While California's overall materials recycling rate has been on the decline since 2014, the California carpet recycling rate is up 58% in the same period.
We have an opportunity to sit down with Bob Peoples, to talk not only about the group's progress last year, but also how the COVID-19 lockdown impacted CARE's collection and activities this year.
In 2019 CARE administered a $35 million operational budget, comprising core operations to serve its members, along with the Voluntary Product Stewardship Program and the California Carpet Stewardship Program.
As dynamics rapidly evolve with the significant economic impacts brought about by COVID-19, CRI has made the difficult decision to terminate funding of the VPS program on June 30, 2020.
Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE) is taking a series of emergency actions to support and assist the California carpet recycling industry, as effects of the pandemic threaten the industry's survival.
CARE's new Five-Year Plan, which was fully approved by CalRecycle earlier this year, allows the organization to continue to support the carpet recycling industry in California in an effort to keep more carpet out of landfills, create jobs and promote more products made with recycled carpet.
