In the next movie in our Bolon at Heart video series, Michaela Ljungdahl explains why the flooring brand invested in a vinyl-recycling plant for its factory in Sweden.
Bolon was founded in 1949 by Nils-Erik Eklund, grandfather of current company directors Marie and Annica Eklund, who collected waste material from local factories to make rag rugs.
Today, the company makes woven flooring from polyvinyl chloride, commonly known as vinyl. This material can be recycled up to seven times, according to Bolon product sustainability coordinator Ljungdahl, so setting up a recycling facility was a logical step.
“Nils-Erik Eklund started the company by producing rugs with waste material, and we have built on that heritage by recycling all our internal waste at Bolon,” she says in the movie, which Dezeen filmed for Bolon at the company’s headquarters in Ulricehamn, southern Sweden.
“Today, all Bolon flooring collections are made of up to 33 per cent recycled materials.”
The company invested in its own recycling plant in 2014, where it recycles offcuts from its internal production, as well as external waste from its PVC suppliers.
“By doing the recycling internally, we save virgin materials and also reduce carbon-dioxide emissions from transport,” Ljungdahl explains.
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