Our sustainability journey/performance

• We were the first manufacturer to produce ortho-phthalate-free safety floors.
• We invented adhesive-free safety flooring.
• We’ve been using a more renewable source of plasticisers since 2008 globally
• We are proud to have achieved zero waste to landfill at our Letchworth site since 2014
• Since 2000, we've reduced water consumption in our manufacturing process by a massive 99%.

• Reducing waste production in all sites globally
• Sending zero waste to landfill from our manufacturing facilities
• Zero waste to landfill as we recycle waste or turn it into energy by incinerating it
• Recycling the water we use in our Letchworth manufacturing site via a closed-circuit water-cooling system which reduces water consumption and minimises the likelihood of pollution
• Sourcing our materials from local suppliers – always source from UK or mainland Europe. We are ISO 14001-compliant

• Altro PVC-based products are 100% recyclable pre-installation
• PVC off-cuts can be recycled through the Recofloor scheme
• Altro adhesive-free floors are 100% recyclable at the end of their life through the Recofloor scheme (in UK only)
• AltroSampleWise sample return program in North America
• Recycling scheme for sample cards at Letchworth site
• Altro safety flooring is wrapped using 100% recyclable packaging
• Shredded paper generated from our resin manufacturing sites reused as packaging
• Altro Germany recycle products into stable mats for horses and capillary matting for plants

Altro use local recycling opportunities internationally. These include:

• Recofloor in the UK and NI, Australia and New Zealand
• Recowall in the UK
• Golv Atervinning in Sweden

Sourcing materials ethically

• Our products do not contain formaldehyde, lead, cadmium, mercury or hexavalent chromium
• We manufacture vinyl floors that are free from ortho-phthalate plasticisers
• Our safety flooring products contain post-consumer recycled glass from the UK wine bottle industry
• We use 100% certified green electricity in Letchworth
• One of our PVC polymer suppliers is now manufacturing their products using 100% green electricity