Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE) reports that its members diverted more than 311 million pounds of post-consumer carpet from landfills last year. Of that amount, 246 million pounds - nearly 80 percent of the total - was recycled back into carpet and other consumer products.
CARE also notes that over the past year, the organization has achieved a number of key accomplishments, including a six percent increase in carpet diversion and 561 new jobs resulting directly from carpet recycling.
For more information or to learn more about how to recycle used carpet, visit the Care website at www.carpetrecovery.org
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