Respect for the Environment

Atlas and our parent company Tarkett Sports, adheres to the strongest environmental standards in the industry while maintaining unmatched quality and durability.

As part of The Tarkett Group, we play our part in helping to keep over 60,000 tons of material out of landfills each year.  Sustainability isn’t something new at Tarkett. We started recycling surfaces 50 years ago, before most companies were even giving it a thought.

Remaining committed to sustainability, we’re constantly on the lookout for better raw materials, ways to use less energy and resources, and new ways to reclaim and recycle our used sports surfaces. Our goal is to build better surfaces. Sports surfacing that enables our customers to balance the impact on the earth, their people, and their budgets. Those are the surfaces of the future. Sustainable surfaces that help us all live in balance.

Atlas is a member of several environmental causes including the US Green Building Council and The Nike Reuse-A-Shoe Program.

• U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)

Atlas is a member of the Washington, D.C.-based 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization committed to a prosperous and sustainable future for our nation through cost-efficient and energy-saving green buildings. USGBC works toward its mission of market transformation through its LEED green building certification program, robust educational offerings, a nationwide network of chapters and affiliates, the annual Greenbuild International Conference & Expo, and advocacy in support of public policy that encourages and enables green buildings and communities.

 

 

• Nike Grind Reuse-A-Shoe Program

The Nike Grind program is a unique combination of recycling, innovation, sports and community giving-back.  In 2000, NIKE and Atlas partnered to form a strategic alliance which produces high quality, cost-effective and environmentally responsible synthetic running tracks.

Atlas’ strategic alliance fulfills mutual commitments to the environment and continues Atlas' use of post-consumer products. Working together, NIKE and Atlas have a positive effect on the environment by diverting waste that may otherwise be place into a landfill.  Reuse-A-Shoe is a recycling program for the collection and processing of worn-out athletic shoes (of any brand) and shoes that are returned from retailers due to a material or workmanship flaw.   The worn-out athletic shoes are processed into a raw material known as Nike Grind.  Through this partnership, Nike supplies Atlas with Nike Grind. Atlas then incorporates Nike Grind into the innovative Atlas all-weather track surfaces.

Nike Grind partners contribute to Let Me Play, Nike’s global movement to empower young people through sport.

 

 

·  A single running track uses the equivalent of 75,000 recycled tennis shoes.
·  A single tennis court or basketball court uses approximately 2, 500 recycled shoes.
·  Atlas’ track, tennis and basketball surfaces use the equivalent of 55,000 pounds of recycled tennis shoes each year.
·  The Atlas and Nike partnership has helped to recycle over 20 million tennis shoes.
·  Atlas uses approximately 10 million pounds of recycled rubber every year and helps keep 278,000 tires from entering landfills each year.

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