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Carpet Recycling Resources

The following is a list of information resources about carpet recycling.

Organizations
(not necessarily affiliated with or endorsed by King County)

• Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE) (external) – a joint industry-government effort to increase the amount of recycling and reuse of post-consumer carpet and reduce the amount of waste carpet going to landfills.
• CalRecycle - Carpet (external) – information on carpet recycling in California, including its carpet stewardship program.

Reports, Studies and Memos

• Carpet Strategy Project – Carpet Recycling Survey Report (PDF, 509 K) – Survey of carpet processors, recyclers and haulers in the Pacific Northwest that are currently or planning to participate in the carpet recycling industry, completed May 2011.
• Environmental Impacts from Carpet Discards Management Methods: Preliminary Results (PDF, 79 K), October 2008 – Dr. Jeffrey Morris, Sound Resources Management.
• CARE 2010 Annual Report (external)

Articles

• Carpet Recycling Successes Stack Up (PDF, 467 K), – Resource Recycling, April 2012
• Rolling Out the Green Carpet (PDF, 777 K), – Resource Recycling, August 2010
• Washington Agencies Target Carpet Recycling (external) – Recycling Today, June 2010
• Recycle Used Carpet – Don’t Toss it in the Landfill (PDF, 544 K), Rental Housing Association newsletter, July 2009.

Other

• Carpet Recycling Supply Chain (PDF, 59 K)
• Carpet recovery and recycling service providers for business customers in central Puget Sound – results for carpet recycling on King County Solid Waste Division’s What Do I Do With…? website.
• Recycled-Content Product/Materials for Construction Projects (PDF, 608 K) is a description of several products and materials that are made from recycled carpet.
• Environmentally Preferable Carpet information sheet (PDF, 51 K), April 2009 – King County Environmental Purchasing Program.
• Washington State Flooring Contract (external) – can be used by public agencies in Washington to purchase recycled content carpet.
• Carpet Strategy Project – Workplan Summary (PDF, 264 K), 2011
• Carpet Strategy Project – Northwest Carpet Recycling Strategy (PDF, 409 K), 2010
• Carpet Strategy Project – Public Purchasing Meeting presentations (PDF, 2.5 MB), 2009
• Carpet Strategy Project – Business Roundtable #1 meeting notes (removal, collection and sorting) (PDF, 126 K), 2009
• Carpet Strategy Project – Business Roundtable #2 meeting notes (processing and end markets) (PDF, 62 K), 2009
• Carpet Strategy Project – Carpet Recycling Workgroup, member survey results (PDF, 163 K) and recommended tactics (PDF, 116 K), 2009
• Carpet Strategy Project – Northwest Project Overview (PDF, 270 K) (handout from first Carpet Recycling Workgroup meeting, 2009)

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