• Carpet Take-Back: EPR American Style (Autumn 2000) Bette K. Fishbein, INFORM, Inc.
  This article provides a broad overview of the carpet industry and its early efforts to voluntarily take back waste carpeting. The article and its research pre-date the National Agreement on Carpet Recycling, but it gives some insight into the carpet industry and its members' motivations for increasing recovery of carpet waste.
• Municipal Solid Waste in the United States: Facts and Figures U.S. EPA
  This annual report describes the waste stream in the U.S. based on data collected since 1960. The accuracy of the data on carpet discards and recycling has been questioned, but there is no other study that offers a national perspective or data. The figures do provide a useful historical perspective that is useful for establishing trends in types of municipal solid waste (MSW) generated and in the ways that MSW is managed.
• Technical Information on Carpet Carpet and Rug Institute (CRI)
  Facts About the Carpet Industry
  In addition to industry data, CRI offers pages on "Carpet and the Environment" and a "Carpet Primer" which provides details on the fundamentals of carpet — how it is made, specified, installed and maintained.
• Carpet Industry Sustainability Report Carpet and Rug Institute (CRI)
  CRI surveys its members to demonstrate the carpet industry's efforts to ensure environmental stewardship. The results showcase the carpet industry's environmental efforts, from improvements in manufacturing to the development of solutions to carpet's end-of-use-life issues.

• BASF 6ix Again
• C&A Floorcovering's Infinity Initiative
• Antron® Carpet Fiber
• Interface ReEntry
• Los Angeles Fiber Company
• Mohawk - Greenworks
• Recycle Florida Today (RFT)
• Shaw Industries - Evergreen Nylon Recycling
• Solutia Partners for Renewal

• Milliken Earth Square

• Environmentally Preferable Products Procurement Program - Carpet & Flooring Products & Services Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  The Environmentally Preferable Products Procurement Program (EP4) has posted information on carpet, as well as the Massachusetts state contract for carpet and flooring. This details the products and services offered, including recycling.
• Environmentally Responsible Carpet Choices King County Environmental Purchasing Program
  This site offers comprehensive information on recycled-content carpet and backing, carpet maintenance, recycling old carpet, and carpet leasing.
• Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines U.S. EPA
  Purchasing recommendations for recycled-content polyester carpet for light- and moderate-wear applications.
• Carpet Waste Prevention Strategies INFORM, Inc.
  This fact sheet provides strategies for purchasing, maintaining, and recycling carpet to minimize waste and pollution.
• Floor Coverings PDF - 353 kb Green Seal (posted with permission from Green Seal)
  This January 1999 issue of the Choose Green Report includes useful information about carpet construction, fiber types and dyeing. Maintenance is also discussed, including tips on cleaning and repair.
• Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Guide Solid Waste Management Coordinating Board
  Aimed primarily at government purchasers, this section on carpet offers guidance on selecting carpeting and flooring.
• Carpet Care & Cleaning Carpet and Rug Institute
  Proper, consistent carpet maintenance is critical to extend carpet life and appearance, as well as maintain a healthy indoor environment.
• Safe & Effective Carpet Cleaning Janitorial Products Pollution Prevention Project
  A successful maintenance program will feature the products suited to the work, and will thoroughly train janitors in proper cleaning methods to prevent pollution. Set up a maintenance program that takes care of carpet needs throughout their useful life.

• American Plastics Council - Recycled Plastic Products and Markets Databases
• Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (ASTSWMO)
• Building Industry Professionals for Environmental Responsibility (BIPER) - promoting sustainable building technologies
• Carpet and Rug Institute
• Carpet Cushion Council
• INFORM - an independent, non-profit research organization that examines the effects of business practices on the environment and on human health. INFORM's goal is to identify ways of doing business that ensure environmentally sustainable economic growth.
• Northeast Recycling Council
  • Get the Facts, Not the Fiction: A Seminar on How to Effectively Assist Recycling Entrepreneurs (for financiers - public and private - includes a detailed briefing on how recycling companies work and what types of financing they need)
  • Northeast Recycling Investment Forum (where recycling companies present their business plan to potential investors)
    

• Earth 911 - public-private sector partnership providing a national network of community-specific recycling and environmental resources
• Green Building Pages a sustainable building materials database and design tool for the environmentally and socially responsible designer, builder and client
• Product Stewardship/Extended Product Responsibility (EPR) US EPA
  • Carpet Initiatives and Resources
• Product Stewardship in Minnesota Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance
• Northwest Product Stewardship Council
• Product Stewardship Institute
  
  
  
  • British Columbia Product Care (Canada)
  • Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation (RBRC)

• Florida
  • Building 99 - The Used Building Materials Marketplace
  • Deconstruction Institute - Turning the waste stream into a profit stream
• Georgia
  • Pollution Prevention Assistance Division
  • Georgia Recycling Markets Directory (Georgia Department of Community Affairs)
    
• Massachusetts
• Department of Environmental Protection
• Recycling
• Waste Ban Regulations



• Minnesota
• Office of Environmental Assistance
• North Carolina
• Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance
• Commodity Profile - Textiles: Carpet & Carpet Pad 1998(PDF 164 KB)
  Recycling Business Assistance Center - Recycling Markets
  Recycling Business Assistance Center - Equipment Links



• Washington
  • Pollution and Environmental Quality
  • State of Washington Recycled Carpet Contract

All States

EPA Jobs Through Recycling (JTR) Program - "The JTR program brings together the economic development and recycling communities through grants, networking, and information sharing. Through JTR, EPA supports projects designed to enhance business development, technical assistance, and financing efforts for recycling-related industries. [The JTR] web site provides recycling market development information for state and local officials, sources of technical and financial assistance for recycling businesses, and general information for visitors interested in learning more about JTR."

State profiles - information on recycling market development programs in the 50 states

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