Mohawk Group

Hero Rubber made with Nike Grind represents a profound shift in hard-surface commercial flooring by transforming post-consumer and post-industrial waste into a high-performance architectural solution. By replacing traditional, resource-intensive virgin materials with recycled components, the collection directly addresses the built environment’s carbon footprint while exemplifying a robust, multi-tiered strategy for circularity. At the core of Hero Rubber’s circular design is its partnership with Nike Grind—a material composed of recycled athletic footwear and manufacturing scrap diverted directly from landfills.

As the only flooring product to incorporate Nike Grind, Hero bridges the gap between grassroots sustainability and high-performance engineering. Hero Rubber makes a significant aesthetic contribution by redefining the visual expectations of rubber flooring. While many recycled products are relegated to purely utilitarian spaces, Hero Rubber utilizes the unique multi-material composition of Nike Grind to create depth and sophistication. The visible fragments of recycled footwear provide a textured, chip-like visual that creates an energetic, design-forward atmosphere. Innovation lies in the collection’s specialized material origin. By grinding reclaimed rubber and textiles, Mohawk Group gives new life to materials in a way that is unique to the flooring industry. Hero Rubber is more than a recycled product; it is a 100% recyclable solution through Mohawk Group’s ReCover program, keeping materials in a continuous loop of use and diverting waste from landfills.