companies to publicly commit to sustainability, when it made a pledge in the mid-90s to eliminate its impact on the environment by 2020.
