Is vinyl flooring sustainable?

Spending time indoors means your indoor air quality and the materials used in your home matter for your health and wellbeing. At Tarkett, we share this concern and design our vinyl flooring with your safety in mind.

We follow Cradle to Cradle^® principles and use EPEA^* assessed materials to ensure full transparency across our production process. Tarkett is committed to the responsible use of PVC and only selects high-quality components for all vinyl products.

Our vinyl rolls are 100% phthalate-free and have very low VOC emissions^** (<100μg/m³), which are ten times lower than the level set by European standards. This helps create healthier indoor environments and reduces exposure to asthma and allergy triggers.

Whenever possible, we choose recycled and recyclable materials with minimal environmental impact to produce our vinyl flooring.

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Tarkett uses a closed-loop circular design to create more sustainable vinyl flooring. Instead of a linear model, we follow a circular economy approach, where materials are recycled and reused at every stage - from design and production to installation and end-of-life recovery.

We start by eco-designing our floors with recycling in mind. Our teams work to improve the health and environmental quality of each material to make recycling easier. We invest in advanced technology to separate flooring layers and produce high-quality recycled materials that maintain strong performance and durability.

Tarkett collaborates with customers, suppliers, and industry partners to support global sustainability goals. We ensure transparency by sharing clear product data, including Material Health Statements (MHS) for most of our flooring ranges.