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A convincing article on the Eco-friendliness of the linoleum floors, by Katie Marks.
Quick: tell me what you think of when you hear the word “linoleum.” Cheap, tacky-looking polyvinyl chloride (PVC) sheeting sprawled across your floors, right? With some ridiculous pattern designed to make it look like something else when we all know it’s just another toxin-emitting substance making you, and your home, sick. It’s probably one of those things you aim to rip out ASAP during your next remodel.
Would you be surprised to learn that linoleum is actually one of the most ecologically-friendly flooring materials available?
There is, of course, a little catch: we’re talking about natural linoleum, which was originally developed in the 1850s. The inventor, Frederick Walton, put two and two together and made linoleum, producing it from recycled materials like minerals, wood and cork dust, and so forth, bound together with linseed oil and pine rosin on a burlap backing. Better yet, you can actually recycle old linoleum to make new linoleum, which is a pretty neat trick!
