Why Recycling Carpet Makes a Difference

As the public learns more about the effects of putting carpet in landfills, the advantages of recycling become more apparent.

* Of the estimated 5 billion pounds of carpeting thrown away each year, less than 5% is being recycled. Meaning over 4.7 billion pounds (that’s 4,700,000,000) ends up in landfill.

* Carpet and pad account for between 3% and 5% of landfill contents and are in the Top 10 in both volume and weight of the waste stream.

* There is a market for diverted carpet and pad, unlike other materials we currently recycle.

* Carpet and pad can spend thousands of years in a landfill without breaking down.

* Every 50,000 tons of carpet that is recycled saves 1,800,000 barrels of oil.

Recycling carpet is not like recycling paper or aluminum. Households do not generate weekly carpet waste as they do with other recyclables.

This is where CLEAR Carpet Recycling, Surfaces Transport and our network of partners can make a huge difference.

Recycling Carpet is Easy

We want to make it as easy and convenient as possible for carpet and pad to be recycled. Want to learn more? Have used carpet and pad that you want to get rid of? Visit the CLEAR web site for more information.