Daltile, Marazzi, American Olean Highlight Environmental Sustainability Efforts

In recognition of Earth Day 2023, sister brands Daltile, Marazzi, and American Olean are highlighting some of the many sustainable features of their products, processes, and company ethos.

“As a company, we strive to create beautiful tile designs responsibly,” said Paij Thorn-Brooks, vice president of marketing, Dal-Tile LLC.  “Under our brands’ ‘Our Promise’ sustainability platform, we are focused on creating a more Climate Positive future by being dedicated stewards of our global impact, leveraging our resources to shrink our footprint and reduce our waste.  Not only do we strive as a company to encourage sustainable activity around Earth Day, but we are keenly focused on this effort 365 days a year via a myriad of environmental sustainability efforts.”

The Daltile, Marazzi, and American Olean environmental sustainability efforts include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Over 99% of the company's tile collections contain recycled or reclaimed materials.
• On average, North American facilities recover and reuse over 300 million pounds of recycled and/or reclaimed material per year.
• 2018 to present the brands have reduced their carbon footprint by 17%.
• Overall, the brands recover and reuse 84% of all process wastewater generated in manufacturing plants to make tile products.
• The brands' measures have prevented over 125 million gallons of wastewater from entering local municipal water treatment facilities.
• The manufacturers have reduced energy consumption by 11% at all of our company-owned Sales Service Centers and distribution facilities.

“We look forward to doing great things as we continue to grow our multi-facetted sustainability program,” said Thorn-Brooks.  “Our commitment to having a positive impact on the world around us is one of the core pillars of our business.”

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