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CARE Launches New Collection Strategies/Small Infrastructure Award Pilot

CARE has launched a new grant program aimed at increasing the convenience and amount of post-consumer carpet collection. The New Collection Strategies/Small Infrastructure Award Pilot Program will provide funding for new initiatives and strategies that will increase, improve and enhance the collection of California-generated post-‑consumer carpet (PCC) or introduce strategies to significantly increase current PCC collection from locations not currently recycling with CARE or CARE partners. The precise focus of this Program is subject to adjustment by CARE, consistent with the overall goals of the Program.

Program applications are due no later than March 31, 2022.

For complete details and application procedure, see the CARE Grants web page.

CARE Grantee Case Study: 916 Floors

Project Description


916 Floors, currently co-owned by Pavlo Pavlyuk and his father, who started the business in 2002, is a flooring retailer in the greater Sacramento area focused on the residential sector. Its Cycle 3M CARE grant funded the purchase of a specialized trailer that will allow flooring contractors to source-separate post-consumer carpet at job sites and haul it directly to a local recycler, often saving labor hours and expense.

Location: Roseville, California

Project Timeline: September 2020 – January 2021

Grant Amount and Match: $15,000, with in additional $3,000 by 916 Floors.

Total Cost of Project: $18,000

Implementation Process

Conscious of the tight spaces and narrow streets that often characterize residential flooring work, 916 Floors owner Pavlo Pavlyuk interviewed installers to find out what would help them recycle carpet. His findings led to the idea for the custom dump-box, which he plans to patent. At just seven feet wide, the dump-box wheels don’t stick out. Towing mirrors are not needed, and parking is easy in narrow streets and residential neighborhoods. With its slim profile, the dump box takes up the same space as an average sedan. A wireless hydraulic tilt system makes it easier to load and unload and eliminates the need for stairs or a ramp.

Project Challenges

When first looking to recycle more carpet, 916 Floors purchased a dump trailer, but that did not always keep the carpet dry. So they approached a company to make a custom-built trailer. While buying an off-the-shelf trailer would have been faster,  Pavlyuk feels it was well worth the extra time to have the custom trailer built to his specifications.

Project Benefits and Outcomes

The trailer holds 20 cubic yards of carpet and pad, Pavlyuk notes the time savings, “The average installer takes three to four days to fill this trailer and then makes one trip to a recycler.”The grant is expected to result in an additional 470,000 pounds of carpet collected annually for recycling by 916 Floors.

This is one of a series of case studies that illustrate the impact of grant funding on the carpet recycling industry in California.

Other Grantee Case Studies:

CARE Grantee Case Study: CLEAR

CARE Grant Case Study: Florin Perkins

CARE Grantee Case Study: GHD, Inc.

Grant Case Study: Moto’s Transportation

CARE Grant Case Study: Napa Recycling

CARE Grantee Case Study: Safepath Products

CARE Grantee Case Study: Sierra Mat & Rubber

Learn more on our Grants page.

 

New Grant Cycle for Carpet Collection/Reuse Now Open

CARE announces a new cycle of its successful Micro Grants Program for Collection/Reuse. 

carpet at recycling siteThe purpose of the Micro Grants Program for Collection/Reuse – Cycle 4M is to promote the additional collection and reuse of California post-consumer carpet (PCC). The definition of “additional” under this program is PCC that was previously sent to landfill, alternative daily cover, waste-to-energy, kiln or used for carpet-as-alternative-fuel. Cycle 4M funds will be awarded for the infrastructure projects and/or purchase of equipment that supports the operational logistics of properly collecting and/or reusing California PCC under a new or established program.

$100,000 is funded for Cycle 4M (2021/22) Micro Grants Program for Collection/Reuse. Maximum grant awards for Cycle 4M will be limited to $15,000 for each grant awarded under this Program.

Applications will be accepted and reviewed on a continuous basis through 2021. Grantees must achieve project completion by December 31, 2022, or within one year of the project’s Notice to Proceed, whichever comes first. See the Solicitation below for complete details on eligibility, requirements and schedule:

Cycle 4M Micro Grant Solicitation

Cycle 4M Micro Grant Application Form

CARE Micro Grant Budget Template

See also:

CARE Grants page

CARE Grants Awarded

CARE Micro Grant Case Study: Moto Transportation

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