carpet recycling News
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Carpet America Recovery Effort VP to open Carpet Recycling UK Conference
Carpet Recycling UK’s third Annual Conference opens in Birmingham, UK on July 5th with a wide-ranging, two-day programme covering key developments in tackling carpet waste, including latest recycling technologies and new outlets for recovered material. More than 100 delegates are expected at the Institute of Engineering and Technology where the two-day event features an Entrepreneurs Event ...
By Axion Group
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25% by 2015 - The Carpet Recycling Challenge
The Carpet Recycling Challenge – 25% by 2015, is the theme of the second Annual Carpet Recycling UK Conference. Organised by Carpet Recycling UK, the conference will be held at The Institute of Engineering & Technology in Birmingham on Tuesday July 6 2010. Managed by Axion Consulting, Carpet Recycling UK is an industry-backed association at the forefront of research and development ...
By Axion Group
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More retailers interested in recycling carpet
More retailers are interested in recycling carpet in response to rising requests from consumers for responsible disposal solutions to their end-of-life carpets and installation off-cuts, according to Carpet Recycling UK, the industry’s association for recycling and reusing carpet. Speaking after May’s 2013 Buying Groups’ National Flooring Show, CRUK Director Laurance Bird said: ...
By Axion Group
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Carpet Recycling UK reports high-flying achievements
Waste carpet is emerging as a serious raw material resource according to latest figures from Carpet Recycling UK that show 66,000 tonnes were diverted from landfill in the UK last year – representing an increase in the diversion rate from 10% in 2010 to 16.5% in 2011. This figure is fairly evenly split between recycle and reuse (32,000 tonnes) and energy recovery, mainly in cement kilns ...
By Axion Group
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More retailers keen to recycle carpet waste, says Carpet Recycling UK
More and more retailers are signing up to recycle their carpet waste as they recognise the twin benefits of potential disposal cost savings and the ability to offer an enhanced customer service, according to Carpet Recycling UK. Increased numbers of outlets throughout the UK accepting all types of waste carpet for re-use or recycling along with innovative and diverse end uses for the material ...
By Axion Group
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Carpet Recycling UK Conference – sustainability throughout the carpet supply chain
Carpet Recycling UK’s Annual Conference returns to Birmingham on June 11th with a comprehensive programme covering developments in thinking and practice around sustainability across the carpet supply chain. Preceding the one-day event at the city’s Institute of Engineering and Technology will be a networking Awards Dinner on June 10th with conference sponsorship again provided by ...
By Axion Group
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Carpet Recycling UK lays down the challenge
Leading carpet manufacturers have significantly strengthened their commitment and financial support to Carpet Recycling UK and its creation of a fully-funded industry body to meet the industry target of 25% landfill diversion by 2015. Renewed focus by the 14 CRUK manufacturing members includes developing more outlets for carpet recycling in the UK, as well as increasing the uptake of carpet ...
By Axion Group
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Recycling waste carpet helps retail business, says Carpet Recycling UK
Waste carpet take-back schemes that divert material from landfill for recycling can help retailers win and retain business; enhancing their customer service while also reducing their environmental impact. Carpet Recycling UK is promoting this strong sustainability theme at its Harrogate Flooring Show debut in September. Located on Stand C34A, the industry-backed association for recycling and ...
By Axion Group
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Carpet Recycling UK Director Laurance Bird retires
Carpet Recycling UK has announced that their Founder and Director Laurance Bird will retire from his day to day involvement with the not-for-profit membership organisation at the end of 2018. Laurance has spearheaded CRUK’s activities since the industry body was founded in 2008 to increase the recycling of carpet waste across the UK. Celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, CRUK has ...
By Axion Group
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Carpet Recycling UK Conference: championing resource recovery from carpets
Carpet Recycling UK’s 2016 Annual Conference and Awards Event moves to a new venue - Leicester City Football Club – where the June 29th event’s theme will be ‘championing resource recovery from carpets’ with guest host and keynote speaker, celebrity architect and designer Oliver Heath. Drawing inspiration from the success of the ‘Premier League Phenomenon ...
By Axion Group
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Carpet Recycling UK Conference – growing diversion, increasing value, redesigning for the future
Carpet Recycling UK’s fourth Annual Conference opens in Birmingham on July 11th with a packed programme providing information and inspiration for all sectors of the carpet waste supply chain, including presentations from leading American carpet recyclers. Preceding the one-day event at the city’s Institute of Engineering and Technology will be a networking dinner on July 10th. This ...
By Axion Group
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Carpet Recycling UK shortlisted for BusinessGreen Leaders Awards 2014
Carpet Recycling UK, the industry-backed association for recycling and reusing waste carpet, has been shortlisted for the BusinessGreen Leaders Awards 2014 in the Waste or Recycling Project of the Year category. The shortlisting recognises CRUK’s success in beating its original target of 25% landfill diversion of waste carpet by 2015 two years early. This target was set in 2008 when the ...
By Axion Group
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Carpet Recycling UK inspires retailers to recycle carpet waste
More retailers have been inspired to start recycling their carpet waste and benefit from savings in disposal costs following Carpet Recycling UK’s presence at the 2013 Harrogate Flooring Show. CRUK, the industry’s association for recycling and reusing carpet, attracted record levels of interest through its stand and seminar sessions, which highlighted the significant economic and ...
By Axion Group
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Carpet Recycling UK presents sustainable innovation at Ecobuild 2012
Exciting and innovative new ways of reusing carpet materials and offcuts will be showcased by Carpet Recycling UK on Stand S20 at Ecobuild 2012. A full information-packed CRUK seminar programme on Thursday March 22nd will highlight the latest cutting-edge progress on treating recovered carpet as a rich new resource for novel products and high-end applications. Three popular seminar sessions will ...
By Axion Group
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Carpet Recycling UK calls for papers ahead of Annual Conference
Calling all business entrepreneurs who see carpet waste as a valuable resource -Carpet Recycling UK, the industry-backed association for recycling and reusing waste carpet, has issued a call for papers for potential speakers to address its two-day annual conference on July 5 and 6. Its second annual conference at Birmingham’s Institute of Engineering and Technology will focus on Design for ...
By Axion Group
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Carpets from UK Recycling & Waste Management show recycled into new building products
20,000 square metres of carpet used at the major recycling and waste management exhibition at Birmingham’s NEC in the UK have been successfully recycled into new engineered construction products. Effective collaboration between Carpet Recycling UK, the industry body for recycling and re-using carpet, and all parties ensured that stand and aisle carpet from September’s RWM in ...
By Axion Group
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Carpet tile reuse and recycling present opportunities for landfill diversion
Increasing the reuse or recycling of the estimated 58 million individual carpet tiles uplifted each year in the UK is a key focus for Carpet Recycling UK as it strives to divert more material from landfill and to help organisations achieve zero to landfill targets. In 2011, an estimated 750,000 carpet tiles were reused or recycled, representing a diversion rate of just 1.4%. However, the sector ...
By Axion Group
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Carpet Recycling UK presents specifier focus at Ecobuild 2013
Changing attitudes to sustainability in specifying flooring and the latest resource-efficient products for new and refurbishment projects will be a key focus for Carpet Recycling UK on Stand S472 and at a seminar on March 7th at Ecobuild 2013. A full information-packed CRUK seminar programme will highlight current developments in carpet recycling and how carpet materials can be used as a ...
By Axion Group
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Carpet Recycling UK Conference: Celebrating 10 years of resource recovery
‘Celebrating 10 years of Resource Recovery’ is the theme for Carpet Recycling UK’s 2018 Annual Conference and Awards Event which opens at Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham on Thursday July 5th. The industry-backed association for recycling and reusing waste carpet will be marking a decade of achievements and significant contributions by members – both individuals and ...
By Axion Group
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`Ground-breaking` trials show carpet can be recycled
Recycling specialist Axion Consulting has discovered polypropylene carpets can be recycled into good quality polymer pellet for injection moulding. Trials to investigate recycling options for post-consumer carpets and possible new end-use markets for polypropylene products made from recovered material were initiated by Carpet Recycling UK and funded by Envirolink North West. Results showed ...
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