The Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE), an initiative to reduce the amount of scrap carpet that goes to landfills, has announced that Milliken & Co., an international textile and chemical manufacturer, will donate its carbon dioxide credits to provide a new funding stream to accelerate CARE’s efforts. The statement was released during the fourth annual CARE conference at Callaway Gardens.
Companies that take action to reduce pollutant emission earn global warming credits that represent the amount of greenhouse gasses prevented from entering the atmosphere. These credits offset the environmental impact of events or other activities.
“Milliken’s donation demonstrates innovation and sustainable leadership. This unique approach to stewardship enhances our financial ability to reduce the carpet industry’s impact on the Earth,” says Robert Peoples, executive director of Dalton-Ga.-based CARE.
CARE, a voluntary initiative of the carpet industry and government, focuses on developing carpet reclamation and recycling methods to prevent carpet from burdening landfills. Milliken does not sell credits, but has donated them to offset environmental impacts of select environmentally-focused events like the U.S. Green Building Council’s 2005 conference in Atlanta and the 2006 CARE conference.
Milliken’s company-owned forests and small hydroelectric plants reduce and sequester approximately 900 million pounds of carbon dioxide emissions annually, allowing the company to maintain its rare carbon negative status. Milliken Floor Covering, a division of Milliken & Co., has sent zero waste to landfill from carpet manufacturing since 1999 and offers a No Carpet to Landfill Pledge.
The Carpet America Recovery Effort is a voluntary initiative of the carpet industry and government to prevent carpet from burdening landfills. CARE’s initiatives include helping reclamation and recycling entrepreneurs, economically collecting spent carpet, finding new products to market, identifying markets for products made from spent carpet, and encouraging use of recycled products and recycling initiatives.
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