Reprinted with permission from The Carpet and Rug Institute's website.

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Green building is no longer a trend; it is a mainstay. Schools, healthcare facilities, businesses and public facilities recognize the benefits of building green, and governmental entities are even passing laws to mandate future green construction of public and private buildings.

Carpet, carpet pads and carpet adhesives contribute to green building in two important ways: helping reduce volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and emissions and contributing to the growing use of recycle content for building materials.

Because people spend about 90 percent of their time indoors, it is important to do everything possible to maintain the quality of indoor air, especially for new construction and renovation.  Carpet manufacturers were the first in the flooring industry to study their products for indoor air quality effects in schools and commercial settings.  CRI worked with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), academic institutions and independent laboratories to evaluate carpet’s role in the indoor environment.

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Moreover, with the goal of drastically reducing the amount of carpet going to landfill, the carpet industry is recycling carpet waste back into new carpet and carpet-related products and supporting markets for products made of spent carpet.

The result is the Green Label program and the even more rigorous Green Label Plus program.

NOTE: The CRI Green Label Plus program identifies products that meet standards for indoor air quality. The definition of “Green” as it refers to renewable, biodegradable products may differ. All Nourison collections constructed of natural materials such as 100% wool, wool and silk, wool and cotton, or Luxcelle (proprietary fibers made from the cotton plant), are all ‘Green” by most standards. Please check the fiber content on the home page of each collection to identify all natural products.  

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