EPD: Carpet tile with nylon 6 face fiber, 5.38 mm, 3.07 kg/m2, EcoWorx (Shaw Industries Group)

This Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) covers all products/styles of EcoWorx® carpet tile with EcoSolution Q®, Solution Q®, or Solution Q Extreme® face fiber, ranging from 13 ounces/yd2 (440 g/m2) to 32 ounces/yd2 (1085 g/m2), with a weighted average face weight of 19.6 ounces/yd2 (664.5 g/m2). EcoSolution Q®, Solution Q®, or Solution Q Extreme® face fiber is nylon 6 with 1% pre-consumer recycled content. The EcoWorx® backing system consists of polyolefin compound, recycled materials, and a fiberglass secondary reinforcement layer. The face fiber is tufted into a primary backing that may contain recycled content, latex is added to hold in the fiber, and the EcoWorx® backing system is applied. The products fall under CSI 09 6800, UNSPSC 30161701, and UNSPSC 30161719 classification codes (CSI, 2023; UNSPSC, 2023a, 2023b).

Manufacturer legal entity:

Shaw Industries Group

Manufacturer:

Shaw Industries

Country of manufacturer:

china

Product name:

Carpet tile with nylon 6 face fiber

Commercial names:

EcoWorx

Material type:

Flooring

Material subtype:

Carpet flooring

Environmental & technical characteristics

Global warming potential (A1-A3):

13.6 kg CO2e/m2

Technical specification:

5.38 mm, 3.07 kg/m2

Available units for calculation:

m2, kg, ton, m3

Unique identifier (OCLID):

645012201b5e16239f95e72f

Sustainability data background information

EPD number:

4790076562.104.1

EPD program:

UL Environment

Publication year:

2023

Product category rules (PCR):

PCR UL Environment PCR Part B: Flooring EPD Requirements, UL 10010-7, v2.0 (September 28, 2018)

Environmental standard:

ISO 14040, EN15804+A1

Verification status:

Third-party verified (as per ISO 14025)

Upstream database:

GaBi