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Turning old carpet into new at Shaw’s Evergreen Nylon Recycling facility

“Cradle-to-Cradle” Carpeting: A Key To Building Green

Only four years ago, about five billion pounds of carpet waste was making its way into U.S. landfills each year. The long lasting, negative effects on the environment were enormous

Today, companies like Shaw Industries, the world’s largest carpet manufacturer and supplier of all the floor coverings for the LINKS GreenHouses at Reynolds Plantation and Seven Falls Golf and River Club, are creating new life for synthetic carpet waste and leading the way to true sustainability.

“We believe we need to find the right use for everything we touch,” says Shaw Vice President Steve Sieracki. “We are doing everything we can to make sure our products have a useful life other than ending up in a landfill.”

One of Shaw’s most innovative programs is its “cradle-to-cradle” recycling process. At the company’s Evergreen Nylon Recycling facility in ?>?>


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