the present disclosure includes improved systems and methods for recycling , including an improved method of recycling one or more polymers from a flooring material that has been contacted with a solvent to provide a reclaimed polymer composition . the improved method , in one embodiment , includes prior to the step of contacting the flooring material with the solvent , cutting the flooring material into portions that provide substantially complete contact between the flooring material and the solvent . the improved method , in this embodiment , further includes following the step of contacting the flooring material with the solvent , contacting the portions of flooring material with a mechanical disruptor that both pulls and separates the one or polymers concurrently in at least two different vectors for a time sufficient to separate the one or more polymers .