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CONTRACTORS’ VIEW

For Westcotes Flooring Company Ltd, taking flooring this year, saving 5.24 tonnes of
a leading approach to sustainability in its CO2. Westcotes Flooring also won Highly
recycling services and fleet is a critical Commended for Project of the Year and
effort, says Carl Harper, managing director achieved a Bronze Award for waste collection
and immediate Past President of CFA. at Recofloor Awards 2025.
Westcotes Flooring carefully considers In a recent project at Colchester Hospital,
sustainability across its operations, from Westcotes Flooring diverted 86.18m3 using
product sourcing to waste management. the Proplex Closed Loop Remanufacturing
Purchasing ‘best practice’ products that scheme, resulting in an atmospheric carbon
eliminates plastic packaging wherever saving (WtE) of 57 CO2 or the equivalent of
possible and floorcovering material is recycled 2,846 trees, as well as recovered 2.50 tonnes
through recovery schemes. Since joining the of material using the Recofloor Vinyl Take-
Recofloor Vinyl Take-Back Scheme, Westcotes Back Scheme, saving a further 2.93 tonnes of
Flooring has recycled large volumes of vinyl CO2. In addition, Westcotes Flooring uses the

Forbo Back to the Floor programme and the
F. Ball Recycling Scheme, as well as donating
offcuts to FITA for it to use for training
purposes, helping to support the sector’s
training efforts.
Furthering its circular approach to floor
installation, Westcotes Flooring is proud to use
adhesive-free magnetic tab technology where
possible for its carpet tile installations which
covers only 4% of the floor, enabling quick
and clean uplift of flooring with no adhesive
contamination to either the floorcovering or
subfloor. This means that the flooring can be
either recycled or reused.
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