Desso Take Back™ Programme
Millions of square metres of worn-out carpet are thrown away every year, often burned or dumped at landfill sites, leading to the destruction of valuable raw materials. In early 2008, Desso took revolutionary steps to ensure that carpets would be safely recycled by launching its TakeBack™ programme.
Desso offers clients a Take Back™ programme to ensure that products will be recycled according to Cradle to Cradle® principles. Products will be taken back by Desso after their useful life, and will be safely recycled into new carpet products, or used in other recycling initiatives. By sourcing positively defined1) raw materials, introducing new manufacturing methods and collecting used carpets from clients, we are doing everything we can to achieve a closed loop process (from production to use and back again).
Besides our own products, we also encourage the international collection of all types of used carpet, except for those products containing PVC. Carpets are recycled using our innovative separation technique called Refinity®, which separates the yarn and other fibres from the backing.
DESSO Refinity®
1) Positively defined = all ingredients have been assessed as either Green (optimal) or Yellow (tolerable) according to the Cradle to Cradle® assessment criteria
