The Carpet Recyclers has opened two facilities — one in Oakland, Calif., and one in La Mirada,
Calif. — to recycle carpet. The facilities, which obtained exclusive rights in the Western United
States to use state-of-the-art carpet recovery equipment, can process 400,000 pounds of carpet
daily. The company notes that 3.2 percent of all waste entering California landfills is old carpet,
totaling 1.3 billion pounds.
November/December 2010
