Green Floors, Inc
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friendly flooring products and related information. We are committed to protecting our natural resources through responsible environmental stewardship. From the products we offer, to the methods we use to help customers recycle, GreenFloors is working to help ensure a healthy environment for future generations." http://www.greenfloors.com/hp-cc-index1.htm
We were all devastated when Hurricanes Katrina and Rita hit the Gulf Coast. This disaster was GreenFloors' opportunity to help our follow Americans and also to help protected our environment. We knew that the carpets and leathers that were flooded would not be able to be cleaned and recycled but there were so many areas that could be invited and cleaned up. We decided to do something to help. We came together for the biggest project GreenFloors has ever done. Our staff divided up into four groups. I was the leader of my group of twenty-five workers, Group 1.
Group 1 was the first group to visit Louisiana. Each group would be down there working for five days. We had no idea to what we would experience physically and emotionally in the short period of time. Our job was very simple, clean homes and buildings, while sorting and collecting usable materials. We would transport the usable materials back home were the materials would be recycled. We mainly collected carpet and leather. We did not just want to collect usable materials that could be recycled; we also wanted to help our fellow Americans. These people needed more help then we could give but they loved us for doing what we could for them and our environment.
The following information is about GreenFloor's history and facts about the quality of our products. "We have been in the flooring business providing residential and commercial services as a full service store since 1972. Over the last several years we have completed thousands of residential, commercial, and governmental flooring projects in the Northern Virginia, Washington, D.C. metro area. In 1991 we started featuring environmentally friendly products. This portion of our business has grown to become GreenFloors. GreenFloors Show Room Is Located In Fairfax Virginia." http://www.greenfloors.com/hp-cc-index1.htm
"All GreenFloors commercial carpets are certified by the CRI Green Label indoor air quality carpet testing program for volatile organic compounds. The CRI Green Label sets the standard to ensure that the consumer is purchasing the lowest emitting (VOC) interior products on the market. The CRI Green Label sets the standard to ensure that the consumer is purchasing the lowest emitting interior products on the market.
Greenfloors carpet has the same industry performance standards as carpet lacking recycled content. We back our carpets with the