News Brief
Carpet Takeback Program
Agreement has been reached on the innovative
industry-wide carpet takeback program (see
EBN
Vol. 10, No. 2), and the formal “Memorandum of Understanding for Carpet Stewardship” is scheduled to be signed on January 8, 2002 in Atlanta. Participants in the voluntary agreement include carpet and fiber manufacturers, the Carpet & Rug Institute, state governments, nongovernmental organizations, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The agreement calls for the amount of carpet recycled annually to grow from 180 million pounds (81.6 million kg) in 2002 to at least 1,354 million pounds (614 million kg) in 2012. The amount of carpet expected to be landfilled is also slated to increase, however, reflecting the larger growth in the volume of carpet discarded. Details on the initiative can be found at
Published January 1, 2002 Permalink Citation
(2002, January 1). Carpet Takeback Program. Retrieved from https://www.buildinggreen.com/newsbrief/carpet-takeback-program
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