InterfaceFlor Product on Popular Science List

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Raw, an InterfaceFlor carpet tile product created from yarns derived from a combination of salvaged fishing nets, post-industrial waste, and fibers from the company’s own processing of reclaimed carpet products, is among 100 products named “Best of What’s New” for 2011 by Popular Science magazine.

Raw was developed by InterfaceFlor’s principal design consultant, David Oakey, and it contains 29 percent post-consumer recycled content and a total of 79 percent recycled content.

“Raw is an enigma: it’s such an attractive design, yet it’s made from trash—industrial sludge, decrepit fishing nets and used and reclaimed carpet," said John Wells, president and CEO of parent company, Interface Americas.

"It’s a great example of how ingeniously this refuse can be reinvented into something highly functional."