If taken to the right place carpet can be recycled in a variety of useful new products.
Carpet recycling bay area.
The fibers and latex pvc will be used in new carpet or other products.
In the meantime find a carpet recycling facility near you with our recycle center locator.
Crr has established ambitious goals of capturing 25 of the post consumer carpeting market by making recycling easy and cost effective making consumers aware of the need to recycle and celebrating those consumers who join us in recycling.
The care california drop off site map below will help you find a place to take your old carpet to be recycled.
If you have a facility like this in your area you should take your carpets to them as.
Find a carpeting recycling facility in your area.
The following are different types of carpet cushion.
Some companies will pick up your carpet but only if you live close to their facility.
According to the nonprofit carpet america recovery effort that promotes post consumer carpet recycling about 5 billion pounds of used carpet ends up in landfills.
You will keep approximately 500 lbs of carpet and padding out of landfills you will eliminate the need for an estimated 48 gallons of petroleum oil you will reduce approximately 913 lbs of co 2 from being emitted into our air the equivalent of 950 miles driven by a car.
Carpet recycling facilities may either collect material process material or collect and process material into other usable product components.
Carpet will be taken to recycling centers where the latex backing will be melted away from the carpet fibers.
People looking for a place to take carpet for recycling should seek facilities that collect carpet.
Because pad is often ripped in pieces we take the used pad and put it into a baler to bundle it.
See below for more information on preparing carpet for recycling.
Anyone recycling carpet will receive a recycling certificate to verify how many pounds were recycled.
Crr is setting the standard in carpet recycling providing a cradle to cradle product life cycle.
Carpet can be recycled.
Sf carpet recycling sfcr serving the san francisco bay area is a collection and sorting center for post consumer carpet carpet tiles and carpet pad.
However there are a number of facilities that actually specialize in recycling carpeting.
This makes it easier for transport to the recycling centers.
How to dispose of old carpeting.
If you recycle 1000 square feet of carpet and pad.
Care carpet america recovery effort is a nonprofit organization working to develop the infrastructure needed to recycle carpet efficiently across the u s.
