Items Tagged with 'Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE)'

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.

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%.

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.

Carpet America Recovery Effort launched its 23rd Annual Conference in Oceanside, California, on Tuesday, May 20, focusing on "Carpet Recycling: Riding the Sustainability Wave" while recognizing industry leadership and exploring circular economy solutions.

The California Carpet Stewardship Program has released new instructional videos in both Spanish and English titled "How to Recycle Carpet in California."

California's carpet recycling program surpassed its 2024 target with a 38% recycling rate despite market headwinds.

The CARE California Carpet Stewardship Program awarded 15 grants in 2024, supporting projects that will expand recycling capacity by 4 million pounds annually and improve collection infrastructure, including new rural drop-off sites and innovative research into sustainable applications for carpet materials.