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CISUFLO PROJECT

Founded in 1918, Edel Carpets is a modern Dutch carpet
manufacturer specialising in mid-to-high end flooring. The
company has been a key contributor to the CISUFLO’s aims
to develop circular flooring and digital product passport
technologies on the carpet front. We spoke to Robbert Wapstra,

managing director of Edel Carpets.

pecialised in high quality providing innovative samples of interest to CISUFLO’s CTextile
products with a high level that were tested in long-term material research. Specifically, it
Sof service, Edel Carpets – environments by volunteers from has manufactured carpets using
with almost a century of carpet across the project’s reach, which PA6. Following a change in supplier
manufacturing experience – were installed according to local production, the company is now
has in recent years laid a clear standards. In the UK, FITA was more analysing other PA6 yarns to find
focus on the importance of than happy to conduct testing, as a suitable replacement that can
sustainability in luxurious flooring our interview with CFA and FITA continue this activity.
design. Training Manager Shaun Wadsworth This product innovation is the
One of three top producers in all explores in more detail. result of a circular loop from yarn
of Europe, the Dutch company has By the sixth and final pilot, which to carpet which is at end-of-life
a particular stake in the UK contract focused on textile flooring recycling, sorted, shredded and recycled
flooring industry as our country is CISUFLO aimed to manufacture into granulate which then turns
the largest carpet export market the first fully circular carpet. In this back into yarn to restart the cycle.
from the Netherlands, accounting respect, Edel Carpets highlights Not only does Edel Carpets claim
for around 40% of total carpet its chief achievement is its ALLOA this recycled yarn can be used
exports. The majority of Dutch carpets (ALL Over Again). This indefinitely to produce recyclable
carpets are produced in Overijssel, product, the company believes, can carpets, but the company also
the region local to Edel Carpets, be totally recycled into new carpet reports success in reuse for other
where an estimate of 70% gets or other high-quality products high-quality textile products such as
12 made. without diminishing in quality swimming costumes. Edel Carpets
From the first pilot, CISUFLO over time. It argues that the 100% identifies a need to work with other
set out to produce New Circular recyclable design maximises the sectors of the plastics industry,
Floor Coverings (CFC) prototypes, value that can be kept in the supply citing that as carpets represent only
which could then be sorted via chain and makes it a ‘true circular 3% of all plastics, it must cooperate
a digital product passport. In product’. The ALLOA carpet range within the bigger picture.
addition to ‘CLaminate’, composed actually comprises two soft and Through its research into
of >90% of recycled wood fibres, stylish polyester collections: the textile flooring recycling research,
and ‘CVinyl’, composed of >90% short, strong Eternity collection and CISUFLO aimed to develop
recycled PVC content, the project the full, shaggy Nexus collection. new installation materials and
aimed to produce ‘CTextile’ – a These are available from techniques to ensure easy removal
mono-material (PA) or easily www.edelcarpets.com/en/. and post-use circularisation. ALLOA
separable carpet product. Edel Edel Carpets typically also sells carpets can be recycled in just
Carpets’ relevant experience two polyamide carpet collections as one step, as Edel Carpets reports,
proved invaluable to CISUFLO, part of the Alloa carpet range, also representing a significant step in 

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