Carpet Recycling California

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Carpet recycling california.

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. California is the first state to require a statewide carpet recycling program designed and implemented by carpet manufacturers with calrecycle oversight. For more information on care and the new california carpet recycling law ab 2398 visit their website. The care california drop off site map will help you find a place to take your old carpet to be recycled.

The purpose of the law is to increase the diversion and recycling of carpet in the state of california. We know of no other carpet recycling company that can make these claims 1 crr recycles 100 of the carpet it collects. 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. And because carpet is made from multiple components with different chemical makeups it s tough to recycle properly.

In addition to its disposal woes carpet s bulkiness burdens the sanitation workers tasked with picking it up. People looking for a place to take carpet for recycling should seek facilities that collect carpet. Carpets are full of complex fibers that make them impossible to break down in landfills. The recycling system calls for an advisory group to govern it made up of local government and environmental leaders rather than carpet industry leaders.

Contact us today for service locations schedules and pricing. Lawmakers in california are once again working to strengthen the carpet recycling system in the state. The new regulations are ambitious a recycling goal of 24 percent by the year 2020. Ab 2398 is the carpet stewardship law signed by the governor of california on september 30 2010.

We deliver a container right to your business see sizes below. What makes crr so unique. Carpet america recovery effort care is the manufacturers stewardship organization that implements the program. Today there are more than 170 drop off sites available to receive used carpet decreasing the amount of carpet waste in california s landfills.

Carpet recycling facilities may either collect material process material or collect and process material into other usable product components. When the container is full of carpet and padding we switch it out for an empty one. See below for more information on preparing carpet for recycling.