CARE Honors Person, Recycler of the Year

San Diego, CA, May 1, 2012 -- At its 10th Annual Conference, The Carpet America Recovery Effort honored two contributors to the success of carpet recycling and landfill diversion.

As Person of the Year, CARE named fellow board member Larry Cook.

Cook, who is director of manufacturing initiatives and a plant manager with Beaulieu Group, has been active in CARE since 2010.

In addition to his board duties, Cook also serves as chairman of the CARE's Stewardship Plan Committee. He was heavily involved in planning for the carpet industry's implementation of California's groundbreaking AB 2398 carpet recycling legislation.

The California-based firm The Carpet Recyclers was named as CARE's Recycler of the Year for 2011.

The Carpet Recyclers began by collecting carpet face fiber and then expanding in 2010 to include processing and recycling of the entire carpet.

To date, the company has created more than 100 green jobs and achieved a 90 percent processing rate. The company's stated goal is to become zero-waste by 2013.

The Carpet Recyclers projects it will process more than 70 million pounds of used carpet during the first year of operations.

The company is currently exploring opportunities to construct additional facilities in the Western U.S. and expanding a pilot program for the diversion of commercial broadloom and carpet tiles from California landfills.

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