ECO Attributes

There are a wide variety of environmentally-responsible sources for wood products.  

Typically, however, there is a certain degree of confusion concerning “green” wood products because there is no industry standard guiding the language used to describe them—terms such as recycled, salvaged, rediscovered, and reclaimed are often used interchangeably, and the term “sustainable” is claimed by nearly every one. 

Recognizing this lack of clarity, Wood Floor Resource Group has made an effort to rationalize the language used to describe “green” wood products, to organize them logically into a limited number of categories, and to identify them with a simple system of symbols. The result of this work is the following table of Eco icons. Click on any individual icon to link to an example or a more extended explanation of that category. 

We have organized “green” flooring products into five broad categories. 

Recycled Wood

Salvaged Logs

Reclaimed Wood

Sustainable Forestry

Other Environmental Attributes