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It’s not easy being green. Making the right choices for our environment takes ongoing, conscious work.
At Mohawk, we’ve decided that the benefits of being green far outweigh the extra effort it requires. That’s why we’re proud to offer you SmartStrand® carpet with DuPont™ Sorona® renewably sourced polymer. A revolutionary carpet that makes being green an easy choice for you. 
Crops into Carpet
SmartStrand with DuPont Sorona is made in part with naturally occurring sugars from readily available and renewable crops. The carpet exclusively offers fiber made with Bio-PDO™, the key Sorona® ingredient, which is produced from corn sugar. Thanks to this central ingredient, 37 percent of Sorona® is made from renewable resources instead of the more limited petroleum-based ingredients in most other carpets.
Strengthening Our Economy with Renewable Resources
Sustainability. It’s about making smart choices today for a better tomorrow. And, it’s the central reason why we partnered with DuPont to revolutionize the carpet industry. SmartStrand with DuPont Sorona renewably sourced polymer is environmentally friendly by nature.
But, you know what else is remarkable about it? The fact that renewable crops grown in America are used to produce it rather than ingredients that were traditionally derived from petroleum.
Want Proof? The SmartStrand Rhino Challenge pits the fiercest and messiest beast against SmartStrand.
Every seven yards of SmartStrand with DuPont Sorona saves enough energy and resources to equal one gallon of gasoline — that’s 10 million gallons of gasoline a year! Reducing our dependence on oil means strengthening our economy and our environment. That’s smart.
Mohawk's SmartStrand is green in more ways than one. We’ve already told you about the renewable resources that go into it. But, what about the energy needed to process it? Production of Sorona® requires 30 percent less energy than the production of an equal amount of nylon and reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 63 percent.
SmartStrand also outperforms and outlasts competing stain-resistant fibers, meaning carpets made with SmartStrand don't have to be replaced as often. And, that means less carpet piling up in landfills. Since SmartStrand is engineered with permanent, built-in stain protection, it doesn’t need any topical chemicals for stain and soil performance either. Less chemical manufacturing means a smaller carbon footprint.
Smarter resources. Smarter processes. Smarter carpet. That’s SmartStrand with DuPont Sorona.
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