Crossville, Tenn. -- Crossville recently announced that the company has recycled 11,872,394 pounds of fired porcelain in 2018, bringing the company’s cumulative recycling total to nearly 126 million pounds since the 2009 launch of the Tile Take-Back program and subsequent TOTO USA recycling partnership.

These recycling initiatives are based on the company’s proprietary process for recycling fired porcelain products, including post-consumer materials. Through Tile Take-Back, Crossville is able to recycle previously installed tile collected from its distribution network, as well as scraps that result from tile cutting during installation, sizing or sample creation. Through its TOTO partnership, Crossville receives pre-consumer fired porcelain toilets that do not meet quality standards; prior to the partnership, these cast-offs were being sent to landfills for disposal.

All 126 million cumulative pounds of the recycled material Crossville has diverted from landfills has been or will be introduced into the tile production process. This use of recycled material during manufacturing results in Crossville maintaining its status as a net consumer of waste for the seventh consecutive year. Net waste consumption is achieved by using more waste than is created during production.

Additionally in 2018, Crossville removed 3,072,846 pounds of filtrate solids from dirty water and recycled it back into tile production. Tile Take-Back and the TOTO USA partnership are just two of many sustainable practices Crossville maintains companywide.

For more information, visit www.crossvilleinc.com.