Mohawk Greenworks Center Wins Green Dot Awards

Kennesaw, GA., Feb. 10, 2009--Mohawk Industries is the recipient of two 2008 Green Dot Awards (third place and honorable mention in the “services” category), recognizing the company’s recycling facility, the Greenworks Center.

The Greenworks Center is a first-of-its-kind recycling facility to process all major types of synthetic carpet fiber.

“This award is a mark of distinction for Mohawk. This facility was not developed by a blueprint, but by a visionary organization that upholds sustainability as the bedrock of its organization,” said Lewis Perkins, director of sustainable strategies for The Mohawk Group, the commercial carpeting division of Mohawk Industries.

The Green Dot Awards program recognizes businesses that practice excellence in environmental responsibility and create environmentally friendly products or services. Mohawk and its Greenworks Center will be recognized at The Green Dot Awards gala on Earth Day, April 22 at the Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles.

Mohawk’s Greenworks Center reclaims all major types of synthetic fiber – Nylon 6, Nylon 6,6, Polypropylene and other fibers – that make up more than 75 percent of the carpet industry’s waste stream, helping to reduce the industry’s environmental footprint while increasing carpeting’s recovery rate.

The Greenworks Center processes 90 percent of its input stream into useful products itst recovery rate in the industry is nearly three times that of its closest competitor.

Greenworks is the only center to reclaim all major types of synthetic fiber in one facility.

The first Greenworks Center is in Chatsworth, Ga.; however, it can be built in other locations due to the center’s flexible and scalable design.