CalRecycle Conditionally Approves CARE 5-Year Plan
Sacramento, Calif. -- California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) Director Scott Smithline conditionally approved the most recent Five-Year Plan submitted by Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE). CARE has 60 days to submit a revised Plan that meets revision conditions.
Conditions, to be completed by Sept. 1, 2019, for Plan approval include: conducting an independent, detailed economic analysis; providing an additional level of transparency regarding CARE's economic analysis, including goals consistent with the results of CARE's convenient collection study; establishing minimum weight of post-consumer carpet content that a product must contain; and developing and implementing Agreed Upon Procedures for carpet reuse.