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Case Study - Recycling programme
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End Of Life (EOL)
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To date, Armstrong has completed three successful recycling projects at Farnborough Air Show. Armstrong has recycled 24,600m²
of Dune Supreme tiles from the show site to its UK manufacturing site in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. The mineral fibre tiles
were specified by specialist contractors, SDD Exhibitions, for temporary hospitality marquees.
Armstrong has been using recycled raw materials and process waste to make its mineral fibre tiles for over a decade and has
now extended their ‘end of life’ recycling programme of 5 years to include most types of Armstrong mineral fibre tiles produced
after January 2000. These can be recycled using a process which involves breaking the old tiles down into a slurry and using
it as a raw material for making new Armstrong ceiling tiles.
“The marquees at Farnborough become temporary headquarters for some of the biggest names in the aviation industry, so the
interiors have to be of a high quality and the ceilings are no exception,” explains David Humphreys, Project Controller at
SDD Exhibitions. “The Armstrong Dune Supreme tiles create an aesthetically pleasing ceiling while providing good acoustics
which is challenging in the noisy environment of the show. The Dune Supreme tile also met the higher levels of humidity expected
on the site. Additional confidence in the products performance was provided by the Armstrong Humiguard Lifetime Guarantee.
We are really pleased that Armstrong can provide both performance and environmental ceiling solutions”.
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