Research Reports

Recycled Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Carpet (RPC) Pilot Studies of Civil Engineering Applications  & Report Appendices (GHD, 2020)

CARE California Carpet Stewardship Program Model Team Report (August 2020)
Report on activities of the teams working on the Economic,  Cost Conversion, Finance and Subsidy Justification models for CARE.

In/On Ground Guidelines

CARE Guidelines for In/On-Ground Application of Post-Consumer Carpet (Sept 2021)

Annual Reports

See CARE’s Annual Reports covering the 2002 through 2019 calendar years below.

See California Carpet Stewardship Program Annual Reports here.

Carpet America Recovery Effort 2019 Annual Report

Carpet America Recovery Effort 2018 Annual Report

Carpet America Recovery Effort 2017 Annual Report

Carpet America Recovery Effort 2016 Annual Report

Carpet America Recovery Effort 2015 Annual Report

Carpet America Recovery Effort 2014 Annual Report

Carpet America Recovery Effort 2013 Annual Report (1.1 MB)

Carpet America Recovery Effort 2012 Annual Report (1.49 MB)

Carpet America Recovery Effort 2011 Annual Report (1.97 MB)

Carpet America Recovery Effort 2010 Annual Report (2.20 MB)

Carpet America Recovery Effort 2009 Annual Report (2.13 MB)

Carpet America Recovery Effort 2008 Annual Report (3.03 MB)

Carpet America Recovery Effort 2007 Annual Report (2.10 MB)

Carpet America Recovery Effort 2006 Annual Report (1.74 MB)

Carpet America Recovery Effort 2005 Annual Report (1.08 MB)

Carpet America Recovery Effort 2004 Annual Report (746 KB)

Carpet America Recovery Effort 2003 Annual Report (772 KB)

Carpet America Recovery Effort 2002 Annual Report (473 KB)

Update Report on Negotiations for the 2012 Memorandum of Understanding on Carpet Stewardship

This report is intended as a record by the Carpet Stewardship Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Joint Committee to record the status of the national MOU Negotiations. The Joint Committee are those individuals that participated as voting members in the national MOU Negotiations. The purpose of the negotiations, which took place from April 2010 through August 2011, was to create the elements of a new MOU, to replace the original MOU signed in 2002. The negotiation process did not result in the agreements necessary to develop a new MOU. The Joint Committee voted unanimously to adopt this report as the record of its work to date, on September 8, 2011.

Update Report on Negotiations for the 2012 Memorandum of Understanding on Carpet Stewardship (250 KB)

Carpet as an Alternative Fuel (CAAF) White Paper

The Role of Using Carpet as a Fuel in Carpet Recovery System Development
Dr. Matthew Realff (588 KB)