Second life for old floors and residual waste at Forbo Flooring

Forbo Flooring has started reusing old linoleum flooring to produce its latest Marmoleum Cocoa collection. To produce the climate-friendly floor, the flooring manufacturer is also reusing cocoa husks from Zaandam cocoa farms. With the production of the new floor, the flooring specialist goes beyond reducing its own carbon footprint. The Marmoleum Cocoa floor is now climate-positive. Forbo Flooring removes more greenhouse gases from the air with the collection than it puts in.

Climate Friendly

In addition to old floors, Marmoleum Cocoa also contains cut remnants from newly laid floors. 
Overall, the collection consists of more than 30 percent renewable raw materials such as cocoa husks and 43 percent recycled materials. Linoleum flooring is already originally composed of 97 percent natural materials such as linseed oil, resin, wood flour and limestone, making it last for decades.

More possible together 

According to Tobias van Sabben - Global Sustainability Program Manager of Forbo Flooring - much more is still possible as long as you work together on solutions: "Circularity requires cooperation. From architect, customer to flooring company and manufacturer: everyone can contribute. With this collection, we hope to inspire other players in the building chain to work together on circularity in many ways."

Reuse & aesthetics

The new Marmoleum Cocoa collection shows that climate-friendly flooring opens up a world of new design possibilities. This collection combines the aesthetics of cocoa shells with tranquil mineral tones. The six new warm and natural colors fit virtually any environment or interior and blend nicely with natural building materials. In addition, they combine well with other Marmoleum collections such as Walton, Linear and Marbled. 

More information about the collection can be found here: https://www.forbo.com/flooring/nl-nl/producten/marmoleum/marmoleum-cocoa/pnmyeo