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Our sustainability journey/performance

Altro have been at the forefront of innovation for more than 100 years:

  • We were the first manufacturer to produce ortho-phthalate-free safety floors.
  • We invented adhesive-free safety flooring.
  • We’ve been using a more renewable source of plasticisers since 2008 globally
  • We are proud to have achieved zero waste to landfill at our Letchworth site since 2014
  • Since 2000, we've reduced water consumption in our manufacturing process by a massive 99%.

We limit our carbon footprint by:

  • Reducing waste production in all sites globally
  • Sending zero waste to landfill from our Letchworth and Maiden Newton manufacturing facilities
  • Recycling waste or recovering waste to energy
  • Reducing packaging sizes across the Altro resins range
  • Recycling the water we use in our Letchworth manufacturing site via a closed-circuit water-cooling system which reduces water consumption and minimises the likelihood of pollution
  • Using universal (common) components and pack size for all epoxy products to reduce packaging, waste materials on-site and stock holding
  • Using forms of electronic communications
  • Only using FSC-sourced paper
  • Sourcing our materials from local suppliers
  • Replacing printed brochures with digital resources.

We are passionate about supporting the circular economy:

  • Altro PVC-based products are 100% recyclable pre-installation
  • PVC off-cuts can be recycled
  • Altro adhesive-free floors are 100% recyclable post-consumer
  • AltroSampleWise sample return program in North America
  • Recycling scheme for sample cards at Letchworth site
  • Altro safety flooring is wrapped using 100% recyclable packaging
  • Cardboard and plastic packaging recycled from resin manufacturing sites
  • Shredded paper generated from our resin manufacturing sites reused as packaging
  • Used Altro resins Intermediate Bulk Containers (IBCs) returned for re-use/recycling
  • Used Altro resins metal containers compacted and recycled
  • Altro Germany recycle products into stable mats for horses and capillary matting for plants

Altro use local recycling opportunities internationally. These include:

  • Recofloor in the UK and NI, Australia and New Zealand
  • Recowall in the UK
  • Operating reverse logistics for Denmark, Spain and France
  • Golv Atervinning in Sweden
  • The Arbeitsgemeinschaft Pvc-Bodenbelag Recycling (AgPR) recycling facility in Germany

Sourcing materials ethically

  • We always source materials from companies or suppliers who can demonstrate their environmental commitment
  • Our safety floors and walls do not contain formaldehyde
  • Altro adhesive-free floors are 100% recyclable post-consumer
  • Our safety floors and walls do not contain lead, cadmium, mercury or hexavalent chromium
  • We manufacture vinyl floors that are free from ortho-phthalate plasticisers