Estonian ash piles turned into carbon negative raw material for flooring: Tarkett and Ragn-Sells partner to fight climate change
October 12 2021 - 1:45AM
Estonian ash piles turned into carbon negative raw material for
flooring: Tarkett and Ragn-Sells partner to fight climate change
Tarkett, a worldwide leader in innovative and sustainable
flooring and sports surface solutions, and the Swedish
environmental company Ragn-Sells, have announced today a
collaboration aiming at developing carbon negative mineral fillers
for vinyl flooring by 2025. The calcium is extracted from ash piles
in Estonia and the calcium carbonate is produced using carbon
capture technology.
During the last 50 years, Estonia has incinerated oil shale rock
to produce energy. As a result, more than 600 million tons of oil
shale ash have been disposed of in nature, heavily impacting the
environment. Ragn-Sells has developed a patented solution
transforming ash into useful mineral fillers using carbon capture
technology.
Several hundred thousand tons of mineral fillers*, most of them
calcium carbonate, are used by Tarkett for their vinyl flooring
solutions every year. The calcium carbonate currently used by
Tarkett is already carbon neutral. With the calcium carbonate
produced by Ragn-Sells, it is expected to generate a carbon
negative footprint. The partnership with Ragn-Sells will contribute
to achieving Tarkett’s 2030 objective of reaching 30% of recyc-led
content in its raw materials, ultimately reducing the company’s
carbon footprint.
"Today’s society is based on an unsustainable use of natural
resources. Ragn-Sells is committed to bringing more resources back
into the loop. To close these material loops, we need to
collaborate with other stakeholders in the value chain”, says Pär
Larshans, Sustainability Director at Ragn-Sells Group. “Tarkett is
an excellent example of a company that shares our vision and
commitment, and we very much look forward to developing our
collaboration”, continues Mr Larshans.
“For Tarkett, this project has the potential to produce flooring
with raw materials that contribute to the clean-up of the
environment in Estonia while capturing carbon dioxide. As a result,
our vinyl flooring will have a lower carbon footprint and an
increased amount of recycled content. This is exactly the kind of
innovative and robust partnership that we believe will pave the way
for a circular and carbon neutral society”, says Arnaud Marquis,
Chief Sustainability Officer at Tarkett.
Carbon footprint of calcium carbonate in Tarkett
flooring
The calcium carbonate currently used by Tarkett already has a
carbon neutral footprint of 0.006 kg CO2 eq per kg
(cradle-to-gate)**. With the calcium carbonate produced by
Ragn-Sells, it is expected to generate a carbon negative footprint
of -0.4 kg CO2 eq per kg (cradle-to-gate).
*The primary role of a mineral filler is to bring weight and
volume to the flooring. It also plays an important role in the
mechanical poperties such as the product stiffness.
**Carbon neutral means that a product stores as much greenhouse
gas as it releases during its life cycle. Carbon
negative means that a product stores more greenhouse gas than
it emits during its life cycle. The carbon fooprint is the total
amount of greenhouse gases - including carbon dioxide but also
methane for example - emitted by a product or service.
Cradle-to-gate includes all steps from extraction and transport of
raw material to the actual manufacturing of a product.
Find out more about Ragn-Sells carbon capture solution:
www.osaservice.ee/en/
About Ragn-Sells GroupThe environmental company
Ragn-Sells converts waste into pure raw materials so that they can
be used over and over again. Ragn-Sells drives the transition to a
circular economy through solutions that reduce the environmental
and climate impact of others, and with a vision of a being living
proof that caring for the earth and business go had in hand.
Ragn-Sells is a family owned, privately held corporate group,
originating from 1881. With operations in five countries, and 2,300
employees, the company had a turnover of 6.6 billion SEK in 2020.
www.ragnsells.com
About TarkettWith a history of 140 years,
Tarkett is a worldwide leader in innovative flooring and sports
surface solutions, with net sales of € 2.6 billion in 2020.
Offering a wide range of products including vinyl, linoleum,
rubber, carpet, wood, laminate, artificial turf and athletics
tracks, the Group serves customers in over 100 countries across the
globe. Tarkett has more than 12,000 employees and 33 industrial
sites, and sells 1.3 million square meters of flooring every day,
for hospitals, schools, housing, hotels, offices, stores and
sports fields. Committed to change the game with circular economy
and to reducing its carbon footprint, the Group has implemented an
eco-innovation strategy based on Cradle to Cradle® prin-ciples,
fully aligned with its Tarkett Human-Conscious Design™ approach.
Tarkett is listed on Euronext Paris (compartment B, ISIN:
FR0004188670, ticker: TKTT). www.tarkett.com
Media contacts
Tarkett
Thomas Isaak -
communication@tarkett.comBrunswick -
tarkett@brunswickgroup.com - Tel.: +33 (0) 1 53 96 83
83
Ragn-Sells
Pär Larshans, Sustainability Director at Ragn-Sells,
Tel.: +46 70-927 2963,
par.larshans@ragnsells.comEmma Ranerfors, Press
Manager at Ragn-Sells, Tel.: +46 10-723 2416,
press@ragnsells.com
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