Carpet Recycling California

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Carpet recycling california.

And because carpet is made from multiple components with different chemical makeups it s tough to recycle properly. Carpet recycling facilities may either collect material process material or collect and process material into other usable product components. Contact us today for service locations schedules and pricing. Carpets are full of complex fibers that make them impossible to break down in landfills.

For more information on care and the new california carpet recycling law ab 2398 visit their website. The recycling system calls for an advisory group to govern it made up of local government and environmental leaders rather than carpet industry leaders. Carpet america recovery effort care is the manufacturers stewardship organization that implements the program. The carpet stewardship law generates funding to meet the goals of ab 2398 through an assessment on carpet sold in california.

Enter a drop off site s name city or zip code or simply zoom into your location on the map below to find the best site for you. Lawmakers in california are once again working to strengthen the carpet recycling system in the state. In addition to its disposal woes carpet s bulkiness burdens the sanitation workers tasked with picking it up. Ab 2398 is the carpet stewardship law signed by the governor of california on september 30 2010.

The purpose of the law is to increase the diversion and recycling of carpet in the state of california. Today there are more than 170 drop off sites available to receive used carpet decreasing the amount of carpet waste in california s landfills. Now there s a new way for your flooring business to send carpet for recycling. By recycling your experienced carpet and foam carpet padding with us at greenwaste carpet recycling you will not only be reducing the use of millions of barrels of oil to reproduce new carpeting but like other recyclable materials you will be helping it find new life as other useful products like new carpet and padding auto parts plastic lumber erosion control products roof shingles construction products and fuel pellets.

When the container is full of carpet and padding we switch it out for an empty one. Click here if you are looking for sites outside of california. The new regulations are ambitious a recycling goal of 24 percent by the year 2020. We deliver a container right to your business see sizes below.

The care california drop off site map will help you find a place to take your old carpet to be recycled. People looking for a place to take carpet for recycling should seek facilities that collect carpet. We know of no other carpet recycling company that can make these claims 1 crr recycles 100 of the carpet it collects.