Marmoleum 2.0 and 2.5 mm
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ffedbo FLOORING SYSTEMS Marmoleum the most globally used brand of linoleum has been manufactured by Forbo for more than 150 years. Marmoleum is produced having low environmental impacts as a result of the combination of natural renewable materials and high recycle content. Forbo was the first flooring manufacturer to publish a complete Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) report verified by CML in 2000.In addition Forbo is now to publish Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) for all products including full LCA reports. This EPD is using all recognized flooring Product Category Rules and is including additional information to show the impacts on human health and ecotoxicity. By offering the complete story we hope that our stakeholders will be able to use this document as a tool that will translate the environmental performance of Marmoleum into the true value and benefits to all our customers and stakeholders alike. For more information visit; www.forbo-flooring.com

Environmental Product Declaration ffedbo FLOORING SYSTEMS Marmoleum 2.0 and 2.5 mm Resilient Linoleum Floor Covering According to ISO 14025 and EN 15804 This declaration is an environmental product declaration (EPD) in accordance with ISO 14025. EPDs rely on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to provide information on a number of environmental impacts of products over their life cycle. Exclusions: EPDs do not indicate that any environmental or social performance benchmarks are met, and there may be impacts that they do not encompass. LCAs do not typically address the site-specific environmental...

Marmoleum 2.0 and 2.5 mm Resilient Linoleum Floor Covering Product Definition Product Classification and description Marmoleum is a resilient floor covering complying with all the requirements of EN-ISO 24011: Specification for plain and decorative linoleum. Marmoleum is made from natural raw materials making it a preferable ecological and durable floor covering with a beautiful and colorful design. The key raw materials include linseed oil, which comes from the flax plant seeds, gum rosin from pine trees, recycled wood waste of wood from controlled forests, limestone and jute from the jute...

Environmental Product Declaration (fodb© FLOORING SYSTEMS Marmoleum 2.0 and 2.5 mm Resilient Linoleum Floor Covering According to ISO 14025 and EN 15804 Product Standard The products considered in this EPD have the following technical specifications: o Meets or exceeds all technical requirements in ASTM F 2034 Standard Specification for Linoleum Sheet Flooring. o Meets or exceeds all technical requirements in EN-ISO 24011 Specification for plain and decorative Linoleum. a Marmoleum meets the requirements of EN 14041 EN 13501-1 Reaction to fire Cfl - s1 Fire Testing : o Class 1 when...

Environmental Product Declaration (fodb© FLOORING SYSTEMS Marmoleum 2.0 and 2.5 mm Resilient Linoleum Floor Covering According to ISO 14025 and EN 15804 Delivery Status Table 1: Specification of delivered product Production of Main Materials Linseed oil : Linseed oil is obtained by pressing the seeds of the flax plant. After filtering a clear golden yellow liquid remains. Gum rosin : Rosin is obtained by wounding pine trees. The crude gum is collected and is separated into turpentine and rosin by distillation. Tall oil : Tall oil is a post industrial waste product coming from the paper...

Marmoleum 2.0 and 2.5 mm Resilient Linoleum Floor Covering Jute : Jute fiber is extracted from the stem of the jute plant by floating it in water. For yarn production fiber bands are obtained by carding, stretching, spinning, warping and sizing. Finally the yarn is woven. Lacquer : The factory applied lacquer – Topshield 2 – is a waterborne UV cured double layer factory coating – acrylate hybrid dispersion. Production of the Floor Covering Figure 2: Illustration of the Production process Marmoleum is produced in several stages starting with the oxidation of linseed oil mixed with tall oil...

Environmental Product Declaration (fodb© FLOORING SYSTEMS Marmoleum 2.0 and 2.5 mm Resilient Linoleum Floor Covering According to ISO 14025 and EN 15804 Health, Safety and Environmental Aspects during Production o ISO 14001 Environmental Management System o OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems o SA 8000 Social Accountability standard Production Waste Rejected material and the cuttings of the trimming stage are being reused in the manufacturing process. Packaging materials are being collected separately and externally recycled. Delivery and Installation of the...

Environmental Product Declaration (fodb© FLOORING SYSTEMS Marmoleum 2.0 and 2.5 mm Resilient Linoleum Floor Covering According to ISO 14025 and EN 15804 Cardboard tubes and packaging paper can be collected separately and should be used in a local recycling process. In the calculation model 100% incineration is taken into account for which there is a credit received. Use stage The service lifetime of a floor covering for a certain application on a floor is too widespread to give one common number. For this EPD model the reference service lifetime (RSL) is set to one year. This means that...

Marmoleum 2.0 and 2.5 mm Resilient Linoleum Floor Covering End of Life The deconstruction of installed Marmoleum from the floor is done mechanically and the electrical energy needed for this is estimated to be 0.03 kWh/sqm. This amount of energy is taken into account for the calculations. For the end of life stage no landfilling is taken into account, since the vast majority of the countries in which Marmoleum is sold are having a non landfill policy. Because of the high calorific value of Marmoleum the incineration is very profitable as a waste to energy conversion. Life Cycle Assessment A...

Marmoleum 2.0 and 2.5 mm Resilient Linoleum Floor Covering unit process. The total neglected input flows per module shall be a maximum of 5% of energy usage and mass. In practice, in this assessment, all data from the production data acquisition are considered, i.e. all raw materials used as per formulation, use of water, electricity and other fuels, the required packaging materials, and all direct production waste. Transport data on all considered inputs and output material are also considered. Allocations In the present study some allocations have been made. Detailed explanations can be...