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For Immediate Release
CONTACT:
Bob Peoples, Executive Director, CARE
Phone: 706-428-2127
Rachel Palopoli, EVP Aquafil Carpet Recycling
Phone: 480-694-4431 
Aquafil Carpet Collection Miramar Now Accepting Used Carpet for Recycling
New Drop-Off Location Is Part of the California Carpet Stewardship Program
carpet collected for recycling. Photo courtesy Aquafil
Dalton, GA -- Homeowners, carpet installers and other flooring contractors in San Diego County are now able to drop off carpet for recycling at Aquafil Carpet Collection’s new Miramar location, effective immediately. There is no charge for this service as long as carpet pad is included. Aquafil’s new location expands carpet recycling convenience for flooring professionals, contractors and homeowners. Carpet collected in California is recycled through the California Carpet Stewardship Program coordinated by Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE).

Carpet and carpet pad can be brought to Aquafil Carpet Collection Miramar, located at 7720 Formula Place in San Diego – just north of the Miramar Landfill, open Monday through Friday, 6:00 am to 3:00 pm. Carpet must be dry, free from debris and cut into manageable sections that have been separated from the carpet pad and rolled.

“Flooring professionals in San Diego County have been in need of another convenient option for recycling their tear-out carpet and we are happy to be part of the solution in diverting more recyclable carpet from landfills,” said Rachel Palopoli, Executive Vice President for Aquafil Carpet Recycling.

Aquafil Carpet Collection’s Miramar location now provides San Diego County flooring professionals two convenient locations for their carpet and pad drop-off. Aquafil’s Chula Vista location is conveniently located just 10 minutes west of the Otay landfill at 187 Mace Street, Chula Vista. These facilities are among the over 90 carpet recycling drop-off locations throughout California.

With more than 300 million pounds discarded each year, used carpet is one of the 10 most prevalent waste materials in California landfills. A carpet stewardship law passed in 2010 aims to increase carpet recycling opportunities. Carpet collected and recycled through CARE’s program receives subsidy support to help get it recycled into new products such as carpet fiber, flooring underlayment, automotive products, dimensional lumber, insulating material and various absorbency products.

Visit the CARE website at CarpetRecovery.org for more information.


In the past five years alone, 292 million pounds of discarded carpet was kept out of California landfills – equivalent to more than 10,000 fully-loaded 53-foot trailers – and recycled into useful new products.
About Aquafil
Aquafil Carpet Collection operates statewide in California, offering large volume on-site
carpet and pad collection services to feed into both their Woodland, California and Phoenix, Arizona recycling operations. Since 1969, Aquafil has been one of the leading players, both in Italy and globally, in the production of polyamide, or Nylon 6. The Aquafil Group has a presence in eight countries on three continents, employing more than 2,700 staff at 18 plants located in Italy, Germany, Scotland, Slovenia, Croatia, the U.S., Thailand and China.
For more information, visit Aquafil.com.

About Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE)
Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE) is a voluntary, non-profit organization dedicated to increasing the landfill diversion, reuse and recycling of waste carpet, through market-based solutions that benefit the economy as well as the environment.
 
Since 2002, CARE members have diverted more than 5 billion pounds of carpet from landfills in the United States and promoted the use and development of products containing materials derived from carpet. CARE members include independent carpet recyclers, carpet manufacturers, dealers, retailers and suppliers and non-governmental organizations. CARE has served as the Carpet Stewardship Organization for the State of California since its program began in 2011.

For more information about CARE, visit CarpetRecovery.org.


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