Recycling Stories
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By Russ Rizzo, Special To The Rocky Mountain News
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
In five years, CARE estimates it helped divert 1 billion pounds of carpet
from landfills. But that's only a fraction of the 5 billion pounds entering
landfills yearly, Williamson said.
"We're nowhere near where we want to be," he said. "But it shows we're
moving in the right direction."
Carpet reclaimed at DIA
All 75,000 yards, or 315,000 pounds, of carpet being stripped out and
replaced in DIA will be reused. Here's where it's going:
- 40,000 yards of carpet covering the main terminal and most of
Concourse A will go to a Lafarge cement plant in Sugar Creek, Mo.,
to be burned to create electricity. DIA will pay for the shipping. - 10,000 yards of carpet in Concourse A will go back to its original
manufacturer, Bentley Mills, in LaGrange, Ga., to be stripped. The
nylon top will be converted back to thread to be used again, and
the backing will be burned. Bentley will pay half the shipping. - 25,000 yards of carpet in Concourse C will go back to its original
manufacturer, C&A, in Dalton, Ga., to be used as backing for new
carpet. C&A paid for the shipping.
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