If you are replacing your carpet consider recycling the old rug.
The Carpet America Recovery Effort "is a joint industry-government effort to increase the amount of recycling and reuse of post-consumer carpet and reduce the amount of waste carpet going to landfills." What a great idea! You may be surprised at the innovative ways people are reusing carpet. Did you know it can be reprocessed and used to make lumber, soundproofing barriers, plastic, and other items?
So if you are planning to replace your carpet, visit carpetrecovery.org or download this list of carpet reclamation centers. They are located all over the country. But if there's not one in your area, consider starting one. There are numerous resources online to help you get started.
Keep your carpet out of the landfill - recycle it!
This country will not be a permanently good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a reasonably good place for all of us to live in. -Theodore Roosevelt, 26th US President (1858-1919)
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