• Specialist Carpet Recyclers (Feb 2010) (.pdf 865Kb)
  

• Flooring Action Plan Presentation (.ppt 3Mb)
  
  
• Global Trends in Carpet Backing - Bill McWhirter (.pdf 168Kb)
  
  
• PP Recovery Presentation - Jane Gardner Axion Consulting 03.03.10 (.ppt 2Mb)
  
  
• Making Carpet Recycling Happen - Ecobuild 03.03.10 (.pdf 990Kb)
  
  
• Brintons Wool-rich Carpet Presentation - Ecobuild 03.03.110 (.ppt 219Kb)
  

• 'Carpet Recycling: Gathering Momentum': Opening Remarks
  Laurence Bird, Director, Carpet Recycling UK
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• Carpet Recycling in the USA: Past, Present and Future
  Frank Hurd, Chairman, Carpet America Recovery Effort
  >> Download PPT file (6.04Mb)
  
  
• Carpet Recycling in the UK
  Kate Chappell, Director, Carpet Recycling UK
  >> Download PDF file (2.87Mb)
  
  
• Recycling Residential Carpet
  Paul Tracey, Director, Shredding Services
  >> Download PDF file (510Kb)
  
  
• Commercial Flooring Collection Logistics: Lessons Learnt from the Vinyl Flooring Collection Scheme
  Jane Gardner, Project Manager, Axion Consulting
  >> Download PDF file (16Mb)
  
  
• Reuse: the Value Chain Proposition
  Mark Wilson, Sales Manager, InterfaceFLOR
  >> Download PDF file (4.59Mb)
  
  
• Land Applications for Wool-Rich Carpet
  Paul Gibbs, Head of Consultancy, 4Recycling Ltd
  >> Download PDF file (6.50Mb)
  
  
• Energy from Waste for End of Life Carpets
  Steve Patterson, Divisional Director, Credential Environmental
  >> Download PDF file (3.33Mb)
  
  
• Bitumen-backed Carpet Tiles for Roadstone Products
  Phil Sutton, Managing Director, Econpro
  >> Download PDF file - Part 1 (192Kb)   >> Download PDF file - Part 2 (4.92Mb)
  
  
• Technology Horizon Scan
  Ron Simonetti, CEO, Modular Carpet Recycling
  Frank Levy, PCC Processing Technology LLC
  >> Download PDF file (804Kb) - (Ron Simonetti)
  >> Download PDF file (12.8Mb) - (Sergio Dell'Orco)
  
  
• Panel Discussion: Investment and Support for Carpet Recycling
  Katherine Adams, Principal Consultant, BRE
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• Carpet Recycling UK in 2009/10
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Conference Programme
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Conference Delegate List
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Conference Press Release
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• CLOSED-LOOP WOOL CARPET RECYCLING
  Steven J. McNeil et al, Resources, Conservation and Recycling 51 (2007) 220-224
  This article demonstrates the suitability of ground-up carpet as a fertilizer, and its environmental soundness
  
  
• LAND APPLICATIONS FOR WOOL-RICH CARPET LITERATURE REVIEW (.pdf 68Kb)
  
  
• NUTRIENT ANALYSIS OF WOOL-RICH CARPET SHRED (.pdf 69Kb)
  

• SUSTAINABLE CLOSED LOOP SYSTEM FOR RECYCLING OF CARPET MATERIALS (1999) (.pdf 715Kb)
  This report describes the results of the RECAM project (Recovery of Carpet Materials), a carpet recycling initiative set up in Europe by a consortium of companies from the chemicals and textiles industries
  
  
• STARTING A WASTE PLASTICS RECYCLING BUSINESS
  Report Prepared For Aberdeen Forward and Aberdeenshire Council By R T Pringle and Dr M B Barker (March 2004)
  

• ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS FROM CARPET DISCARDS MANAGEMENT METHODS: PRELIMINARY RESULTS (.pdf 68Kb)
  Sound Resource Management 2008
  

• Carpet Tile Reuse (.pdf 68Kb)
  
  
• Kenny Skip Hire (.pdf 628Kb) - please email kate@carpetrecyclinguk.com to receive a copy of this case study
  
  
• Reflex Polymers (.pdf 40Kb)
  

• Carpet Recycling E-News Volume 4 (February 2010) (.pdf 483Kb)
  
  
• Carpet Recycling E-News Volume 3 (November 2009) (.pdf 550Kb)
  
  
• Carpet Recycling E-News Volume 2 (August 2009) (.pdf 628Kb)
  
  
• Carpet Recycling E-News Volume 1 (April 2009) (.pdf 571Kb)
  

• UNDRAINED BEHAVIOUR OF CLAY REINFORCED WITH SURPLUS CARPET (.pdf 145Kb)
  Fibres Mirzababaei et al, 2009
  The inclusion of small amounts of carpet recyclate acts to reinforce clay soils.
  
  
• RECYCLING WASTE INTO ACOUSTIC UNDERLAY FOR COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION (.pdf 3Mb)
  This report describes research into the impact sound insulation performance of a number of underlays that were laboratory produced from granulated carpet tiles
  
  
• CARPET WASTE UTILISATION - A REVIEW (.pdf 447Kb)
  Miraftab and Mirzababaei, 2009
  An overview of research on acoustic underlay production, clay soil reinforcement and containment of concrete blocks
  
  
• CARPET WASTE, AN EXPENSIVE LUXURY WE MUST DO WITHOUT! (.pdf 32Kb)
  Mohsen Miraftab, Richard Horrocks & *Colin Woods, Faculty of Technology, Bolton Institute, Bolton, BL3 5AB, UK
  This paper provides an excellent overview on carpet manufacture and disposal options
  

• BRIEFING: NSF 140 US STANDARD FOR SUSTAINABLE CARPET (.pdf 41Kb)
  
  
• RESEARCH BRIEFING: NYLON FIBRE RECOVERY FROM CARPETS (.pdf 40Kb)
  

• CARPET RECYCLING AND GOVERNMENT (.pdf 89Kb)
  
  
• FLOORING: TOWARDS A RESOURCE EFFICIENCY PLAN - SEPTEMBER 2009 (.pdf 41Kb)
  A scoping study prepared by Peter Thomas on behalf of the Contract Flooring Association
  
  
• WASTE STRATEGY FOR ENGLAND 2007 (.pdf 232Kb)
  This document is the summary report of the government's current strategy for waste.
  

• Carpet Action Plan Briefing (Jan 2010) (.pdf 85Kb)
  
  
• MAP for Broadloom Carpet Invitation (.pdf 235Kb)
  
  
• Carpet MAP Meeting - 13th October 2009.pdf (.pdf 565Kb)
  
  
• Broadloom Carpet MAP Meeting Minutes (.pdf 145Kb)
  
  
• Carpet MAP List of Attendees - 13th October 2009.pdf (.pdf 109Kb)
  

www.carpetrecovery.com
Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE) is a joint industry-government effort to increase the amount of recycling and reuse of post-consumer carpet in the USA.

www.wrap.org.uk
WRAP is the publicly funded agency that helps individuals, businesses and local authorities to reduce waste and recycle more, making better use of resources and helping to tackle climate change.

www.bre.co.uk
The Buildings Research Establishment carries out environmental profiling of different flooring products.

www.compost.org.uk
The Composting Association promotes the sustainable management of biodegradable resources.

• PolychromixPHAZIR with CarpetID
  Discovery Channel Show: "Factory Made: How To Recycle Carpet"

• Durakerb Pierret Tile Cutting