SOLON, OH, MARCH 26, 2025 — Luxury vinyl tile (LVT) has boomed over the past 15 years, with global flooring manufacturer Tarkett noting that LVT’s share of the resilient market grew from 10% to 40% in that timeframe. Now, many of those early LVT installations are ready to be replaced, posing a challenge as to how to handle the waste. Without a clear industry pathway for LVT recycling, Tarkett sought a collaborative solution to give reclaimed LVT new life.

“Through our ReStart take-back and recycling program, we’ve been working for decades to build a circular economy where nothing goes to waste,” said Rachel Palopoli, Tarkett North America’s director of circular economy. “Sometimes that calls for creative solutions. If we can't find a home for old flooring material and turn it back into new flooring, we make sure that we find someone who can use it.”

Tarkett found its creative solution for reclaimed LVT in a unique partnership with Avery Automats, one of the nation’s leading manufacturers of automotive carpet and all-weather floor mats, located in Dalton, Georgia. Since partnering with Avery Automats in 2022, every pound of post-use LVT flooring that has come to Tarkett’s ReStart program has been recycled into new automotive products.

“It is amazing to be able to work with partners that can use old floors as a raw material and turn it into great, long-lasting products,” Palopoli said. “Our number one goal with ReStart is to avoid sending any material to a landfill because those landfills actually can release harmful chemicals into our air, water and soil.”

The collaboration represents a pivotal step in Tarkett’s commitment to reducing waste and building a circular economy. Palopoli emphasized that this is only the beginning of the company’s efforts to trailblaze a more sustainable future.

“We’ll keep looking for the next innovative step forward—because at Tarkett, Every Step Matters,” she said.

In 2024, Tarkett North America's ReStart program diverted 2.1 million pounds of old flooring material from landfills. To learn more about Tarkett’s sustainability initiatives, visit commercial.tarkett.com/sustainability.

About Tarkett
With a 140-year history, Tarkett is a worldwide leader in innovative and durable flooring and sports surface solutions, generating net sales of 3.3 billion euros in 2024. The Group has close to 12,000 employees, 24 R&D centres, 8 recycling centres, and 35 production sites. Tarkett designs and manufactures solutions for hospitals, schools, housing, hotels, offices, shops, and sports fields, serving customers in more than 100 countries. To build “The Way to Better Floors”, the Group is committed to the circular economy and sustainable development, in line with its Tarkett Human-Conscious Design® approach. Tarkett is listed on the Euronext-regulated market (compartment B, ISIN: FR0004188670, ticker: TKTT). www.tarkett-group.com

Every Step Matters
For years, Tarkett has raised the sustainability standards of the flooring industry. The company designs floors with transparency you can trust as it creates healthy impacts on indoor spaces and protects our air, water, soil, and every living thing. Tarkett’s ReStart® take-back and recycling program will either repurpose or recycle every type of flooring from any manufacturer. Its near-term science-based carbon emissions reduction targets have been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) and are fully aligned with the Paris Climate Agreement objective to limit global warming by 1.5 degrees Celsius. For more information, visit commercial.tarkett.com/sustainability.