BPS Provides Long Red Carpet for All-Star Game

City of Industry, CA, July 17, 2008--Bentley Prince Street provided one of the longest—and greenest—red carpets ever created in the U.S. for the Major League Baseball All-Star Game earlier this week.

The carpet stretched across 18 blocks of Manhattan as a lead-up to game.  Covering 95,000 square feet along Sixth Avenue, the eco-friendly carpet was used for the All-Star Game Red Carpet Parade and was graced by baseball legends such as Hank Aaron, Yogi Berra and Willie Mays as they paraded through New York City along with the American League and National League All-Stars.

“We’re excited to have the opportunity to create a first-of-its-kind two mile long ‘green’ carpet, made with 100 percent recycled fiber and 100 percent renewable electrical energy," said Anthony Minite, president of Bentley Prince Street.

"None of this carpet will ever wind up in a landfill.  After the event, all 45,000 pounds of carpet will be recycled into new carpet through our ReEntry 2.0 reclamation program.”

Bentley Prince Street’s carpet is part of a series of initiatives MLB has implemented in partnership with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) to make the 2008 MLB All-Star Game the greenest event in MLB’s history.

The carpet was made from 100 percent recycled fiber.  Also, 100 percent of the electricity used to produce the carpet was made renewable through the company’s on-site solar array and the purchase of Green-e certified renewable energy certificates. It was produced at its California manufacturing facility, which is the first in the country to receive a silver rating from the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Existing Buildings.