What is Resilient Flooring?

What is resilient flooring?Here’s why the eco-friendly flooring choice may not be bamboo.

By Rachel Winters

 

Environmentalists have traditionally adored bamboo as a flooring material because of bamboo’s growing ease (no chemicals needed!) and speed (so fast!). But bamboo cultivation isn’t exactly benign from an environmental standpoint: are bamboo floors actually the eco-friendly choice? What is resilient flooring, and could it be considered sustainable?

I had these questions and more when I d...