3M CANADA'S GRAPHICS GET A NEW ASSIGNMENT AFTER THE 2010 WINTER GAMES AS FLOORING
VANOC’s decorative graphics supplied by 3M Canada will become an ingredient in high recycled content flooring after the Games.
February 18, 2010 @ 08:00AM
LONDON, Ont. – February 18, 2010 – 3M Canada Company today announced that graphics (building and vehicle wrap graphics) supplied by 3M Canada for the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) will be reclaimed and recycled after the Games, diverting approximately 200,000 square feet of material from Canadian landfill sites.
“3M’s graphics will create a dramatic visual impact at the 2010 Winter Games, and our post-Games initiative with Mannington, a leading flooring manufacturer, will help limit our environmental impact after the Games end,” said Richard Chartrand, vice-president, display and graphics business, 3M Canada. “3M considers this recycling program a significant step in the right direction for creating a positive environmental shift in the graphics industry.”
Recycling the colourful, sticky and irregularly shaped graphic material presented challenges. Through its extensive network of manufacturers and recyclers, the Canadian Plastics Industry Association introduced 3M Canada to Mannington. Leveraging its experience in repurposing various building materials into hard surface flooring, Mannington developed the first known way of recycling post-use adhesive-backed graphic materials.
“One of the simplest ways to conserve resources is to reuse what you can. Many other materials have found second lives as flooring products through Mannington’s unique process and we’re thrilled they can accommodate the graphics produced by 3M Canada," said Chartrand. “This arrangement was not only a great way to support the environmental efforts of 3M Canada in its role as the Official Supplier of Large Format Graphics to the 2010 Winter Games; it also made very good business sense.”
When the graphics, essentially large stickers, are removed from VANOC vehicles and key Vancouver 2010 venues such as the Richmond Olympic Oval and the Pacific Coliseum, they will be consolidated and then shipped to Mannington’s manufacturing facility. Since the graphic materials share chemistry with raw materials used in the manufacturing process, the materials will become a key ingredient in a mixture used to make high recycled content flooring.
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“3M’s graphics will create a dramatic visual impact at the 2010 Winter Games, and our post-Games initiative with Mannington, a leading flooring manufacturer, will help limit our environmental impact after the Games end,” said Richard Chartrand, vice-president, display and graphics business, 3M Canada. “3M considers this recycling program a significant step in the right direction for creating a positive environmental shift in the graphics industry.”
"One of the simplest ways to conserve resources is to reuse what you can. Many other materials have found second lives as flooring products through Mannington’s unique process and we’re thrilled they can accommodate the graphics produced by 3M Canada."
“This arrangement was not only a great way to support the environmental efforts of 3M Canada in its role as the Official Supplier of Large Format Graphics to the 2010 Winter Games; it also made very good business sense."
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About 3M Canada Company
Established in 1951, 3M Canada Company was one of the first international subsidiaries opened by 3M and remains one of the largest. 3M Canada's head office and original manufacturing site is in London, Ontario where approximately half of the company's 1,800 employees work. Other Ontario plants are located in Toronto, Brockville, and Perth with one in Morden, Manitoba. Sales offices are located in major cities nationwide and a national service network supports customers.
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@CNWGroupSMR
3M CANADA’S GRAPHICS GET A NEW ASSIGNMENT AFTER THE 2010 WINTER GAMES AS FLOORING http://goo.gl/fb/UPQX
February 18, 2010 @ 01:14PM
@alavantgarde
Les graphismes de 3M Canada auront une nouvelle vocation à titre de couvre-sols après les JO de Vancouver 2010: http://bit.ly/8YJFcH
February 18, 2010 @ 04:07PM
@GroupeCNWmedias
LES GRAPHISMES DE LA COMPAGNIE 3M CANADA AURONT UNE NOUVELLE VOCATION À TITRE DE COUVRE-SOLS APRÈS LES JEUX D\'HIVE... http://bit.ly/9QetPT
February 18, 2010 @ 01:37PM
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RT @laurafayer: large sticky graphics used at Olympics will get new life as flooring #SmartRecycling http://bit.ly/bXdPZE @3M_UK
March 16, 2010 @ 11:48PM
@petersonjenelle
3M CANADA’S GRAPHICS GET A NEW ASSIGNMENT AFTER THE 2010 WINTER GAMES AS FLOORING http://tinyurl.com/y8bfqbr #cnw
April 26, 2010 @ 05:57PM
@CNWGroupSMR
3M CANADA’S GRAPHICS GET A NEW ASSIGNMENT AFTER THE 2010 WINTER GAMES AS FLOORING http://goo.gl/fb/UPQX
February 18, 2010 @ 01:14PM
@alavantgarde
Les graphismes de 3M Canada auront une nouvelle vocation à titre de couvre-sols après les JO de Vancouver 2010: http://bit.ly/8YJFcH
February 18, 2010 @ 04:07PM
@GroupeCNWmedias
LES GRAPHISMES DE LA COMPAGNIE 3M CANADA AURONT UNE NOUVELLE VOCATION À TITRE DE COUVRE-SOLS APRÈS LES JEUX D\'HIVE... http://bit.ly/9QetPT
February 18, 2010 @ 01:37PM
@3M_UK
RT @laurafayer: large sticky graphics used at Olympics will get new life as flooring #SmartRecycling http://bit.ly/bXdPZE @3M_UK
March 16, 2010 @ 11:48PM
@petersonjenelle
3M CANADA’S GRAPHICS GET A NEW ASSIGNMENT AFTER THE 2010 WINTER GAMES AS FLOORING http://tinyurl.com/y8bfqbr #cnw
April 26, 2010 @ 05:57PM