CARE concludes second annual conference, names Ewadinger Person of the Year

The release of the Carpet America Recovery Effort's (CARE) Second Annual Report and the naming of Matthew Ewadinger, manager for the North Carolina Recycling Business Assistance Center, as CARE Person of the Year were among many highlights of the organization's second annual conference in Pensacola, Fla.

The event included updates on the progress the organization has made during its first two years of existence. CARE was formed as a result of the Memorandum of Understanding for Carpet Stewardship (MOU), a national agreement signed by members of the carpet industry, representatives of government agencies at the federal, state and local levels, and non- governmental organizations. CARE's mission is to foster market-based solutions for recovering value from discarded carpet to meet the recycling and reuse goals set forth in the MOU.