Crossville Inc., domestic porcelain tile manufacturer based in Crossville, Tenn., has diverted a total of 24 million pounds of porcelain from landfills since launching its Tile Take-Back program and TOTO USA recycling partnership.
Fuse Alliance announced recently that its Members diverted nearly 9 million pounds of carpet waste from landfills in 2012 bringing the groups total to more than 32.6 million pounds of carpet waste diverted from landfills since the organization began reporting its efforts in 2008.
The Crayola Glass Tile Collection will be showcased at Coverings 2013 in Atlanta April 29 - May 2 with more shapes, colors and revenue-building opportunities that one could shoot a water-gun at.
We had an opportunity to sit down with Bob Peoples, the Executive Director of the Carpet America Recovery Effort or CARE, a man who in 2002 took lead of the organization during its formation and left a few years ago to take over the Directorship of the ACS Green Chemistry Institute.
Like everybody else I’ve always looked at CARE, the Carpet America Recovery Effort, as forward thinking on the part of the carpet industry in its mission to divert post-consumer from the nation’s landfills.
Dal-Tile Corporation recently announced its support of the latest LEED Interpretation Ruling (LIR) for Recycled Content set forth by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).
Recovery and its sister company Zanker Road Resource Management specialize in transforming society's discards back into valuable resources to make new products.
