Shaw, Kruse Honored as Carpet Recyclers of Year

Clearwater Beach, FL, May 12, 2008 –Kruse Carpet Recycling and Shaw Industries were honored last week as Recyclers of the Year by the Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE) at the organization’s Sixth Annual Conference at the SandPearl Resort in Clearwater Beach.

For the second consecutive year, this year’s recycler of the year award was divided into a large company division and a small company division in an effort to better recognize the drivers behind this new industry of post-consumer carpet recycling.

Russ DeLozier, PCC collection manager for Shaw Industries, was also honored as this year’s recipient of the prestigious Care Person of the Year at the gala. 

Shaw Industries, headquartered in Dalton, Ga., took home the large company category in recognition of it Shaw Green Edge initiative, the cornerstone of Shaw’s environmental vision is cradle-to-cradle production, which will allow synthetic products – such as carpet – to be collected and then manufactured into new product repeatedly.
 
The Shaw Green Edge Program encompasses over 100 environmental initiatives and was introduced following Shaw’s purchase of the Evergreen Recycling facility in Augusta, Ga. The Evergreen Nylon Recycling is the only facility of its kind in the world. The plant allows Shaw to break down post-consumer carpet containing Nylon 6 fiber into its original material, which then can be remade into new carpet fiber repeatedly.

“We’re very proud of what we have been able to accomplish through the Green Edge Program and the Evergreen facility. Evergreen has provided consumers with the opportunity to return nylon carpet to the same product instead of sending post-consumer carpet to a landfill,” said Steve Bradfield, Shaw’s director of environmental affairs."

Kruse Carpet Recycling of Indianapolis, which opened in 1997 has been guaranteeing customers that none of their collected carpet will go to the landfill.

DeLozier is a familiar face in the recycling industry. DeLozier sits on the CARE Board of Directors and has been active in the industry since taking over the Evergreen facility in 2006.
 
The majority of DeLozier's experience has been in startup or operation of various types of plastic plants, including those manufacturing nylons, styrene block copolymers, polyethylene, polypropylene, and polystyrene. So it was no surprise when Shaw Industries tapped him to revitalize the Evergreen facility once it was brought into the family of Shaw’s operations.

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