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C&A's announces carpet recycling program
02 Feb '06
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C&A Floorcoverings (C&A), a Tandus company, announced that it has recycled more than 100,000,000 pounds of reclaimed vinyl and vinyl-backed carpet, since it introduced the Infinity Initiative 10 years ago.
“For more than 35 years, C&A has been at the forefront of every significant technological advance in the development of environmentally designed carpet,” said Mac Bridger, CEO of Tandus. “We know that recycling carpet is but one part of the sustainability ideal, but it underscores our commitment to developing holistic environmental solutions that make our other
environmental achievements possible.”
Because old vinyl-backed carpet and vinyl waste is the only feedstock for its ER3 backings, C&A instituted FLOORE, a “buy-back” program offering customers financial incentives to return and recycle their old vinyl-backed carpet. The company's sustainable warranty guarantees to customers that all carpet returned will be recycled in its entirety and that no portion will be landfilled, incinerated (including waste-to-energy) or disposed of in any other way.
How to Recycle Carpet with Tandus
Commercial customers who want to recycle the carpet they are removing should ensure that recycling is included in project specifications. They then need to verify with Tandus that their carpet can be recycled. Tandus will accept any vinyl-backed carpet, regardless of manufacturer. In coordination with their Tandus Account Executive, customers collect the carpet and ship it back to C&A's Dalton, Ga., recycling facility. Working with recycling industry partners, Tandus can also help customers recycle old broadloom carpet.
“For more than 35 years, C&A has been at the forefront of every significant technological advance in the development of environmentally designed carpet,” said Mac Bridger, CEO of Tandus. “We know that recycling carpet is but one part of the sustainability ideal, but it underscores our commitment to developing holistic environmental solutions that make our other
environmental achievements possible.”
Because old vinyl-backed carpet and vinyl waste is the only feedstock for its ER3 backings, C&A instituted FLOORE, a “buy-back” program offering customers financial incentives to return and recycle their old vinyl-backed carpet. The company's sustainable warranty guarantees to customers that all carpet returned will be recycled in its entirety and that no portion will be landfilled, incinerated (including waste-to-energy) or disposed of in any other way.
How to Recycle Carpet with Tandus
Commercial customers who want to recycle the carpet they are removing should ensure that recycling is included in project specifications. They then need to verify with Tandus that their carpet can be recycled. Tandus will accept any vinyl-backed carpet, regardless of manufacturer. In coordination with their Tandus Account Executive, customers collect the carpet and ship it back to C&A's Dalton, Ga., recycling facility. Working with recycling industry partners, Tandus can also help customers recycle old broadloom carpet.
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