Flooring contractor Designer Contracts has been admitted as a corporate member of the Furniture Makers’ Company – the furnishing industry’s charity. As a corporate member, Designer Contracts will help to support ...
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Carpet Recycling UK was named winner of a Resource Revolution Award in the Landfill Diversion category, in recognition of its achievements in finding alternative uses for waste carpet. CRUK Co-ordinator Jane Gardner commented: ...
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Recycling initiatives showcased at the fifth CRUK Conference in Birmingham highlighted the progress being made in developing value for waste carpet and embracing circular economy opportunities. "Active projects revealed how attitudes have ...
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Carpet Recycling UK’s significant achievements in finding new uses for waste carpet and exceeding targets have been recognized with the industry scheme funded by major carpet manufacturers winning the Landfill Diversion Strategy ...
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Starnet Worldwide Commercial Flooring recently recognized three Starnet Member Companies for excellence in Environmental Stewardship, a newly established award. The presentation was held April 26, 2013 during the Starnet Annual Meeting at ...
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Recent research by Carpet Recycling UK (CRUK) has shown the significant contribution that the separation of carpet waste at Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) could make to diverting waste from landfill. A study of HWRCs ...
New research from Waste and Resources Action Programme(WRAP)suggests it's time to unlock the potential economic value of discarded textiles thrown out by consumers for waste collection. The new report reveals that consumers are throwing ...
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It's been a tough go for the flooring industry, any industry, for that matter, since the housing market collapsed in the summer of 2006. For an industry still getting its feet wet, the recession could have spelled doom, which is what makes ...
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The philosopher Aristotle once said, "If one way be better than another, that you may be sure it is nature's way." A widespread embrace of sustainability initiatives brought the resilient flooring industry to a realization that nature's way ...
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