Crossville announces product-specific EPD

[Crossville, Tenn.] Officials with Crossville, Inc. have announced the unveiling of a product-specific Environmental Product Declaration (EPD). According to the company, its EPD is compiled by PE International and certified by UL Environment and covers all floor and wall tile products made here at Crossville’s manufacturing facilities.

According to Crossville’s technical director Noah Chitty, the product-specific EPD has been meticulously compiled over the course of the last year to answer the many key data points
necessary.

“Crossville’s modus operandi is to take a leadership role and be proactive with regard to sustainability,” said Chitty, “both in practice, as with our Tile Take-Back Program, and in certification, as with the SCS certification of our fired and wet waste recycling programs.”

An EPD is a verified document that reports environmental data of products based on life cycle assessment (LCA) and other relevant information in accordance with the international standard ISO 14025 (Type III Environmental Declarations). The announcement of Crossville’s EPD comes in tandem with Tile Council of North America’s (TCNA) release of an EPD for North American-made ceramic tile that is relevant industry-wide.