Tarkett and Aquafil Take a Key Step to Close the Loop on Carpet Tile
Tarkett has joined in a pioneering partnership with Aquafil as the result of an intensive collaboration over recent years. The two companies present a significant step towards circular economy at Tarkett’s carpet tile facility in Waalwijk, the Netherlands with its unique recycling center that creates two streams of materials that can be recycled and transformed into high-quality resources for new products.
Tarkett has developed breakthrough technology that is able to separate the two principal components of carpet tiles—yarn and backing—while retaining more than 95% yarn purity. This level of purity is vital in ensuring that the polyamide 6 (PA6) yarn can be recycled by Aquafil and later transformed into regenerated ECONYL nylon yarn.