Polyflor - Accent Carpets

AUSTRALIA / NEW ZEALAND

At Polyflor we create flooring solutions which are both beautiful and functional. Whether it be in the home or in a commercial environment, our products uphold the same level of quality and design standard.

We believe that the products we choose can help us design for a better environment, both inside and out. Our collection of vinyl flooring, which is suitable for a variety of commercial and residential applications, makes a big impact on the look of a space, but a small impact on the earth.

Since launching in Australia and New Zealand in 1963, we’ve been proud to offer our customers a wide variety of flooring solutions to suit any need – aged care, retail, residential, healthcare, residential, you name it. Our range of products caters to those looking for superior quality but also to those after unique solutions like sustainable slip resistance, acoustic noise reduction, rubber and sports flooring. Owned by one of the world’s top flooring Manufacturers, Polyflor Ltd U.K, we’re able to offer our customers the benefits of versatility, international quality and choice.

Environmentally Preferred Flooring

At Polyflor, we strive to be an environmentally and economically sustainable business, recycling and reducing waste and being as carbon neutral as possible. Our new product development continues to focus on reducing environmental impact by providing a high level of durability, reliability, ease of maintenance and safe disposal. Whilst choosing Environmentally Preferable Flooring from Polyflor, it is also important to be assured that this means zero compromise in choice and the function of the product.

Green Tag

The Ecospecifier Global GreenTagCertTM scheme operated by Global GreenTag P/L is a third party ecolabel program that rates sustainable products for the built environment. Polyflor’s many products certified under the scheme in Australia and New Zealand, with Polyflor homogeneous PUR ranges typically in the top 50% of resilient finishes based on their GreenTag Ecopoints. Assessment of products is based on a life cycle approach and measuring the impact of products, including in the following critical areas:

Reduction of Energy and Greenhouse Gases
Habitat and Land Degradation
Resource Depletion and Efficiency
Occupant and Contractor Health & Conditions
Toxicity to Land, Air and Water

Due to the strong performance in minimising the environmental impact in these categories, Polyflor products are listed on the Ecospecifier database (www.ecospecifier.com.au) of environmentally preferable building materials, providing architects, designers and specifiers an easier and effective way to select an environmentally sustainable floorcovering. Furthermore, Polyflor was the first commercial vinyl flooring organisation to achieve Ecospecifier’s GreenTag LCARate certification across all of its key ranges and achieves GreenRate level A, scoring maximum points in the Materials-’Sustainable Products’ and IEQ-VOC sections of the Green Star rating tools.

PVC Best Practice

Polyflor has achieved maximum rating points in the Green Building Council Australia (GBCA) and New Zealand Green Building Council (NZGBC) Green Star rating tools. Green Star rates the environmental and sustainable performance of a building as with LEED and BREEAM; using Polyflor products certified by Ecospecifier’s GreenTag scheme can therefore help the specifier achieve maximum points. Potential for points on a Green Star assessment is further improved using Polyflor’s Homogeneous, Wall Cladding and ESD flooring ranges for achieving ‘PVC Best Practice’, as audited by NCS International Pty Ltd to meet the GBCA best practice guidelines.

Vinyl Council of Australia – Product Stewardship Program

Polyflor Australia is a signatory to The Vinyl Council of Australia Product Stewardship Program. This program has a number of voluntary commitments that ensure that the entire process from raw materials through to end of life of vinyl products is reviewed and addressed to minimise environmental and safety issues within the vinyl industry, on a local and global scale. More information is available at http://www.vinyl.org.au/sustainability/stewardship

Recofloor

Polyflor is a cofounding and funding member of Recofloor, the industry’s leading vinyl take-back scheme for recycling end of life post-consumer vinyl flooring. Through Recofloor, Polyflor can recycle smooth and safety installation off-cuts, smooth uplifted flooring and old stock roll-end and samples which would normally end up in landfill. This material is recovered and recycled into new flooring or other useful products such as traffic cones. Polyflor Australia and New Zealand have recycled 112 tonnes and globally 2,660 tonnes of vinyl flooring to date. This volume equals nearly 886,333m² or 22,158 x 20m rolls – enough vinyl flooring waste to cover 122 football pitches. This is a saving of over 2,000 tonnes of CO₂ which equates to driving 48 times round the equator or taking 100 cars off the road for a year.

100% Recyclable

Most of Polyflor’s product ranges are 100% recyclable with many of the floor coverings containing up to 40% recycled content. The ranges are recycled through the Recofloor Vinyl Take-Back Scheme to which the vinyl can be recycled many times over without losing its performance and functionality.

Phthalate Free / Bio Based Plasticisers

Polyflor’s Expona and Camaro LVT flooring collections are now produced phthalate free and/or contain bio-based plasticisers.

(except for recycled content)

Environmental Product Declaration

Environmental Product Declarations (EPD’s) provide completely transparent information about Polyflor products and their impact on the environment. In 2012 Polyflor were part of the ERFMI EN 15804 generic data set for creation of industry EPD’s which were successfully, independently verified by IBU. All generic and product specific EPD’s are written to the rules and standards according to EN 15804 and ISO 14025.

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SUSTAINABILITY

As a manufacturer, we take our contribution seriously and are constantly establishing processes of recycling, reducing waste and being as carbon neutral as possible. Although production and conservation might seem like a juxtaposition, when you are dedicated to sustainability, superior quality, customer service and value for money, anything is possible.

Our new product development continues to focus on reducing the environmental impact of our operations by providing a high level of durability, reliability, ease of maintenance and safe disposal. We’re a quality driven company, with our manufacturing processes and systems ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 accredited. Whilst choosing Environmentally Preferable Flooring from Polyflor, it’s important to be assured that this means zero compromise in choice and functionality of the product. Polyflor really is ‘flooring design for a better environment’.

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Customer Testimonials

Absolutely fantastic. The team were incredibly patient and helpful. Staff are lovely and gave us an excellent price for the quality we required.

Adrian

Fabulous people to deal with, great manners and we really appreciated their help in our carpet replacement. Carolynne, in the office, and Malcom, carpet layer extraordinaire, all obviously passionate about their role! Thanks again.

Sue Lefmann

I dealt with a very lovely man named Jude. I found him to be honest and he knew his products well. There was very good organisation. The carpets were installed on the date given to me. The men who did the installation were excellent. They moved my furniture and were respectful of my property. Nothing was damaged. I love my new carpets. I definitely can recommend this store to you

K Johnston