As the impacts of climate change intensify and the global waste problem worsens, we believe companies have a critical responsibility to adopt more sustainable systems of production, reuse and recycling.
of our products have a viable path to be recycled, reused or repurposed.
Ceilings Recycling Program
We have been an early leader in integrating circularity principles into our products. Since 1999, we have operated our Ceilings Recycling Program, which allows our customers to recycle their end-of-life ceiling tiles to be remanufactured into new products.
The program also helps our customers meet their own waste-reduction targets, and we provide calculators that directly measure the resulting environmental impact and savings.
As part of our 2030 targets, we will be expanding our efforts around recycling, reusing and repurposing into other product categories. Our recycling initiatives include:
- Helping national customers consolidate end-of-life ceiling tiles for more efficient transportation
- Improving transportation logistics to return ceiling tiles to the eastern U.S.
- Identifying new products that can integrate recycled materials
- Collaborating with outside groups like the Ellen MacArthur Foundation to find new opportunities for recycling and reuse across our product lines; and the ASTM International to standardize recovery rate formulas for end-of-life product measurement
Armstrong Ceilings Recycling Program
Armstrong Ceilings Recycling Program is here to help you every step of the way from registration – to transportation – to new ceiling solutions for your project.
Armstrong’s 2030 Goal
We aim to design our products to be recycled, reused or repurposed and drive circularity in our operations, with customers and throughout our value chain.
Over 200 Million Sq. Ft.
Ceiling tile diverted from landfills since 1999. That’s enough material to fill Central Park… 6 times!
Lower Embodied Carbon
By recycling over 200 million sq. ft. of ceilings from renovation projects, the old ceilings become a recycling stream for new ceilings and lowers the embodied carbon of the new product.