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Engineered for greater sustainability in rubber flooring, Johnsonite's ECO-NATURALS Eco-Shell with Cork is manufactured with a 4.5 percent loading by weight of walnut shell, a pre-consumer waste stream material and rapidly renewable resource. Additionally, the product contains cork at a loading of 2.5 percent by weight as well as pre-consumer waste stream material and rapidly renewable resource. Available as 24" x 24" tiles, Eco-Shell with Cork comes in a palette of 24 colors with a standard hammered texture. Stair treads are also available.

ECO-NATURALS CorkTones contains 2.5 percent cork by weight. The tiles are available in 24" x 24" tiles and stair treads in over 30 solid colors with a hammered texture including the Johnsonite color match system, providing a wide range of design freedom and flexibility.

Rubber flooring, proven to offer the best return of any resilient floor type available[1], is the basis of the ECO-NATURALS line. The products were designed through an environmental process and are currently under testing for FloorScore®. The unique composition does not contain phthalates, halogens or chlorine and the product only requires water and a neural detergent to clan it. ECO-NATURALS qualifies under Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) for both rapidly renewable materials and pre-consumer waste stream materials.

In addition to minimizing the product's life cycle cost, Johnsonite's ECO-NATURALS rubber tiles' extreme durability and limited maintenance requirements provide both low-cost upkeep and environmentally responsible practices by using less water, chemicals and energy. Over time, rubber flooring offers greater resource efficiency than many other materials.

As an industry leader in sustainability, Johnsonite is committed to providing inventive solutions that balance each component of the bottom line: people, the environment and economics. Johnsonite continues its performance and maintenance leadership by offering these contemporary materials without losing the traditional benefits of rubber.

The ECO-NATURALS line is a part of the integrated Johnsonite flooring system, which includes rubber, linoleum, homogeneous and heterogeneous vinyl, stairwell solutions, finishing borders and transitions.

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