Carpet Waste Recycling

Our mission is to promote the diversion from landfill of textile flooring in the uk to resource for sustainable use.

Carpet waste recycling.

We can help home owners with suggestions for reuse or recycling of old carpets see a handy list of ideas below. Responsible recycling we are proud to be responsible carpet recyclers. Carpet recycling uk is a not for profit membership association working to reduce the amount of carpet waste being sent to landfill. What you pay in each case will depend on various factors including the volume type and condition of the carpet distance to the recycler and the frequency of delivery.

Despite the existence of the industry led carpet america recovery effort care initiative to responsibly manage carpet waste an astounding 89 per cent is discarded in landfill 6 per cent is incinerated and less than 5 per cent is recycled. Selvage waste from carpet manufacturing is now recycled into marketable carpet pad. If you need to dispose of carpet from your home try the following. In 2018 main growth areas were in equestrian surface materials carpet tile reuse carpets for cement kilns as a renewable resource to replace fossil fuels for export and in the uk and local incineration of municipal solid wastes msw.

Once fully sorted the carpet is then baled by type synthetic or traditional wool. Carpet waste recycling plant pilot for polypropylene a consortium of internationally based companies and organisations has secured european funding for the isoprep project which aims to recycle the polypropylene element found in synthetic carpet waste into a much higher quality polypropylene output that can subsequently be used in the manufacture of premium polypropylene based products. Responsible carpet recycling when we collect or receive any waste carpet material first we thoroughly sort the carpet. Reuse and recycling of waste carpet was up by 19 338 tonnes on 2017 to 61 338 tonnes representing 35 of the total.

This means that we are dedicated to filtering all carpet away from landfill and incineration which are both in the long term very bad for the environment and economy. 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. Landfills 4 billion pounds is carpet discard. Shaw powerhouse industries purchases millions of pounds of fiber per year.

Check with the shop you bought the carpet from they may offer a take back scheme contact your local council to see if they offer a recycling service. This is a vital step in the recycling of any material as it allows us to completely separate it from other materials. Approximately 3 5 per cent of all waste disposed in u s.