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Behind The Design July 2025• By Bentley Mills

Rethinking What's Possible: Bentley's Next Step Toward a Circular Future

Rethinking What's Possible: Bentley's Next Step Toward a Circular Future

Across the commercial flooring industry, the stakes are rising. Designers and end users alike are navigating a fast-changing landscape where climate impact, raw material extraction, and post-consumer waste demand immediate, verifiable action.

At Bentley Mills, our answer is simple: circularity cannot be a future goal or an optional add-on. It must be built directly into the materials we engineer today.

Closed-Loop Backing Systems

Through our FULFILL™ Reclamation program and partnerships with post-consumer recyclers, Bentley has successfully incorporated reclaimed calcium carbonate into our core backing platforms across carpet tile and broadloom.

By diverting millions of pounds of post-consumer carpet from landfills, we replace virgin mined minerals with high-performance recycled feedstocks, cutting embodied carbon while maintaining strict commercial warranties.

Topics & Tags:
#Circularity#FULFILL#Sustainability#Calcium Carbonate

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