B.4
Flooring
Highly Recommended Practices
Recommended Practices
Adopt a continuous improvement approach to setting and achieving goals. This applies to: Reuse of exhibit flooring. Recycling of exhibit flooring that is not reused. Post-consumer or post industrial recycled material content. Comprise all new flooring of one of the following: Reusable products with a plan on how you intend to get multiple uses. Products that are made from post-consumer or post-industrial recycled material Products that can be recycled after their intended tradeshow use. Opt for Forest Stewardship Council certified wood flooring. Reclaimed or repurposed materials.. ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Reuse all flooring products multiple times, should have a plan for reuse of flooring products prior to shipping to the show, and should not rely on the service contractor or facility to reuse or recycle products on your behalf. See Appendix A to this guidance for a listing of various types of flooring and an indication of their suitability for re-use. Reduce offcut waste resulting from the show-floor design, size of the gangways, and the laying technique. Cut flooring panels to size before moving them to the venue. Reuse and/or recycle LDPE/HDPE sheets used to cover and protect the carpet during event building (Move-in) and retain evidence of this effort (when carpets are used). Donate carpets that are not reused or repurposed upon the conclusion of the event and retain evidence that carpets were donated.
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