Green Facts

TAR-MAK USA ENVIRONMENTAL FACTS

At Tarmak USA, protecting the environment is a collective effort embraced by our employes, customers, and suppliers.
Tarmak USA is focused on improving and innovating ways to service our customers in the most environmentally responsible ways.

We recognize that every little bit helps and as such encourage and challenge the Tarmak USA family your vendors and customers all to do their part in helping reduce pollution, reuse and recycle whenever and wherever possible.

Below are some examples of how we have succeeded in making environmentally prudent changes. Some are little things, some more dramatic but all help reduce the use of natural resources, increase sustainability and enhance reusability.

Conversion from Styrofoam Packaging to Recycled Cardboard Packaging: Styrofoam packaging has been the industry standard of packaging and shipping natural stone tile for many years. 30 years ago no one really understood the negative impact of Styrofoam but today we know better. Over the last year we have succeeded in converting over 95% of our stone tile suppliers from Styrofoam to cardboard and in many cases post consumer recycled cardboard.

Changed tile shipments from crates to pallets: We have succeeded in converting over 70% of our suppliers to change from industry standard wood crates to more environmentally palletized packaging. In the process, Tarmak USA has been able to reduce wood usage, and increase the total square footage per pallet, in the process saving thousands of trees annually.

Designed reusable, resizable pallets: With tens of pallets coming and going annually, though used sseveral times, most eventually end up at a landfill. When we designed the new pallets for our vendors, we designed them in such a way that a single 40” x 36” pallet can be reused as is or cut down into four 20” x 18” or two 40” x 18” pallets which then can be used when shipping smaller orders. Shipping thousands of small orders every month that don’t require a a regular sized pallet, we now get up to four times the use from a single pallet.

Natural stone products supplied by Tarmak USA inherently have environmentally preferable characteristics:

It comes from the earth and is inherently eco-friendly.

It is a preferred sustainable building material.

It is highly regarded for its natural character and stability.

It is non-toxic and can last for centuries.

No chemicals go into its quarrying or fabricating.

It is easy to care for and maintain.

It has the environmentally friendly attribute o of being recyclable.

It is pure, and therefore void of any foreign substance that might be harmful to the earth or to your health.

Tarmak USA’s line of mosaics and wall tile is laargely manufactured from stone waste.