Desso Backs Healthy Seas Initiative

Desso Backs Healthy Seas InitiativeDesso Backs Healthy Seas Initiative PR Newswire WAALWIJK, Netherlands, April 1, 2014 As part of its ongoing commitment to making a positive impact on health and wellbeing and the environment, Desso, the global carpets, carpet tiles and sports pitches company, today announced its participation in 'Healthy Seas, a Journey from Waste to Wear'. The initiative aims to remove waste, in particular fishing nets, for the purpose of creating healthier seas ®and recycling marine litter into ECONYL yarn used for new Desso carpets. As part of its commitment to recycling healthy materials for its carpet products, Desso has also worked with one of its key suppliers Aquafil, which developed the capability to recycle old Polyamide 6 yarn from used ®carpets and fish nets into new material known as ECONYL yarn over and over again. Today, over 90% of Desso's commercial carpet tile collection is Cradle to ® [1]Cradle certified and over 50% of Desso's carpet tiles contain up to ®100% ECONYL yarn, made from 100% regenerated nylon including ®post-consumer yarn waste from DESSO's Refinity plant. ®"Since 2010, we have been using ECONYL yarn in many of our carpet products as part of our ongoing commitment to the circular economy ®powered by Cradle to Cradle principles," says Desso CEO Alexander Collot d'Escury. "We are delighted to combine our commitment to using ®recycled content such as ECONYL with the critical task of helping to clean up the seas.