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CISUFLO PROJECT

Collaboration and joint working

across borders drives success for CISUFLO project

CIrcular SUstainable FLOorcoverings (CISUFLO) is an international project
launched in June 2021 and ending in June this year. It has funding from the
European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme. Its aim
has been to work on new technologies and products to improve materials’
recovery and drive the flooring sector in Europe towards a circular economy.

he collaboration brought together 19 all types of flooring products and collect this
partners from across research, industry information to produce a digital product passport.
Tand trade association backgrounds in 7 This information is to be managed and identifiable
different countries with 32 voluntary supporting by an app called ePRODIS (Electronic PRODuct
parties. Information System). Research has been reported
In the UK, the CFA and Flooring Industry back to the European Commission and contributes
Training Association (FITA) have played a leading to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
role. Meeting every six months, the project The project is due to end in June this year,
enabled conversations from across fields, bringing with the publication of the final report at the
different flooring specialists across industries and Flanders Flooring Days – a big commercial
nations together to share their insights. flooring event held in Belgium. As we come to the
The focus of the research has been on end of this project, there are a number of lessons
design for circularity, material selection and on sustainability and collaboration to benefit
6 manufacturing technology. In addition, research the whole European flooring industry, as our
was conducted on how to integrate tags in interviews explore in more detail.

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