Dumpster Diving!

On Sunday, I took my three young sons to the college campus near our house to shoot some baskets. I had the dog tethered to me so I sat in the shade and scratched her belly while the boys alternately shot the ball and complained that each other was cheating. At some point I tuned them out and was daydreaming when I was jolted to reality by a shocking quiet that is always followed by the need for Band-Aids.

They were no longer on the court but were perched on the side of a large dumpster loudly announcing all of the “good stuff “ that someone had thrown out.  I was yelling for them to get away from all of that evidence of bad decorating for fear it might rub off on them. Of note were the rolls of carpet remnants and carcasses of plaid sofas which had captured my sons attention.

My son Elliott, a precocious eight year old, calls over to me, “Hey Daddy there are FLOR tiles in here! ………….Don’t these people know you should recycle these when they’re done?!” He and his brothers pulled the tiles out and we took them home. My guys understand the stress the environment is under and the importance of taking personal responsibility for change. They are very curious global citizens and are regular visitors to sites like TheStoryofStuff.com, Jane Goodalls’ site RootsandShoots.org and Heiferinternational.org.

I couldn’t have been prouder on Sunday; not only of my sons but of the company I work for. FLOR is part of the Interface family of companies that are committed to being carbon neutral by 2020. We have these amazing technologies that allow us to recycle carpet tiles into new carpet tiles so we are serious about doing our part to recycle and repurpose our products.  Check it out the Interface video above.