Flooring Interviews

The Tandus Group’s Dobbin Callahan on Sustainability – Part 2

The Tandus Group’s Dobbin Callahan on Sustainability – Part 2

December 1, 2004—Dobbin Callahan, General Manager, Government Markets, The Tandus Group, in the final part of a two-part series, discusses sustainability within the floor covering industry and within the Tandus Group. Callahan talks about the company’s early environmental products through to its most recent, the market’s and the government’s reaction and his thoughts on the paths sustainability will take in the future. Callahan also discusses the carpet industry’s efforts to divert carpet from landfills and he shares his thoughts on the undesirability of using postconsumer carpet as a fuel.