Breakout, where the figures come from
Where Breakout’s figures come from
The same carpet tile, as the PIM, Interface’s product page and the EPD each describe it. The diagram is drawn from the EPD.
- What the diagram draws
- Says something different
- Holds nothing on it
The PIM
Material Bank catalogue in Snowflake, read 16 September 2026
Interface's product page
shop.interface.com, read 16 September 2026
The EPD
GlasBac range EPD, UL 4789956802.105.1, issued October 2021
What the yarn is
CONTENT
“100% Solution Dyed Nylon (Aquafil)”
Names the dyeing and the yarn supplier. Says nothing about recycled content.
“100% Recycled Content Nylon”
The EPD has 2 of the yarn's 28 as nylon it doesn't call recycled.
“nylon 2, post-consumer recycled nylon 14, pre-consumer recycled nylon 12”
Percentages of the tile. The yarn is 28 of them.
Post-consumer recycled
POST_CONSUMER_RECYCLED_CONTENT_PERCENTAGE
“10.8”
Matches neither the page nor the EPD.
“12.27% post-consumer”
The EPD has 14.
“post-consumer recycled nylon 14”
The recycled polyester backing, 4 more, doesn't say which kind.
Pre-consumer recycled
POST_INDUSTRIAL_RECYCLED_CONTENT_PERCENTAGE
“58.19”
Calls it post-industrial. Matches neither the page nor the EPD.
“61.95% pre-consumer”
The EPD has 12.
“pre-consumer recycled nylon 12”
Total recycled
Nothing
No field for it. The two fields above add up to 68.99.
“Total recycled content 74.23%”
Far above what the EPD marks as recycled.
Nothing
States no total. Its recycled nylon and polyester add up to 30; it doesn't say whether the limestone is recycled.
What the transformation does
1Keep what each source says
Ten statements from three sources, each with where and when it was read.
2Read it into shared terms
Nylon, in all three, reads as one dictionary term. Recycled, post-consumer and post-industrial read as origins, with post-industrial meaning pre-consumer.
3Line it up part by part
The yarn is 28% of the tile, and its three nylons 14, 12 and 2. The page's 100% sits against the yarn, where it can be checked.
4Choose a source, flag the rest
The EPD draws the diagram. The six statements that differ from it stay on the record, flagged for review.