Journey to Net Zero
"By reducing our carbon emissions, and ultimately achieving Net Zero, we can help tackle global warming and climate change"
Carbon Negative Recycled Yarn
Yarn is the single most significant source of carbon in a carpet tile, so in 2021, Burmatex committed to making all new products from low-carbon yarn.
By working with our partners and through advances in materials science, we now have a range of low-carbon yarns, including a carbon-negative yarn, which we use to reduce the amount of carbon in our products.
Working in partnership with Universal Fibres, they developed Thrive Matter, the world’s first carbon-negative recycled yarn.
Carbon Negative Yarn Is A Truly Groundbreaking Development
Carbon negative yarns remove both the carbon associated with the yarn, as well as offsetting at source, the remaining carbon in a carpet tile.
"Combined with 100% organic, non-vinyl polymer binders and fillers, BioBase contains a minimum of 77% recycled content"
Recycled Backing System
Unique to Burmatex®, BioBase® is our low-carbon backing system, made from locally sourced, recycled, and organic materials.
Developed as part of a joint research project with Huddersfield University, BioBase® includes recycled industrial waste, previously destined for landfill, which we use in our backing system.
Combined with 100% organic, non-vinyl polymer binders and fillers, BioBase® contains a minimum of 77% recycled content.
This combination of material science and process technology means BioBase® requires less energy during the production process.
All our products use our BioBase® recycled backing system. In addition to being low carbon, this innovative backing system ensures we achieve Class 33 heavy commercial and Class Bf1 S1 fire safety performance across all our products, enabling us to offer a 15-year warranty as standard.
Carbon Neutral Carpet Tiles
On our journey to Net Zero, we must find new ways to reduce our carbon emissions, helping to tackle climate change and mitigate global warming. Ultimately, all our products will be independently verified as embodied carbon neutral by a third party.
This vital goal drives us to develop innovations such as our unique BioBase™ low-carbon backing system and to invest in products like the world’s first carbon-negative recycled yarn.
By combining these innovations, alongside our improvements in energy and waste management, we are now able to produce carbon-neutral ranges. Using carbon-negative recycled yarn enables us to offset at source any remaining low levels of carbon that stay on the carpet tile.
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"Using carbon negative recycled yarn to enable us to offset at source"
Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) And Independent Third Party Verification
EPDs and independent third-party verification are integral to the eco₂matters® sustainability principles. We have therefore made significant investments in product-specific EPDs.
Rather than using generic or product category EPDs, we believe it is essential to provide reassurance through product-specific, independently third-party verified Environmental Product Declarations.
This ensures you know the exact carbon footprint and can make an informed decision when deciding which product to use.
All our EPDs are available on both our website and on the International EPD system database – www.environdec.com
