EPD TRANSPARENCY BRIEF MARMOLEUM TILE 2.5MM

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Lifecycle Impact Categories
The document assesses environmental impacts throughout the product's lifecycle, including raw material extraction, transportation, manufacturing, packaging, use, and disposal.

Global Warming Potential: Refers to long-term changes in global weather patterns caused by increased greenhouse gases.
Photochemical Ozone Creation Potential: Occurs when sunlight reacts with hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides, and volatile organic compounds to produce smog.
Eutrophication Potential: Excessive nutrients cause algae growth in lakes, blocking sunlight and reducing oxygen, harming aquatic life.
Ozone Depletion Potential: Destruction of the stratospheric ozone layer by human-made pollution, increasing harmful ultraviolet radiation.
Acidification Potential: Human emissions decrease pH and increase acidity in water bodies, polluting groundwater and harming aquatic life.
Depletion of Abiotic Resources (Elements): Reduction of non-renewable resources like metals and gases due to human activity.
Depletion of Abiotic Resources (Fossil Fuels): Decreasing availability of non-renewable carbon-based compounds like oil and coal.

EPD Transparency Brief
The document provides a summary of content from the manufacturer's ISO 14025-compliant EPD certified by UL. For full details, visit www.ul.com/environment.

Material Content
Material content is measured to 1% and includes component, material availability, mass percentage, and origin.

Recycling or Reuse Standards
Includes pre-consumer and post-consumer recycled content percentages, VOC emissions, and water consumption.

Energy
Details on renewable and non-renewable energy usage in percentage and megajoules (mJ).

Manufacturer Contact Information
Includes name, phone, email, and website for further inquiries.

Catalog excerpts

EPD TRANSPARENCY BRIEF MARMOLEUM TILE 2.5MM-1

ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT DECLARATION EPD Transparency Brief COMPANY NAME Forbo Flooring Systems PRODUCT TYPE Resilient Linoleum Floor Covering PRODUCT NAME Marmoleum Tile 2.5mm Marmoleum tile is a linoleum floor covering complying with all requirements of EN-ISO 24011: Specification for plain and decorative linoleum. PRODUCT CATEGORY RULE PCR-Flooring Including Carpet, Resilient, Laminate, Ceramic Wood (NSF 2012) LIFECYCLE IMPACT CATEGORIES The environmental impacts listed below were assessed throughout the product's lifecycle - including raw material extraction, transportation, manufacturing, packaging, use, and disposal at end of life. FUNCTIONAL UNIT The functional unit is one square meter of installed product and the use stage is considered for one year of service life.

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EPD TRANSPARENCY BRIEF MARMOLEUM TILE 2.5MM-2

MATERIAL CONTENT Material content measured to 1%. pre-consumer recycled content RECYCLING OR REUSE Marmoleum tile can be recycled or composted. Check with your local Forbo business unit as it pertains to material take-back or reclamation programs. sTANDARDs RENEWABLE ENERGY NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY manufacturer contact info The information presented herein is a summary of content contained in the manufacturer’s ISO 14025-compliant EPD certified by UL. Please visit www.ul.com/environment to download the full EPD. UL, the UL logo, and UL certification mark are trademarks of UL LLC. All other marks...

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