Aquafil and Tarkett

Tarkett is a carpet tiles producer that has sourced ECONYL® yarn from Aquafil for more than a decade. and thanks to the pioneering collaboration with Aquafil, the Company closes the circle in the production of carpet tiles in Europe.

In 2019, it developed a breakthrough technology at its Waalwijk recycling centre that separates the two principal components of carpet tiles: the backing and the yarn – maintaining over 95% its purity.

This allows Tarkett to give a new life to carpet tiles at the end of their lives: the company re-uses the backings to make new backings and sends the waste yarns to Aquafil, who uses them as raw materials for the production of ECONYL® yarn.