What is virgin rubber/recycled rubber?
A55Virgin rubber is new rubber compound that has not been previously used and recycled, and—in the case of Pawling’s Interlok® products—molded into premium rubber floor tiles which, by their nature, have physical property and performance characteristics which less expensive recycled products simply cannot match. Recycled rubber is generally “shards” of rubber that have been previously used and then either glued or revulcanized (heated into pads or rolls suitable for products such as recycled rubber flooring). Post-consumer recycled rubber takes rubber from a variety of sources—tires, shoes, conveyor belts, for example—and bonds these various re-ground particles together with a bonding agent.
