Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE) reports that its members diverted more than 311 million pounds of post-consumer carpet from landfills last year. Of that amount, 246 million pounds - nearly 80 ...

Carpet makers and sellers have an additional two years before they have to comply with the state’s new carpet recycling measures. Legislation signed into law last year requires carpet producers to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 2,000-square-foot house holds about 700 pounds of carpet. The average residential carpet lasts 5 to 15 years, depending on fiber ...