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Regupol
Regupol
produce rubber flooring and acoustic underlays by
recycling tire rubber |
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Product Marketing Name:
Regupol Use and Application: Rubber
Flooring and Acoustic Underlays
Date of Certification: 8
April 2008
1. Description of the
Technology.
Recycling technology takes on a whole new twist with
Regupol. Regupol is a hard wearing, resilient and
resistant material that is used to manufacture a variety
of products. It starts with carefully shredded and
cleaned post-consumer tire rubber. Using a unique
manufacturing process, Regupol combines this raw
material with custom-formulated polymeric binders, free
of environmentally hazardous materials, to produce
rubber in sheets, rolls and molded forms. With
technology and equipment developed over 40 years,
Regupol is blended and formed to create a broad range of
products which meet and exceed standards in industrial,
transportation and construction markets.
Regupol out performs conventional rubber in its
combined performance of durability, resilience,
co-efficient of friction, easy handling and maintenance.
Today Regupol stands out as the only innovative and
environmentally-friendly rubber choice across most
industries and applications. The driving force behind
our company is the permanent development of new
products. Our innovations are the result of product and
market research and constantly improving our products
and applications. Our corporate principles and
objectives are straightforward, the quality of our
products is high and we can be relied upon to deliver
the goods on time: all this has earned us the confidence
of an ever-increasing number of customers from all over
the world. Using our vast experience we can design,
supply and fully install a floor that will exceed all
the requirements of any facility.
2. The Products
Regupol - Everlast Rubber Flooring or
Everroll Rubber Flooring:
Everlast
offers the durability of rubber at the price and comfort
of high quality carpet. Available in five standard
colours and solid black, Everlast also gives designers
flexibility to formulate custom colours (with minimum of
600 square metre order requirements). Everlast is highly
abrasion resistant, guaranteeing a long service life
even under extreme conditions.
Everroll
is a quality manufactured recycled rubber flooring,
which is tough and durable. Everroll is manufactured
from post-consumer tyre rubber and post industrial EPDM
rubber. Everoll also has Environmental Health and Safety
characteristics such as slip resistant and noise
absorption attributes.
Regupol - Rubber Granite Flooring: Rubber Granite is different
from other products in its solid composition of premium
quality coloured foam rubber. Also unique to Rubber EPDM
Granite is its high degree of resilience and durability
suitable to retail fitout and swimming pool
surrounds/leisure facilities. Rubber granite flooring is
also soft and quiet for walking on with minimal
temperature reaction to changing weather allowing
comfortable contact with skin. Working closely with
Regupol, architects and designers looking for innovative
flooring solutions can also create their own colour
combinations with Rubber Granite.
Regupol - Acoustic Underlay 6010,
6015 and 6010BA: Providing quality
prefabricated acoustic underlays to builders, owners,
developers is Regupol (
Australia
) Pty Limited. Regupol supplies standard and custom made
acoustic underlays providing customers with standards of
impact sound reductions for hard floors.
Regupol - 4515 Acoustic Underlay: Good impact sound insulation
and correct flanking protection should be an essential
aspect in the design and construction of any building.
The decision to provide sufficient impact sound
insulation is very personal and although Regupol impact
sound underlays surpass the required standards there is
a definate need for owners to select from our range of
standard to high performance products.
Regupol - K225 Acoustic Underlay: With the ever increasing
demand for hard floor surfaces such as parquetry, strip
timber, ceramics, marble, stone and granite comes the
need to provide sufficient impact sound isolation
Core Environmental Criteria Tested:
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Environmental Requirements |
Core Environmental Performance Characteristics |
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Fitness for Purpose
Certified products should be good performers in their intended
application. It is implied that certain standards of product
performance are implicit in the label. |
The Regupol products are
manufactured in Germany by BSW and consist of recycled rubber
and polyurethane. GECS has reviewed an ISO 9001:2000 for quality
control at the manufacturing site, the certificate was issued by
TUV Cert, Certificate number 061291, Expiry 10.11.09. The
products are AS/ANZ 5586:1999 certified (slip resistance,
flooring products) by CSIRO. GECS has received warranty
statements for Regupol recycled rubber impact sound acoustic
underlays which lasts seven years and Regupol Everlast, rubber
granite and rubber pavers which last five years. |
Controversial Sources
Wood and other natural materials from sources that are not
certified under a recognised certification scheme (e.g. FSC or
AFS) as being sustainable managed shall not originate from
certain sources |
Regupol 4515 contains less the 10%
of post consumer wine cork, this component of the product is
exempt from the requirements of this criterion. |
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Hazardous Substances |
The Regupol products Everlast
Rubber Flooring and Rubber Granite Flooring, Acoustic Underlay
6010, 6015, 6010BA, 4515 Acoustic Underlay, K225 Acoustic
Underlay are non hazardous to humans and therefore meet the
requirements of this criterion. |
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Formaldehyde content and
formaldehyde emitting additives Floors containing additives
with formaldehyde content or formaldehyde-emitting substances
must fulfill one of the following requirements: a) Control of
formaldehyde from the finished floor. b) Control of formaldehyde
during the production of panels for the floor. |
Test results for the Regupol 3mm
Rubber Granite and the Regupol 4mm Everlast show results of 0.01
mg/mē/hr and 0.015 mg/mē/hr respectably. These results are
very low, the test was undertaken by CETEC, test report
CV071002, 16th October 2007. The Regupol product range, subject
of this report, meets the requirements of this criterion. |
Waste Minimisation and
Management
a) The manufacturing process must include processes to
minimise waste through recovery and reuse or reprocessing and/or
use of waste for energy. b) The product must be designed in such
a way that it can be safely processed after use by means of
normal methods available in the market in which it will be used
and disposed (e.g. re-use, recycling/reprocessing and/or safe
disposal). |
The manufacturing process of the
products produces very little waste, all waste involved in the
cutting and sanding of the product is incorporated back into the
raw material flow. There is no apparent technical barrier for
the re use of the materials at the end of the products life.
Regupol Australia have implement a take back policy, products
are sent back to the manufacturer and incorporated back into
production. |
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Product Information The
floor covering products must be accompanied by information for
product suppliers, installers and consumers |
The Regupol product range, subject
of this report, meets the requirements of this criterion. |
Compliance to Environmental
Regulations
The applicant is required to comply with relevant
environmental legislation and government orders at the Local,
State and Commonwealth level, if these have been issued. An
applicants compliance with this criteria may be established by
undertaking a series of random checks and gathering samples of
applicant operational procedures and documents by approved
assessors as evidence to support compliance during the
verification and /or a statement of self declaration by an
executive officer of the applicant organisation. |
GECs has received a copy of the
ISO 14001:2004 certificate which shows certification until 2009.
GECS has also been provided previous ISO 14001:2004 which
expired in 2006 showing a long lived compliance to environmental
regulations.
Regupol's manufacturing site in
Germany, subject of this report, meets the requirements of this
criterion. |
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Compliance to Labour,
Anti-Discrimination & Safety Regulations An applicant
shall demonstrate that all employees are covered by a Federal or
State award or a certified industrial agreement or a registered
workplace agreement as determined by the Industrial Relations
Commission, the Employment Advocate or a State or Territory
Workplace Relations Agency. |
GECS has received an OHSAS
18001:1999 certificate which is valid until 2009 showing
compliance to safety regulations. Regupol's manufacturing site
in Germany, subject of this report, meets the requirements of
this criterion. |
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Regupol EPD
3. Environmental and Social Regulatory Obligations:
GECA also found the Regupol range to
be fully compliant with their obligations under Labour,
Anti-Discrimination, and Safety Regulations. The company
has not been the subject of prosecution in relation to
compliance with labour, anti- discrimination, safety
regulations and environmental regulations.
Additional Information
Good Environmental Choice Australia
recommends these products to green purchasing officers,
specifiers, and every day Australians seeking to
purchase products and services on the basis of
functional and overall environmental and human health
performance.
For more information contact Regupol
directly:
Regupol
Address: 1/5 Cary Grove, Minto, NSW, 2566
Ph: +61 02 9820 1233
Fax: +61 02 9820 1279
Web: www.regupol.com.au
E-mail: sales@regupol.com.au
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