FLOR Modular Carpeting / Act2GreenSmart Sweepstakes Winners!

I'm a big happy face guy.

I doodle happy faces all the time.

So I was pretty much overjoyed to discover that I could carpet my apartment in eco-friendly happy faces thanks to FLOR Modular Carpeting.

Flor's new approachably hip Alexander Girard Fonda del Sol collection contains a cornucopia of cheery smiling faces. You can choose from four different styles to match the color palate of any apartment.

Of course, happy faces are cool, but eco-friendly happy face carpeting is even sweeter.

FLOR says that its carpet products are formaldehyde-free and meet the Carpet and Rug Institute’s (CRI) Green Label Plus standards for VOC (Volatile Organic Compound) emissions.

We love the fact that FLOR has a super-strong Return & Recycle program. Let's say you get tired of happy faces (impossible!) and decide to switch to the cow-themed Stampede design. FLOR will arrange for your old tiles to be picked up, returned and recycled - all at no cost to you.

What happens to old tiles after they're recycled? Some of them probably get turned into FLOR's Fedora tiles that contain 80% post-consumer fibers and are sold for just $6.99 per tile.

(As for the backing on FLOR carpet tiles, that contains at least 39% pre-consumer recycled content. Various FLOR styles are also made from renewable materials including cotton, wool and even corn!)

Want more info? You can get an overview of FLOR's green side at FLORisGreen.com.

For now, I can't imagine returning and recycling my floor tiles. I've got six faces smiling up at me each day, protecting my floor, adding a bit of spring to my step. Life is good.

Where to buy:

You can purchase FLOR online or offline at select retailers. Prices generally range from $6.99 (Fedora) to $19.99 (Counting Sheep). The La Fonda Del Sol collection is sold in sets of six-tile rugs for $159.99 each. You can of course buy more than one set to spread the happy faces even further throughout your home.

We have our winners!

Congratulations to our two winners of the recently concluded 1GreenProduct.com Act2GreenSmart sweepstakes!

Paula from Garden City, Michigan won an Act2GreenSmart messenger bag, while Barbara from Parkersburg, West Virginia won an Act2GreenSmart tote.

Thanks to everyone who participated in the Sweepstakes. Remember, as long as you're an active subscriber to our 1GreenProduct.com email updates, you're automatically registered to enter any upcoming sweepstakes.

We'll be on the road quite a bit this month (stay tuned for European green travel updates), but you can look forward to some new eco-friendly sweepstakes in October!