
Shaw Industries Group Inc., has announced plans to open a new carpet recycling facility in Ringgold, Georgia. The floor covering firm, headquartered in Dalton, Georgia, is expected to spend around $17 million to open the new facility, which previously was a Shaw rug distribution facility. The Evergreen facility, when fully operational, is expected to add at least 70 new full time jobs.
“The development of Evergreen Ringgold is the latest example of Shaw’s sustainable business strategy at work,” says Vance Bell, Shaw’s chairman and CEO. “This addition to our recycling portfolio reflects our continued efforts to drive innovation into the business and to protect and make efficient use of resources while focusing on long-term financial success.”
Shaw says that it has recycled more than 700 million pounds of carpet since 2006 through its take-back program and its growing reclamation network. The company adds that Evergreen Ringgold is an addition to its portfolio of recycling solutions, allowing Shaw to recycle nylon and polyester carpet.
The company says that Evergreen Ringgold will create a high-purity, post-consumer recycled material that can be used in a range of applications.
“Evergreen Ringgold expands our efforts to keep end-of-use carpet out of landfills,” says Paul Murray, Shaw vice president of Sustainability and Environmental Affairs. “By expanding our recycling portfolio, we are illustrating our continued commitment to converting something that historically may have been seen as waste into a resource that has a longer life in the economy.”
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An elevated cab is one of several features improving operational efficiency at the Macon County Solid Waste Management agency in North Carolina. When it comes to waste management, efficiency, safety and reliability are priorities driving decisions from day one, according to staff members of the Macon County Solid Waste Management Department in western North Carolina. The agency operates a recycling plant in a facility originally designed to bale incoming materials. More recently, the building has undergone significant transformations centered around one machine: a SENNEBOGEN telehandler (telescopic handler).
Through Shaw’s Evergreen process older carpets are able to be reclaimed and converted back into carpet, to be used as an active ingredient for other manufacturers’ products such as automotive parts and converted into energy.
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