Cisuflo

PAVING THE WAY TOWARD CIRCULAR SUSTAINABLE FLOORING

The European Green Deal, as launched by the Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in December 2019, has two main goals: to achieve climate neutrality by 2050 and to create a Circular Economy in Europe, whereby resources are kept in circulation for as long as possible.

The European flooring industry is working towards these goals by striving to increase the use of recycled content in products and to recycle more end-of-life flooring.

Over the past 4 year 19 partners have joined forces in the European project CISUFLO to develop novel concepts for flooring (laminate, carpet and vinyl flooring), making them more circular. Among others, following assets have been undertaken:

• Redesign of flooring, including recycled content and being recyclable at end-of-life.
• Recycling methodologies for laminate, vinyl and carpets.
• Tagging of flooring and the retrieval of information along the value chain, which will be guaranteed by an extented Product information system (ePRODIS).
• Installation methods allowing easy removal without contamination
• Development of a Transition Support Tool

During the Flanders Flooring Days, you will be able to get insights on the results by visiting the CISULO booth (no 209) or our CISULFO presentation session.

CISUFLO project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement No 101003893.