10 Best Eco-Friendly Rugs to Spruce Up Your Home

Wanting a colorful, cozy home doesn't mean you should have to sacrifice your environmentally friendly values. Choosing sustainable or eco-friendly rugs is not only helpful to the environment, it could also keep your home free of microplastics and PFAS. These eco-friendly rug options are made responsibly with natural fibers, plant-based dyes, and more.

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FLOR makes washable area rugs and carpet tiles but also advertises the ability to make custom flooring. The company has a Return & Recycle program and some products use ECONYL yarn. Additionally, some of its products are carbon-negative. FLOR has a partnership with Aquafil, which "recycles used nylon into beautiful yarns for our area rugs." The three CQuest backing options are made of bio-based and/or post-consumer recycled materials.

Miss Amara is an Australian company that makes a line of eco-friendly rugs. These rugs are pet-friendly and made of non-toxic, natural materials such as wool, recycled cotton and leather, jute and PET, or recycled plastic bottles.

Hook & Loom Rug Company makes rugs in five styles using wool, organic cotton, or Eco Cotton. Eco Cotton products are made from recycled cotton from clean donated textiles. The company does not use dyes, chemicals, or latex in its products. All cotton used by Hook & Loom is 100 percent GOTS-certified organic.

Cold Picnic rugs are inspired by "imagined and misremembered landscapes" for abstract products that can also be custom or made to order. Cold Picnic's rugs are handmade in India from natural fibers such as 100 percent New Zealand wool, hemp, deadstock, or bamboo silk yarn dyed with eco-friendly dyes. The company has GoodWeave Certification, meaning goods are produced without child labor, forced labor, or bonded labor. Cold Picnic also has Care & Fair Certification.

Nordic Knots makes rugs and runners in a range of patterns and colors. The company's rugs are made from New Zealand wool, jute, and recycled PET. Nordic Knots is a partner of GoodWeave, which ensures its products are made by adult artisans and not child labor. The company also sells eco-friendly rug pads made of organic jute scrim coated in natural latex. Nordic Knots also sells curtains.

The Citizenry makes a wide range of rugs, including accent rugs, area rugs, runners, and rug pads. The company highlights its collection of jute and plant-based rugs in addition to its rugs from OEKO-TEX-certified materials, including 100 percent New Zealand wool and cotton. While all these are natural fibers, wool is not as sustainable as its counterparts. The Citizenry partners with global artisans to source its products and lists all its partners on its website.

Laure Kasiers is a woman-owned small business from Belgium that uses leftover yarn, recycled fibers, or biobased materials. Some of the natural fibers Kasiers uses in her work include linen and wool. The specific wool Kasiers uses comes from an OEKOTEX-certified English partner.

Armadillo is a woman-owned American-Australian brand that makes handcrafted rugs from natural fibers, including jute, wool, silk, cotton, linen, recycled felt, and more. Wool and silk are natural fibers but are not the most sustainable, as they are animal byproducts. All rug dyes are made free of benzene chemicals. Armadillo is also a Certified B Corp.

Ruggable is best known for its washable rugs in various styles, including traditional, bohemian, coastal, midcentury modern, and even styles for children's rooms. Some of its products, like the Re-Jute Rug Cover, are made from post-consumer recycled polyester. Ruggable products are made without chemicals and use water-based dyes. The company donates to sustainable organizations including One Tree Planted, the Best Friends Animal Society, and Baby2Baby.

Ferm Living makes rectangular rugs, round rugs, mats, and runners. The company's rugs are made from natural materials such as New Zealand wool, organic cotton, recycled yarn, and jute. Each rug is handmade by an artisan in India and has several certifications. The majority of cotton used is Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) certified, Responsible Wool Standard certified, SEDEX, and SA8000 Fair Treatment of Workers certified. It should be noted that wool is an animal byproduct and therefore not the most sustainable choice.