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Reclaimed Wood Flooring Companies in Ontario
There are several advantages to using reclaimed wood for your floors. It has character (you can see nicks, gouges, worm holes), it’s dense because it is probably from an old growth forest, it gives the wood a second life, and it supports local industry.

Ambient Bamboo Flooring FSC Certified, High Quality, Durable
Ambient Bamboo Floors has been selling high-quality bamboo floors for over 25 years. If you've had any experience with bamboo flooring you will know that its durability depends on many factors. I have spoken with a few...

Interface Flooring Strives for Complete Carbon Neutrality by 2020
As usual, being the environmental contradiction that I am (sigh), I drove our Jetta Diesel from Montreal and Toronto far too often this summer. If you've never done this drive along the 401 -- well, you're lucky. It's possibly the most boring and monotonous 5 hours...

Linoleum Flooring Guide
Linoleum flooring was the flooring of choice for schools, hospitals, residential kitchens and entryways until the invention of vinyl (PVC) tile and sheeting. It's relatively easy to maintain, especially newer versions, it is hypo-allergenic and doesn't off-gas so it's...

Crossville Tile’s New Porcelain Tile with Recycled Content
I've written about Crossville Tile's recent waste reduction efforts, as well as the benefits of using porcelain tile. In a nutshell, the company now incorporates ceramic waste material into every one of its tiles. Each tile contains 4% pre-consumer recycled ceramic...

Every Porcelain Tile at Crossville Tile Contains 4-40% Pre-Consumer Waste
While at GreenBuild in October 2011, I had the opportunity to speak with Heidi Vassalotti, Architectural Sales Representative for Crossville Inc. regarding Crossville's waste reduction efforts, sustainability efforts and new products containing recycled material....

Nadurra Flooring — FSC, Reclaimed, and Bamboo too
Nadurra sells hardwood flooring selected from forests that use responsible harvest and milling methods.

Flor — A progressive “green” carpet brand
The Interface group of companies is one of the most progressive carpet manufacturing companies today. The residential product, Flor, is available in a wide variety of colours, textures and two materials: wool or nylon (with recycled content).

Benefits of Wool Carpeting
Wool is one of the original “green” flooring materials and provides benefits from durability to low allergen material to insulator. It is much lower in energy use during production than its synthetic counterparts.
Marmoleum: One of the Original Eco Friendly Flooring Materials
When you think of “green” flooring you will most likely think of wood and cork, and for carpeting, wool and natural grasses. Linoleum, however, which has been around since the end of the 19th century is another one of the original “green” flooring materials.
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