carpet collection wins best of neocon silver

LaGrange, Ga. — Milliken Contract's Foreign Intrigue, which layers pattern and texture to create a collection of six coordinated carpet designs, won a Best of NeoCon Silver Award based on sustainability, functionality, quality, aesthetics, innovation, and pricing. According to the company, all Milliken modular collections are PVC-free, 100 percent renewable, and bio-based TractionBack allows installation without adhesives to improve IAQ and virtually eliminate facility downtime. www.millikencarpet.com/sustainability.

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new styles pay tribute to new urbanism

City of Industry, Calif. — With Urban as the theme, paying homage to the urban environment and how it influences all aspects of our lives—social, environmental and cultural—Bentley Prince Street is launching the Urban Tribe Collection. In addition to a minimum of 65 percent recycled content in the products' face fiber, the balance is made of re-purposed waste yarn. www.bentleyprincestreet.com.

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high recycled content carpet is cri plus green label certified

Irvine, Calif. — Raphael from PacifiCrest's Ambiente HRC Series of eight high recycled content nylon carpets is CRI Green Label Plus certified ID No. GLP1360. According to the company, the carpet is 33.7 percent to 45.6 percent recycled content by total weight per yard, and is tufted of Antron Legacy HRC fiber that is EPP certified. www.pacificrest.com.

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traditional patterns contain recycled content

Dalton, Ga. — J&J/Invision's traditional patterns Brilliant and Bright Idea utilize Solutia's luminescent yarn and a fine denier black yarn, and contain recycled content. Per the company, Brilliant and Bright Idea contain up to 24 percent recycled content depending on backing. All J&J / Invision products qualify for the company's Environmental Action Program (EnAct). www.invisioncarpet.com.

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cradle-to-cradle carpet is fully recyclable

Santa Fe Springs, Calif. — Designweave Commercial Carpets' Rendezvous Collection is a 24-inch sustainable tile product made of recycled and recyclable EcoSolution Q fiber and EcoWorx backing, which contain a minimum of 25 and 40 percent recycled content, respectively. Designed to be truly cradle-to-cradle, the company reports, EcoWorx tiles, can be brought back to Designweave's manufacturing facility, separated from the face fiber, and returned as raw material back into carpet tile backing in a closed-loop product system. www.designweave.com.

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custom design programs simulate designs to eliminate waste

Kennesaw, Ga. — Lees Carpets' Design Studio and Thought Patterns programs provide users with customized carpeting options, while eliminating the added waste of shipping design samples. The CRI Green Label-certified carpet products feature backing systems incorporating recycled content and Duracolor patented stain-resistant dye technology that allows 99 percent of common stains to be cleaned with just water and mild detergent, the company reports, and are produced in an ISO-14001-certified manufacturing facility to ensure adherence to the highest environmental standards. www.leesdesignstudio.com or www.thoughtpatterns.com.

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scs-certified carpet with built-in tackifier enhances iaq

Dalton, Ga. — The first patterned tile and six-foot concept resulting from the Colouresce Collection by C&A Floorcoverings in tandem with Monterey Carpets, Tandus Companies, Sira is available with ER3, C&A's 100 percent recycled-content backing, and is an SCS-certified high-performance carpet that is fully recyclable. In addition, C&A's built-in tackifier eliminates wet adhesives during installation. Sira is also 100 percent recyclable today in C&A's fully-functional carpet recycling process. www.tandus.com.

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high recycled content backing added to modular carpet line

Calhoun, Ga. — Mannington Commercial's ArtWorks modular carpet tile contains a mix of ArtCraft post-production yarn and high recycled content yarn. The carpeting uses Mannington's Infinity RE backing system, which is made from carpet tile trim and resilient scrap, the company reports, and provides enhanced tuft bind wet/dry, dimensional stability, roller mobility, eliminates edge ravel and delamination, and resists pilling and fuzzing. www.mannington.com.

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new carpet recycling program reduces, reuses, recovers

Kennesaw, Ga. — Utilizing a growing network of carpet recyclers, The Mohawk Group has launched ReCover, a carpet recycling program designed to make carpet reclamation more effective and customer-friendly than previously available. Regardless of yardage, yarn, backing or manufacturer, the ReCover program will recycle the carpet at dedicated reclamation centers throughout North America; arrange for containers and coordinate shipping; provide a comprehensive price quote within 24 to 48 hours; and issue a reclamation certificate. www.themohawkgroup.com.

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