Shaw Plant Wins California Environmental Award

Dalton, GA, March 2, 2011 --  The California Water Environment Association has named Shaw Industries' Santa Fe Springs, California plant “Facility of the Year.”

The award recognizes Shaw’s wastewater and stormwater management, air quality and waste management conservation efforts.

“Shaw’s Santa Fe Springs facility stands out in California for its commitment to environmentally conscious practices across all aspects of its operations,” said Paul D. Schmidtbauer, CWEA P3S Awards Committee Chair – South.

“From recycling and saving millions of gallons of water to its ‘Zero Waste to Landfill’ status, the facility is a model of best environmental practices for our state.”

The facility diverts residual waste from landfills by sending it to a waste-to-energy facility in the City of Commerce for energy recovery. Other practices include recycling 100 percent of carpet production waste (including carpet, lint, floor sweepings and yarn) into pre-consumer recycled content and minimizing air emissions through the use of low NOx burners on two ship-scale boilers.

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