MARMOLEUM STRIATO AND WALTON
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Marmoleum Striato Colour Colour 5243 “Peacock Blue” and 5221 “Colour Stream” ffedb© 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 eco-toxicity. 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-floorine.com

Environmental Product Declaration ffedbo FLOORING SYSTEMS Marmoleum Striato & Walton 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...

Marmoleum Striato & Walton 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...

Environmental Product Declaration (fodbo FLOORING SYSTEMS Marmoleum Striato & Walton Resilient Linoleum Floor Covering According to ISO 14025 and EN 15804 Marmoleum is classified in accordance with EN-ISO 24011 to be installed in the following use areas defined in EN-ISO 10874: 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...

Environmental Product Declaration (fodbo FLOORING SYSTEMS Marmoleum Striato & Walton Resilient Linoleum Floor Covering According to ISO 14025 and EN 15804 o ISO 9001 Quality Management System and ISO 14001 Environmental Management System o OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems o SA 8000 Social Accountability standard o SWAN o Der Blaue Engel Delivery Status Table 1: Specification of delivered product

Marmoleum Striato & Walton Resilient Linoleum Floor Covering 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 industry and is consisting of vegetable oil and rosin. Wood flour : Postindustrial bio based soft wood waste from the wood industry, which is milled into...

Environmental Product Declaration (fodbo FLOORING SYSTEMS Marmoleum Striato & Walton Resilient Linoleum Floor Covering According to ISO 14025 and EN 15804 Marmoleum is produced in several stages starting with the oxidation of linseed oil mixed with tall oil and rosin. With the influence of oxygen from the atmosphere a tough sticky material is obtained called linoleum cement. The linoleum cement is stored in containers for a few days for further reaction and after this it is mixed with wood flour, calcium carbonate, reused waste (if applicable), titanium dioxide and pigments. This mixture...

Environmental Product Declaration (fodbo FLOORING SYSTEMS Marmoleum Striato & Walton Resilient Linoleum Floor Covering According to ISO 14025 and EN 15804 Waste during the installation process may be recycled as floor covering through the manufacturers’ faciliti es or thermally recycled in a waste incineration plant. Since the major part of Marmoleum is sold in Europe the European electricity grid mix is used in the calculations for the energy recovery during incineration. Cardboard tubes and packaging paper can be collected separately and should be used in a local recycling process. In...

Marmoleum Striato & Walton Resilient Linoleum Floor Covering Health Aspects during Usage Marmoleum is complying with: o AgBB requirements o French act Grenelle: A+ o CHPS section 01350 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...

Marmoleum Striato & Walton Resilient Linoleum Floor Covering Description of the Declared Functional Unit The functional unit is one square meter of installed product and the use stage is considered for one year of service life. Cut off Criteria The cut-off criteria shall be 1% of renewable and non-renewable primary energy usage and 1% of the total mass of the 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...