Recycling Stories
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DIA replacing carpet before DNC
By Russ Rizzo, Special To The Rocky Mountain News
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
To the decision-makers at Denver International Airport, it might have
seemed a simple enough request.
None of the 75,000 yards of carpet to be ripped up and replaced in the
main terminal and two concourses this year could end up in a landfill.
But as it turns out, the carpet industry is not as "green" as the fabric that
will cover Concourse A in coming months.
Tanner DeJonge, project manager for ReSource Colorado, learned
firsthand why millions of tons of carpet find their way into U.S. landfills
each year. It took weeks of research, and some begging, for DeJonge to
find homes for the three different types of carpet he was charged with
removing at DIA, he said.
By Russ Rizzo, Special To The Rocky Mountain News
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
To the decision-makers at Denver International Airport, it might have
seemed a simple enough request.
None of the 75,000 yards of carpet to be ripped up and replaced in the
main terminal and two concourses this year could end up in a landfill.
But as it turns out, the carpet industry is not as "green" as the fabric that
will cover Concourse A in coming months.
Tanner DeJonge, project manager for ReSource Colorado, learned
firsthand why millions of tons of carpet find their way into U.S. landfills
each year. It took weeks of research, and some begging, for DeJonge to
find homes for the three different types of carpet he was charged with
removing at DIA, he said.
Photo by Ken Papaleo / Rocky
Mountain News
Mike Hart, left, and Rahn
Richards haul away old carpet
from DIA. With the
Democratic National
Convention coming to town,
improvements were expedited.
Mountain News
Mike Hart, left, and Rahn
Richards haul away old carpet
from DIA. With the
Democratic National
Convention coming to town,
improvements were expedited.
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