Marmoleum Cocoa linoleum flooring
For over 150 years, Marmoleum has combined natural materials with innovative design. Marmoleum Cocoa continues this tradition by incorporating recycled cocoa husks into a sustainable, circular-ready floor.
Made from renewable raw materials and cocoa shell waste, it offers a distinctive natural look with rich texture and warm tones. Durable, beautiful, and designed with the future in mind, Marmoleum Cocoa is the ideal flooring choice for spaces where sustainability and design go hand in hand.
A natural flooring revolution
Marmoleum Cocoa is a circular flooring solution designed to reduce carbon emissions and maximize the use of recycled materials. It contains 43% total recycled content, including reclaimed Marmoleum flooring, installation waste, internal production waste, and recycled inputs such as wood flour and cocoa husks from other industries.
At the end of its life, Marmoleum can be recycled into new flooring through our Back-to-the-Floor program, helping to keep valuable materials in use for longer. Every square metre of Marmoleum that is recycled instead of incinerated can avoid emissions equivalent to approximately 1.8 kg of CO₂, helping to further reduce the environmental impact of your floor.
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Recycling Marmoleum floors
In 2021, Forbo Flooring partnered with Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in the Netherlands to recover and recycle 13,000 m² of Marmoleum flooring that had been in use for more than 20 years in the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS).
The goal was ambitious: to take back the used Marmoleum floors and fully recycle them into brand-new Marmoleum flooring. This pioneering circular flooring project demonstrated how Marmoleum can support a circular economy by transforming end-of-life flooring materials into high-quality new floors.
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Giving cocoa waste a second life
Marmoleum Cocoa is made with recycled cocoa husks sourced through our partnership with Kumasi. In traditional cocoa production, only the beans are used, while up to 75% of the fruit is typically discarded. By transforming cocoa husks into a valuable raw material for flooring, we help reduce waste and create additional value from an overlooked resource.
The partnership also contributes to women empowerment initiatives in cocoa-producing regions. Through programs connected to the cocoa husk value chain, women gain opportunities to strengthen their financial independence and support their local communities.
Creating more value for cocoa farmers
Our collaboration with Dutch social enterprise Kumasi helps cocoa farming communities benefit from more of the cocoa harvest. In addition to collecting cocoa husks, Kumasi also uses cocoa fruit juice to create beverages, providing farmers in countries such as Ghana, Ivory Coast, and Ecuador with new income opportunities from materials that were previously discarded.
The result:
- Less waste in the cocoa supply chain
- Additional income for farming communities
- A more circular use of natural resources
