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Pro-Link’s floor, hand and utility pads now feature Full Cycle Enhanced Biodegradation, making them the best choice for facilities concerned about the environment. They reduce the impact on the environment by using recycled materials and shipping in cartons containing at least 45% recycled materials. All pads are manufactured in a facility with state-of-the-art equipment to minimize environmental impacts. And, with Full Cycle - the pads rapidly biodegrade in anaerobic landfills into humus (a soil-like residue), carbon dioxide, and methane. These methane emissions can be considered a green energy as they can be captured and used for fuel when disposed of in facilities that have conversion capabilities. Going Beyond Green Floor Pads* Featuring Full Cycle Enhanced Biodegradation Cleaner Floors. Cleaner Environment. * Contact your Pro-Link distributor to ensure your pads feature Full Cycle™ Enhanced Biodegradation. ** Results will vary based on landfill conditions. Refer to The Science for additional details on the floor pad biodegradation. Taking the next giant step forward with an innovative technology Pro-Link’s goal is to provide products that perform to the highest standards while leaving the smallest possible impact on the environment. Our pads are made using 100% recycled PET plastic and a special formulation to have them rapidly biodegrade once discarded into an active landfill. This innovative formulation means pads will biodegrade in a fraction of the time that it takes for conventional pads, as proven using ASTM D5511, a globally recognized test, simulating anaerobic biodegradation in a landfill. This test was conducted by an independent certified laboratory. The process leaves no toxins or toxic remnants in the environment. REDUCE REUSE RECYCLE ASTM D5511 Floor Pad Test Results** Biodegradation Rate Per Year Traditional Floor Pads <4% Pro-Link Floor Pads Featuring Full Cycle Up to 78% The Facts on Plastics: 85 percent of the plastics found in everyday use end up in landfills. Plastic amounts to roughly 24 percent of the waste volume in landfills. Plastic will last in the environment for hundreds, if not thousands, of years before it decomposes on its own. Once used, millions of floor pads are discarded into landfills each year. California Notice: California law prohibits the sale of plastic packaging and plastic products that are labeled with the terms ‘biodegradable’, ‘degradable’, or ‘decomposable’, or any form of those terms, or that imply in any way that the item will break down, biodegrade, or decompose in a landfill or other environment. These restrictions apply to all sales in or into the State of California, including such sales over the Internet.

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Pro-Link’s floor, hand and utility pads now feature Full Cycle™ Enhanced Biodegradation, making them the best choice for facilities concerned about the environment. They reduce the impact on the environment by using recycled materials and shipping in cartons containing at least 45% recycled materials. All pads are manufactured in a facility with state-of-the-art equipment to minimize environmental impacts. And, with Full Cycle™ - the pads rapidly biodegrade in anaerobic landfills into humus (a soil-like residue), carbon dioxide, and methane. These methane emissions can be considered a green energy as they can be captured and used for fuel when disposed of in facilities that have conversion capabilities.

Going Beyond GreenFloor Pads* Featuring Full Cycle™ Enhanced BiodegradationCleaner Floors. Cleaner Environment.

* Contact your Pro-Link distributor to ensure your pads feature Full Cycle™ Enhanced Biodegradation.** Results will vary based on landfill conditions. Refer to The Science for additional details on the floor pad biodegradation.

Taking the next giant step forward with aninnovative technology

Pro-Link’s goal is to provide products that perform to the highest standards while leaving the smallest possible impact on the environment. Our pads are made using 100% recycled PET plastic and a special formulation to have them rapidly biodegrade once discarded into an active landfill.

This innovative formulation means pads will biodegrade in a fraction of the time that it takes for conventional pads, as proven using ASTM D5511, a globally recognized test, simulating anaerobic biodegradation in a landfill. This test was conducted by an independent certified laboratory. The process leaves no toxins or toxic remnants in the environment.

REDUCE REUSE RECYCLE

ASTM D5511 Floor Pad Test Results**

Biodegradation Rate Per Year

Traditional Floor Pads <4%

Pro-Link Floor Pads Featuring Full Cycle™

Up to 78%

The Facts on Plastics:

• 85 percent of the plastics found in

everyday use end up in landfills.

• Plastic amounts to roughly 24 percent of

the waste volume in landfills.

• Plastic will last in the environment for

hundreds, if not thousands, of

years before it decomposes on its own.

• Once used, millions of floor pads are

discarded into landfills each year.

California Notice: California law prohibits the sale of plastic packaging and plastic products that are labeled with the terms ‘biodegradable’, ‘degradable’, or ‘decomposable’, or any form of those terms, or that imply in any way that the item will break down, biodegrade, or decompose in a landfill or other environment. These restrictions apply to all sales in or into the State of California, including such sales over the Internet.

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Pro-Link, Inc. Telephone: 800-74-LINKS www.prolinkhq.com

Canton, MA 02021 Fax: 781-828-9551 PL-507

With Pro-Link’s floor pads, featuring Full Cycle™, facilities do not have to sacrifice quality or product performance to leave a green footprint. Our floor, hand and utility pads complement any facility’s green cleaning policy:

High quality products with long lasting performance, reducing mankind’s impact on the environment.

Going Beyond Green.

100% of our Polyester Fiber Comes From Post Consumer and Industrial Recycled Waste

All of the synthetic (polyester) fiber used in our floor, hand, and utility pads comes from recycled materials. Primary sources of these materials are recycled soda and water bottles.

– Thirty five 16.9 ounce water bottles are used to make one case of 20” floor pads (5 pads).

Use Pro-Link’s Environmental Calculator to see how many plastic bottles you save from entering landfills by using our floor, hand and utility pads.

Using Recycled Materials Reduces

– The amount of energy and natural resources needed to create expensive virgin plastic.

– The volume of products going into landfills.

– Product costs (virgin PET is more expensive than recycled PET).

– The use of limited natural resources, such as crude oil.

– The energy required to manufacture the product.

Manufacturing Process & Facility

– Water Based Latex Resins: No phenol-formaldehyde resins are used in the binding process.

– Recycled Packaging: All shipping cartons contain at least 45% recycled materials.

– State-of-the-Art equipment increased energy efficiency by more than 30%.

– In-house water treatment facility has reduced manufacturing waste water flow by 83%.

– The facility is operating under an EPA approved Clean Air Permit.

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