Recycling
What difference would increasing textile flooring recycling make?
The UK currently recycles around 0.5% of its textile flooring waste.
0.45%
25%
That's the equivalent of
15 Olympic-sized swimming pools
filled with recovered flooring material
37,936
tonnes
of additional flooring could be recycled every year.
Data sources, calculations & assumptions
About this comparison
This comparison illustrates the potential scale of improvement.
Assumptions are illustrative.
How the calculation works
Important limitations
These are hypothetical scenarios, not forecasts or verified environmental impact assessments. No carbon savings are claimed.
Source: Mike Dobson, UKSFA, 2025 flooring market and waste data. Textile-waste totals differ between the category and treatment charts and have not been reconciled. Comparisons use illustrative assumptions, not verified UK flooring averages.