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BRINGING CEILINGS BACK DOWN TO EARTH<br />
Armstrong Recycles 60 Million Square Feet of<br />
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Q. What inspired Armstrong to<br />
implement a ceiling recycling program?<br />
A. Anita Snader, sustainability manager, Armstrong Ceiling<br />
Systems: Armstrong has a long history of diverting pre-consumer<br />
and post-consumer waste from landfills by using waste from other<br />
industries to manufacture its ceilings. The recycling program takes<br />
this environmental heritage a step further.<br />
The recycling program was designed to help our customers reduce<br />
their impact on the environment by redirecting used ceiling tiles from<br />
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