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CISUFLO – CIrcular SUstainable FLOor coverings

CISUFLO aims to set up a systemic framework for circular and sustainable floor coverings (carpets, resilient floor coverings and laminates) and minimise the sector’s total environmental impact.

Several challenges exist within flooring to make the transition to a circular economy: complex value chains, links to different sectors; different raw materials and numerous additives as well as a highly variable product life cycle.

CISUFLO provides systemic innovations at the technical, information and socio-economic level and performs 6 pilots to demonstrate their feasibility and value (future flooring, sorting, separation, laminate, vinyl and textile flooring recycling). The basis for circularity is realising circular material streams. Therefore, we focus on the main flooring material streams: wood (laminates), PA (carpets) and PVC (resilient). We aim to realise circularisation via innovations that deliver value along the chain by manufacturing flooring that is easier to remove, re-use, repair & recycle and a integrated product information system enables sorting, but also offers extra functionalities for installation, cleaning and maintenance, and sustainability info for customer at purchasing phase. To engage a broader range of stakeholders and ensure uptake beyond the project we have established a Transition Support Group (TSG) with over 30 members covering technology providers, retailers and collectors. Assuming our impact reaches 30% of the market, CISUFLO will help to shift a turnover of ca. 5 billion to the circular economy, which will significantly help to secure ca 12.000 jobs in the sector and create additionally ca 2500 jobs in collection and recycling.

Further information can be found at
https://www.cisuflo.eu/

Figure: CISUFLO Pilots

Funding program and project number

European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program, Grant Agreement No 101003893.

Duration

06.2021 – 05.2025

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YOUR CONTACT PERSON

Dr. Ansgar Paschen

Phone: +49 241 9679-156

a.paschen@tfi-aachen.de

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