The Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE) and CalRecycle announced at a public meeting an updated assessment fee of 20 cents per square yard on all carpet sold or shipped in California, effective April 1.
King County Solid Waste division is honoring Division 9 Flooring with the ‘Re—Innovator’ award, honoring the company’s waste prevention and recycling practices as well as recognizing, “exceptional innovative waste reduction programs.”
Salvaged wooden beams used in the early 20th century construction of Watertown's 45-47 Bacon Street manufacturing and warehouse building in Massachusetts are being recycled into flooring, paneling, and other millwork products by reclaimed lumber company Longleaf Lumber.
Despite all these challenges the carpet industry still managed to divert a record amount of product from going to the landfill in 2013—534 million pounds, or 14% of the 3.7 billion pounds of total discarded carpet.
Five years after its inception, Carpet Plus’ Re-Cork C’Ville program has collected over 1.1 million cork stoppers from over 60 participating locations in the Charlottesville, Va., area. Carpets Plus, an independent specialty retailer in Charlottesville, Va., recently partnered with Yemm & Hart, a Missouri-based company that recycles used wine cork stoppers into tile, to make use of the recyled cork from the program.
When it comes to the carpet industry and the work it has done on the sustainability side it is hard to argue with the success and strides it has made over the years–especially the last dozen or so when it helped spearhead the formation of the Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE).
Crossville has diverted a total of 40 million pounds of fired porcelain since launching its Tile Take-Back program and TOTO USA partnership, according to the company.
Sound control in the flooring industry is a thankless job. Think about it, if the product is installed and functions properly the end user never even knows it’s there. No concerns, no complaints and, most unfortunately, no pats on the back.
