Art of Clean

Tuesday, 20 January 2015

New WRAP guidance on carpet recycling for Facilities Professionals

Tuesday, January 20, 2015 – by Art of Clean

WRAP, the UK's resource efficiency experts have just published a new guide for facilities professionals on re-using and recycling carpets. WRAP commissioned Carpet Recycling UK to write this practical guide to encourage the re-use and recycling of used carpet and to highlight best practices in carpet specification.

The document shows facilities professionals and contractors the value of used carpet and how to prepare it for re-use and recycling. It also outlines key considerations for specifying new flooring to reduce its environmental footprint; to increase its lifetime on the floor or to minimise wastage in off-cuts by using a product such as random lay flooring (pictured), for example.

Floor finishes contribute around 12% towards a building's environmental impact with carpet accounting for 58% of the UK floor finishing market. Pressure is growing for facilities professionals to adopt more sustainable practices, and as such this guide aims to enable professionals to demonstrate Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and gain Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) credits, with emphasis on early planning for carpet re-use and recycling to achieve these benefits.

CRUK will disseminate the guide's findings at a number of events next year including at Vision 2015.

The document can be downloaded from the WRAP website here.

Source: www.carpetrecyclinguk.com/

Art of Clean is a specialist cleaning firm in:

Wood Floor Sanding,

Stone floor Cleaning,

Carpet Cleaning,

Rug Cleaning,

Upholstery Cleaning

Leather Furniture Cleaning,

Working for domestic or commercial clients throughout Cambridgeshire, Essex, Suffolk and Hertfordshire.

For more information on our services contact our friendly team on 01223 863632 or email us at info@artofclean.co.uk

Thursday, 4 December 2014

What to do with your old carpet when you get it replaced? Carpet recycling

Thursday, December 04, 2014 – by Art of Clean

http://www.carpetcleanerscambridge.co.uk/

Each year 400,000 tonnes of carpet waste is buried in UK landfill

Increasingly, businesses, householders and local authorities are looking
for better alternatives for the recycling of unwanted carpet materials. We
help ensure that the growing demand for carpet recycling services is met.

Carpets are made from natural and synthetic fibres, which still have a value once the carpet is no longer wanted; they can be used in a wide range of applications from sports surfaces to insulation.

Sourced from: http://www.carpetrecyclinguk.com/

Did you ever stop to think..."What is going to happen to all that old carpet they just ripped out?"

No?

Probably like most of us you just imagined it will head off to the dump. But then where does it go? A staggering 400,000 tonnes of old carpet used to end up in landfill to rot down over decades.

What a waste! But what else can you do with an old carpet?

Surprisingly there is a lot you can do with discarded carpet according to Carpet Recycling UK. Most notable of these uses are:

Insulation - broken down the fluffy fibers can be reused for great insulation
Power Generation - the fibers can be made into fuel pellets to power cement kilns
Reuse - Many up-rooted carpet tiles still have years of use left, cleaned up these offer a fantastic low cost flooring option to third sector companies and charities who have limited fund.

To prolong the life of your carpet be sure to have your carpet cleaned regularly.

Not just vacuuming the carpet, but have your carpets deep cleaned at least once a year to remove ingrained soiling. This will not only make your carpets clean and fresh but it will also greatly reduce the wear of the fibers because of soil associated abrasion.