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RECYCLING Carpet Recycling <br />ASSOCIATION <br />of Minnesota <br />CARE, the Carpet America Recovery Effort's objective is to divert 40% of all post <br />consumer carpet from landfills by 2012. They expect 7 billion pounds to be <br />generated in 2012, which would mean 2.8 billion pounds would need to be <br />reused or recycled to meet their goal. Go to: www.carpetrecovery.org for more <br />information. <br />Where to Recycle Unwanted Carpet: <br />• Bro-Tex, Inc. (Located in St. Paul): Bro-Tex is the only recycler of carpet <br />in Minnesota. They inspect and test all carpet to determine what it can be <br />made into. For a list of their drop-off locations and specifications for <br />recycling carpet go to: http://www.brotex.com/carpetrecycling.aspx <br />How Carpet Recycling Works: <br />• Currently commercial carpet is more often recycled than residential carpet. <br />Commercial carpet comes in larger sizes, higher volumes, and is usually <br />the same resin type. <br />• Residential carpet comes in smaller sizes and a large variety of resin <br />types. Some of these include: wool, polyolefin, and nylon. <br />• Carpet is inspected to make sure it is not wet or moldy before it is tested. <br />Testing determines what type of resin the carpet is made of and that <br />determines what the carpet can be made into. <br />• Several items carpet can be recycled into include: plastic resin for plastic <br />parts or plastic lumber, plastic drainage pipe, acoustic matting, sorbent <br />material for water pollutants, new carpet pad, new carpet, or it can even <br />be used as an energy substitute for existing energy raw materials like coal <br />and natural gas. <br />How Carpet Recycling Helps Minnesota's Environment• <br />• In 2005, Minnesotans discarded approximately 180,000 tons of carpet. <br />• Recycling 1,000 square yards of carpeting saves: 440 gallons of oil, 10 <br />million Btu's of energy, and diverts 4,500 pounds of material from going to <br />the landfill. <br />• Using recycled carpet plastic resins as raw materials for new products, <br />reduces the need for other raw materials to be mined and processed. <br />Using recycled materials also creates new markets and new jobs. <br />Recycling Association of Minnesota <br />852 B East Lake Street <br />Wayzata, Minnesota 55391 <br />Office: 952-473-0048 Website: recycleminnesota.org <br />