Items Tagged with 'Recycling'

CARE’s 2024 Annual Report reveals a 38.5% recycling rate, surpassing the 34% goal, with a record 390 collection sites and 1.3 billion pounds diverted since its launch.

Unilin Technologies secures US patent for Osiris, a breakthrough recycling process turning wood fiberboard waste into high-quality raw materials for sustainable production.

Taylor Adhesives introduces pails made with 30% post-consumer recycled content, reducing plastic waste and setting a new sustainability standard in flooring adhesives.

California Carpet Stewardship Program funds Brightworks, Tarkett, and River AI projects using mycelium breakdown and 3D printing innovations.

The Installer Grant Program funds carpet recycling education and training for unionized carpet installers to increase California's post-consumer carpet collection for recycling and reuse.

Coming off a strong end to 2024, Q1 2025 exhibited the seasonal impacts normally expected. Gross collections were down 2.4 million pounds. Recycled Output was up by 0.6 million pounds, resulting in an overall Recycling Rate of 43.1% and a significant increase over the 2024 Recycling Rate of 38.5%.

The global fiber leader is partnering with Circular Building Solutions to promote reversible installation methods that enable easy removal and recycling of floor coverings at end-of-life.

The collaboration aims to create the first circular carpet production system for the commercial events sector.

Rather than traditional flooring recycling methods that may still result in landfill waste, the company has developed an innovative recovery program that converts reclaimed flooring materials into high-efficiency alternative fuels for cement kilns.

California's carpet recycling program studied waste at four major processing facilities, finding wool/jute (25%) and unacceptable backing materials (12%) dominate landfilled carpet waste. The data-driven analysis aims to improve post-consumer carpet circularity and identify barriers to recycling residential and commercial carpets.