November 12, 2010 - Johnsonite announces a new environmental program to help reduce its impact on landfill. The ReStart^® Reclamation Program allows for uninstalled rubber, vinyl and linoleum tile-, sheet-, wall base-, accessory- and tread-cuttings, as well as excess uninstalled materials to be collected and returned to Johnsonite to be repurposed for other products or uses. What better way to reduce costs and save valuable landfill space!

Johnsonite’s flooring technology allows it to reuse, or redistribute for other use, nearly all of its pre-consumer flooring, wall base, accessories and tread scrap. Raw-material excess, scrap and off-spec product is currently captured and reused in the manufacturing process or repurposed for other uses.  Now, that same capability also allows Johnsonite to reuse or repurpose uninstalled job site remnants.

Johnsonite makes it easy to recycle: 

• The ReStart Specifications are written into the job specs for the end user
• The contractor contacts Johnsonite for a Return Authorization Number [RA#]
• Johnsonite sends an RA# and a ReStart Return Kit including instructions, large bags and banding materials for palletizing
• The contractor packages leftover Johnsonite materials and sends them back to Johnsonite 

End users and contractors who return materials under the program guidelines will be given a ReStart Certificate from Johnsonite stating how much was sent back, along with other appropriate information.

Johnsonite flooring is part of a system that balances impact across people, the environment and the bottom line. Our goals include developing solutions that use better materials, practice resource stewardship and create people-friendly spaces while maximizing reuse and recycled content.

For more than 100 years, Johnsonite has been a leading provider of innovative flooring solutions that integrate function, design, life safety, and sustainability to enhance productivity in commercial spaces.  Johnsonite is the North American commercial brand of the Tarkett Group, which manufactures and markets integrated flooring, flooring accessories, wall base and sports surface solutions to professionals and end users in 100 countries, from 29 production sites.  And, with 2009 revenues of €1.7 billion, Tarkett Group is a leading global flooring supplier. Since January 2007, Tarkett has been owned by the Deconinck family (50%) and private equity funds affiliated with KKR (50%).  Tarkett and its Johnsonite brand are committed to providing solutions that balance each component of the triple bottom line: people, the environment and economics. Johnsonite ‘s mission is geared toward enhancing the productivity and well being of the people who design, manufacture, distribute, live and work with their products daily. Johnsonite is headquartered in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, with operations located throughout North America. For more information, please visit www.johnsonite.com and www.tarkett.com.