Yesterday, Suzie, my little step-sister ran to me and showed me that her friend at school showed them that carpet is recyclable.
– No it can not be recycled, I said mindlessly . It might be possible to reuse it, but surely impossible to be recycled.
As she didn’t stop arguing against me and even told me that carpet recyclers had their own association in U.S.A.. So I went on Google and searched it out. As it appear, the little girl was amazingly correct. I learned about the carpet recyclers association. As I was keeping on searching, I found that there was also a construction waste recycler in my area that handle such items. I found out Recyconstruction and Recymobililer in my area : they process the recycling of every appliances, furniture, electronic waste and construction waste. I spoke to a recycling specialist, Leo, and he was showing to me about all the material that are recyclable as of today.
– Carpet is taken for its plastic content, it could end up making new carpet or something else that is made of plastic.
– Wood waste are transported to an electric producer, who use it to generate power. The process is a smoke-free fermentation that do not impact global warming.
– Gypsum walls are going through machinery and transformed into powder, paper and paint are removed, and the remaining gypsum can serve in agriculture or serve to make new gypsum drywall.
And the same happens for each type of recyclable material. I found it incredibly great to realize that we are at that point. To people expecting to earn money by selling their old sofa or wood, It is important to add that there is a fee to recycle those items.
– We used to be exclusively in the area of electronic recycling a few years ago. It changed, since at some point we were exclusively recycling the items that we were accepting because it was not worth to sell it, we had to put a fee to some items that cost more to recycle than to send to landfill. When we realized that people were interested in making a difference to the planet and were agreeing to pay a minimal charge to cover the handling of the products, we decided that the time was good to add more recycling services that wouldn’t be sustainable by their recyclable content to give an alternative to landfill.
– Fortunately, the service received a tremendous feedback, as it came to life when people and businesses realized about our footprint on the planet, personally or on a global level. Industries and building owners are more than aware of the green movement, reason why more and more building managers are competing to be LEED certified.
