ERFMI
The European Resilient Flooring Manufacturers’ Institute (ERFMI) has set an ambitious target: to recycle 60,000 tonnes of post-consumer PVC flooring annually by 2030 — approximately 10% of estimated yearly arising. This represents a step change from today’s recycling rate of less than 1%.
Project Loop, developed under the Circular Buildings Coalition (CBC) Blueprint Project Programme, marks the first structured step toward delivering this ambition. CBC funding has enabled ERFMI to move from concept to implementation — establishing the technical and collaborative foundations required to scale post-consumer recycling across Europe.
PVC flooring is mechanically recyclable. However, uncertainty around legacy additives in older products has limited the safe reuse of post-consumer material. As a result, most used flooring enters mixed construction and demolition waste streams and is incinerated.
Project Loop addresses this barrier through a pilot collection and sorting hub in Belgium, designed as a replicable model for Europe-wide rollout.
Project Loop: Building the Blueprint for Circular PVC Flooring in Europe
The European Resilient Flooring Manufacturers’ Institute (ERFMI) has set an ambitious target: to recycle 60,000 tonnes of post-consumer PVC flooring annually by 2030. Project Loop, developed under the Circular Buildings Coalition (CBC) Blueprint Project Programme, marks the first structured step toward delivering this ambition. Read here to find out how they are doing this.
