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About CARE
Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE) is a joint industry-government effort to increase the amount of recycling and reuse of post-consumer carpet and reduce the amount of waste carpet going to landfills. CARE was established as a result of a Memorandum of Understanding for Carpet Stewardship (MOU), a national agreement signed by members of the carpet industry, representatives of government agencies at the federal, state and local levels, and non-governmental organizations.
CARE Mission Statement: CARE's mission is to develop market-based solutions for recovering value from discarded carpet to meet the goals of the negotiated outcomes.
To accomplish its mission, CARE facilitates, advises, provide resources, and serves as a forum for the many different stakeholders.
CARE is funded and administered by the carpet industry, which agrees to use CARE to:
Work collectively to seek and provide funding opportunities for activities to support the national goals for carpet recovery.
Evaluation and Reporting
Through CARE, carpet industry members and government entities are jointly responsible for monitoring, assessing and reporting on the progress toward the national goals for carpet recover as agreed upon in the MOU. Stakeholders outside of the carpet industry maintain active roles in CARE to assist with data collection, analysis, and program evaluation to ensure transparency in reporting on the status of activity. A series of reports is planned to show progress toward the goals in the MOU.
Paul Ashman - Environmental Recovery Consolidation Services (ERCS)
Steve Bradfield - Shaw Industries Inc.
Russ DeLozier - Shaw Industries Inc.
Frank Endrenyi - Mohawk Group Inc.
Matthew Ewadinger - North Carolina Recycling Business Assistance Center
John Glenn - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Bill Gregory - Milliken & Company
Ron Greitzer - L.A. Fiber Company Inc.
Dennis Hayford - Polymer Center of Excellence
Garth Hickle - Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Frank Hurd - The Carpet and Rug Institute
Brendan McSheehy, Jr. - Universal Fiber Systems LLC
Eric Nelson - Interface
Robert Peoples, Ph.D. - ACS Green Chemistry Institute
Bob Pilotti – ECM Plastics, Inc.
Sean Ragiel - CarpetCycle
Fred Williamson - StarNet commercial flooring Cooperative Inc