If you’re looking to go green with your flooring, there aremany choices available.
It provides insulation against heat and cold and is naturally repellent to bugs, mold, and mites.
Somecork flooringis made from recycled bottle stoppers.
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This material is widely available and highly renewable.
When the material is no longer used it can be burned as fuel.
Many types of wood are scarce but can be sourced from recycling materials in old buildings.
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The use of these materials cuts down on waste and prevents the chopping down of a living tree.
It does not harm the environment and can be recycled into other flooring projects.
Their use prevents these non-biodegradable materials from ending up in a landfill.
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