carpet

Why is a carpet company at a green building conference? Because Shaw Floors has designed a carpet to be completely recyclable. The backing under the nylon carpet has a toll-free number that customers can call to get the distributor to take back unwanted carpet. The backing is separated and recycled by grounding it into reusable pellets. The nylon is also broken up into smaller pieces (represented in these vials) for recycling.

June 20, 2008 12:17 PM PDT

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