Global flooring manufacturer Mohawk Industries has aligned with Polar Materials, Inc., which specializes in the use of recycled materials to replace mined minerals. Leveraging Polar Materials’ innovative manufacturing process C2C (carpet-to-carpet), the partnership brings to market a first-of-its-kind carpet backing filler created from recycled carpet waste—helping to advance post-consumer recycling efforts and significantly reduce the amount of carpet waste sent to the landfill every year.
Waste sand, or calcium carbonate plus latex, from reclaimed carpet is put through the patent-pending C2C process, which removes residual carpet fibers and blends the sand with limestone commonly used as filler for latex carpet backings. The annual consumption of limestone in carpet exceeds 800,000 tons per year; replacing just 35 percent of limestone with the recycled carpet sand from C2C can potentially divert more than 280,000 tons (or 560 million lbs.) of carpet from the landfills each year.
Mohawk, Polar Materials Develop Filler Made from Recycled Carpet Waste
The move is meant to advance post-consumer recycling efforts while keeping used flooring out of the landfills.
Mohawk, Polar Materials Develop Filler Made from Recycled Carpet Waste
The move is meant to advance post-consumer recycling efforts while keeping used flooring out of the landfills.
