Flooring That is Environmentally Friendly Bamboo Plyboo™ bamboo flooring is competitive in price and performance with other standard floor materials. Both beautiful and durable, bamboo is one of the best alternative solutions in the flooring industry for natural home design. Even though it is a grass, it looks and behaves like a hardwood. Bamboo tests out at 95% the hardness of red oak. Its tensile strength of 28,000psi exceeds that of steel in laboratory tests, yet it is lightweight and flexible. As one of the fastest growing plants in the world, bamboo sprouts up faster than any tree. Where a hardwood tree used in flooring may take more than 120 years to mature, bamboo can be harvested every 3-7 years. Bamboo is a plentiful and renewable resource—an ancient building material known in cultures throughout the world. Recycled Rubber / Cork Tile Flooring Recycled Rubber/Cork Flooring tiles are designed to be one of the most environmentally sensitive flooring materials available. It is a composite made from a mix of recycled rubber and mineral fillers with cork granules. Both the cork and rubber are 100% post-production waste and any waste produced in the manufacturing process is recycled back into the product. At the end of its useful life, it can be recycled again. It is a unique high-performance material that is resilient, acoustically beneficial, extremely durable and easy to maintain. The 18”x18” flooring tiles are well-suited to heavy commercial applications and residential use—it can even be applied in wet areas such as locker rooms and bathrooms. The flooring is available in a variety of colors and two different surface finishes: studded for additional slip resistance and smooth profile for areas that typically remain dry. Certified & Salvage Lumber The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization pursuing a global initiative which enables consumers to identify timber and wood products from well-managed woodlands, through a system of forest certification and product labeling. FSC was founded in 1993 by a diverse group of environmental and social organizations, progressive timber traders, manufacturers, retailers, indigenous people’s groups, and forestry professionals from around the world in response to concerns about global forest destruction. Our salvage lumber is collected from both local and international sources and includes wood from a range of species and prior function – old wine barrels, locally felled trees, and from buildings set for demolition. Some material is milled for flooring, some as slabs for counters or furniture. Please call for more specific information on available species, quantities and sizes.