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Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE): An Update

2003-05-12 , Hurd, F. Kenneth

This presentation provides an update on CARE, including Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), overall progress, and committees and their activities. Efforts to support research, development, and commercialization will be highlighted, such as grants and CARE's seeking of non-profit status (501c3).

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Panel Discussion on Carpet Recycling

2002-05-13 , Peoples, Robert , Bertolucci, Michael D. , Cook, Fred L. , Ewadinger, Matthew D. , Hurd, F. Kenneth , Poppe, Werner A.

The Industry has set a goal to recycle 1.5 billion pounds of carpet per year by 2012. Panelists from industry, government and academia will lead the discussion on challenges to achieve the goal and actions to make this a reality.

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National Recycling Agreement: the Next Phase in Carpet Stewardship

2002-05-13 , Hurd, F. Kenneth

This presentation summarizes the agreement which establishes an ambitious ten-year schedule to increase the amount of reuse and recycling of post-consumer carpet and reduce the amount of waste carpet going to landfills for achieving a 40% landfill diversion goal in the agreement's ten-year span. The carpet industry has established a third-party organization, known as the Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE), to achieve the national goals for reuse and recycling of discarded carpet.