Approximately 50% of the carpets on campus contain recycled material. 

Natural Linoleum
Natural linoleum is made from rapidly renewable materials (such as linseed oil, pine rosin, limestone dust, and jute), lasts longer, and produces less offgassing than vinyl flooring.

Natural linoleum floors are found in the following buildings: Giles-Horney, Health Sciences Library (shown right), Brauer Hall, McColl, and Beard Hall.

Rubber Flooring 
Rubber flooring is made from natural rubber, which is a rapidly renewable resource, and contains 10-50% recycled rubber. Rubber also has a lower life-cycle cost due to ease of maintenance. Rubber flooring does not require stripping, waxing and sealing like VCT and linoleum.

Rubber flooring is found in the following buildings: Neurosciences Research, South Building, Rosenau, Giles Horney, Housing Facilities Office (in Teague Hall), Graham Hall/Aycock Hall link, Bioinformatics, Taylor Student Health (Physical Therapy), and the Student Recreation Center.