EcoFlex

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EcoFlex™ ICT
Modular Commercial Floor Covering
According to ISO 14025
Health, Safety, and Environmental Aspects During Production
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ISO 14001 Environmental Management System
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Supply chain and raw material management program
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Corporate Health and Safety programs focused on continual improvement of worker and contractor
safety
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The Mohawk Group is in compliance with all local, state, federal and international regulations
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Social Responsibility measuring the social aspects of our manufacturing and the impacts to the
communities where they are located
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Compliance with Public Health and Environment (PHE) requirements within NSF/ANSI 140
Sustainable Carpet Assessment Standard
Production Waste
The “Waste Management System” at Mohawk is a unique comprehensive system to help identify, evaluate,
and reduce or eliminate waste streams throughout our manufacturing facilities. The Mohawk Corporate Waste
Stream Management Team has identified more than 100 waste streams across manufacturing. The waste
streams are tracked by an internal tracking system. The Corporate Waste Stream Management communicates
with the facilities, to insure the most economical methods of recycling, reusing, or the repurpose of the waste
into other systems are being utilized. Some examples include, converting backing waste into new primary and
secondary carpet backing, incorporating yarn waste into synthetic carpet pad. In some cases fiber waste is
converted to pellets and processed into useful products such as plastic waste containers or plastic parts for
automobiles.
Delivery and Installation of the Floor Covering
Delivery
The life cycle assessment for product delivery was modeled with a shipping distance of 500 miles to U.S.
customers. The international shipments were modeled as being transported via truck to an East Coast port,
loaded on a container and placed on a ship. Once the ship arrives in the European port, the carpet is shipped
by truck to the customer at a distance of 500 miles.
Installation
The floor must be prepared and the concrete must be prepared in accordance with Mohawk Group’s
installation instructions, and the recommended adhesive must be used to maintain the warranty. Complete
installation instructions can be found at
www.themohawkgroup.com
or by calling 800-833-6954.
Health, Safety and Environmental Aspects During Installation
Safety representatives are located at each of the manufacturing sites to train, monitor and improve safety in the
workplace. Safety managers are ultimately responsible to the Chief Executive Officer for development,
implementation, and review of Mohawk’s Health and Safety Policies. Meetings are held at each work location
to communicate safety requirements and expectations for the organization and team members. Mohawk uses
a continuous improvement process for safety. The Material Safety Data Sheets are available to all team
members electronically for all sites.