-- Carpet must contain at least 10% post consumer content -- Carpet must meet the Carpet and Rug Institute's Green Label Plus™ requirements for indoor air quality -- Carpet must meet the Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE) recycling goals -- Carpet must not contain PBDE Flame Retardants -- Manufacturer must have completed a life cycle assessment process for the product categoryThe company also announced the introduction of a new standard backing line for its broadloom products, High PerformancePC, which contains post-consumer recycled content from a sustainable derivative of the global paper recycling industry. In the first application of this innovative new technology in the carpet industry, mineral residuals are recovered from the recycled waste paper process and incorporated into carpet backing. This unique recovery process is environmentally friendly and the recovered mineral composites are post consumer. "Our goal has always been to design and manufacture products that were both beautiful and environmentally sustainable. Receiving Sustainable Choice Gold and California Gold certifications for our products is a significant milestone for our company and an important step in our journey to sustainability," said Anthony Minite, president of Bentley Prince Street. "We hope this objective third-party certification will both help and encourage the marketplace to identify and choose products that protect our planet's natural resources. We encourage everyone to ask for the SCS Sustainable Choice certification logo when they're specifying and choosing carpet products." For full release please follow this link: http://www.ewire.com/display.cfm/Wire_ID/3488
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