Join ReStart® – Tarkett’s take-back and recycling programme!

Do you want to recycle your flooring easily and reduce your climate impact? ​

We collect and recycle your linoleum, carpets and vinyl* floors (post-use** and installation offcuts). The collected material is sent to our recycling centres, separated and valorised into new products, closing the materials’ loop and making sure that nothing goes to waste. With ReStart®, you ensure that your flooring is effectively recycled and that you contribute, for real, to a circular economy.

 

 

 

 

* Post-use recycling process proven by externally verified Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) & applicable to the products accessible here.  
** Post-use recycling applies for the following vinyl collections: homogeneous vinyl, click LVT, iD Square, Heterogeneous loose-lay collections, vinyl rolls with foam-backing and glue-free installation below 50m² 

Join ReStart® now!

Fill out the form to express your interest in the programme and we will contact you shortly.

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Our customers say it best

Watch four customer testimonials to learn about their experience with Tarkett’s ReStart® programme and discover how you can benefit by joining it. With ReStart®, manage your flooring waste cleanly, easily and cost-free.

Increase circularity with easy-to-use ReStart®

Watch Tarkett’s interview with Dariusz Marnic, Head of Marketing, and Daniel Turzyński, Operations Manager, at Algeco Poland and Eastern Europe. Algeco is part of the Modulaire Group, a group of companies providing modular solutions worldwide for temporary and fixed buildings, offices, stores, hospitals and temporary railway stations. Algeco Poland joined ReStart® in 2022.

In this video, they explain how Tarkett's easy-to-use ReStart® programme has enabled them to enhance the circularity of their modular buildings, reducing CO2 emissions and costs.

Avoid carbon emissions

Watch Tarkett’s interview with Olivier Berthoud who manages Soltechnic, a company supplying all types of floorings and based in Orléans. Olivier explains how ReStart® has helped him manage flooring waste and how ReStart® has been an ideal hassle-free choice. Since 2020, through ReStart®, Soltechnic has recycled more than 24 tonnes of waste (including carpet tiles and vinyl flooring), representing 40 tonnes of CO2 emissions saved.

Save costs

Watch Tarkett’s interview with Kristel Leerkes, director/owner of Boerhof Project Interiors in Heeten in the Netherlands. Boerhof Project Interiors provides everything for project interiors, including flooring supplies. Boerhof Project Interiors joined ReStart® almost at the start of the programme. This customer highlights how Tarkett's hassle-free ReStart® programme has allowed them to achieve cost reduction in addition to the environmental, CO2 saving benefits.

Gain competitive advantage

Watch Tarkett’s interview with Anthony Francis, managing director of Mayfield Floors, a commercial flooring supplier and installer based in Manchester. Anthony explains why Mayfield Floors joined Tarkett’s ReStart®, contributing to recycling old carpet tiles instead of sending them to landfills or incineration. He clearly states how ReStart® brings him a competitive advantage.

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Green building certifications

Recycling and recycled materials are a positive indicator when aiming for green building certifications, like LEED, WELL and BREEAM.

Reach green building certifications with Tarkett’s circular flooring and its associated ReStart® take-back and recycling programme through:

  • Waste reduction. Recycling your flooring installation offcuts or old flooring via ReStart® means less waste for landfill or incineration and fewer carbon emissions.
  • Products containing sustainable ingredients that are recycled, renewable, or bio-sourced.
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Join the Loop

Every day, at Tarkett, we work with our customers, suppliers and partners to close the loop and help shape a sustainable, resilient society.
 
Join the loop through ReStart® and let’s drive together the transition of the construction industry towards a circular economy!