Flooring retailer Lumber Liquidators will stop selling vinyl flooring manufactured with recycled plastics.
A chemical reform advocacy group called Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families and the company made the joint announcement in mid-November, according to a report at Plastic News.
The advocacy group said the company will adopt new standards barring vinyl flooring suppliers from using reprocessed vinyl in flooring, and limit lead in flooring to less than 100 parts per million. The company previously began requiring suppliers to eliminate orthphthalates in the vinyl flooring they make.
The new standards will be phased in next year.
The concern with recycled vinyl is contamination with lead, cadmium, brominated flame retardants and phthalates, Plastic News said. These compounds are low or non-detectible in the upper layers of recycled vinyl, but are “absolutely off the charts” in the middle levels, a spokesman said.
Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families said it would encourage Home Depot and Lowe’s to follow suit by keeping recycled vinyl flooring off their shelves.
Lumber Liquidators is trying to win back public confidence after damaging news reports about its operations. The company was recently fined $13 million for illegal wood imports and was accused in a 60 Minutes broadcast of selling Chinese-made laminate flooring containing 20 times the formaldehyde allowed by California safety standards.
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Vinyl flooring manufactured with recycled plastics won't be on the shelves at Lumber Liquidators once a new policy has been introduced next year.
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