Unglazed Quarry Tile Recycled Content
Metropolitan Ceramics® re-uses waste materials in the products of its unglazed ceramic quarry tile.
The following chart contains percentages of pre-consumer recycled material defined as follows: Pre-consumer recycled material is a waste product of a manufacturing process, diverted from the waste stream and not normally used by industry during the original manufacturing process.
The following manufacturing waste streams, previously disposed of as waste, are now recovered, reprocessed and returned to our manufacturing process: unfired waste material • fired scrap
| QUARRYBASICS® | #101 OYSTER BAY #105 BUCKSKIN #107 BOULEVARD #108 CHESTNUT BROWN #205 ADOBE #310 MAYFLOWER RED #220 AUBURN #505 PLAZA GRAY #507 PURITAN GRAY |
4.0% 4.0% 4.0% 5.8% 6.1% 9.5% 11.6% 4.0% 4.0% |
| SOMERSET™ | #350 HARVARD SQUARE #458 CORDOBA #250 GALAXY #255 AZTEC |
9.5% 5.8% 11.6% 6.1% |
| DOWN TO EARTH® | #350 RED PAVER #458 BEDROCK #155 COBBLESTONE #255 DESERT FLOOR |
9.5% 5.8% 4.0% 6.1% |
| Quarrybasics XA Abrasive® |
#15XA BUCKSKIN |
4.0% 5.8% 9.5% 4.0% |
Note: Percentages based on most current data.