The CARE 3rd Annual Conference was held May 10-12, 2005 at the Southern Pine Conference Center at Callaway Gardens, in Pine Mountain, Georgia, the first LEED Certified Conference Center in the nation.
- Press Releases
- Conference Presentation Slides
- Conference Keynote Speaker
- Conference Awards Dinner Speaker
- Conference Sponsors
Press Releases:
- Wellman Named CARE Recycler of the Year, Ashman Honored As CARE Person of the Year
- CARE Releases Third Annual Report As Conference Opens, 108.2 Million Pounds of Post-Consumer Carpet Diverted in 2004
- 2005 CARE Annual Conference Attendee List
- 2004 CARE Annual Report
Conference Presentation Slides
Tuesday, May 10
- Welcome to CARE 3rd Annual Conference
- 2005 Government Carpet Procurement
- 2005 State Purchasing – An Overview of State Purchasing Efforts
- The Massachusetts Carpet Contract Purchasing Experience
- Financing Avenues: State Programs
- Wachovia Bank: Financial Solutions for your Business
- Federal Purchasing and Carpet – EPA
- Composite Products from Post-Consumer Carpet
- The Growth Curve – Composite Rail Road Ties
- Vortex Composites
- New Developments in Shredding & Recycling of Post-Industrial and Post-Consumer Carpet
- Carpet Separation Technology
- Recycling Economics – The Challenge of Carpet
- Update on European Carpet Recycling Activities and Experiences
- Carpet as an Alternative Fuel for Cement Kilns
- Waste to Energy Plant – Siemens and Shaw
- NASA and XRF Collaboration
- Dr. Pete Ludovice Georgia Institute of Technology – Comedy Presentation
Wednesday, May 11
- CARE 2004 Report
- Summary of Third Annual CARE Report
- Los Angeles Fiber – Saving Our Planet One Square Yard at a Time
- Call2Recycle Presentation
- Cingular Retail Collection Program
- Update on European Carpet Recycling Activities and Experiences
- 2004 CARE Grants
Thursday, May 12
- C&A Presentation
- EarthSquare – Milliken
- INVISTA – Reclamation Program
- Mannington Presentation
- J&J / Invision – An Environmental Perspective
- ReEntry – The Interface Carpet Reclamation Program
- Shell Chemicals – A Life Cycle Assessment of Corterra Polymer
- Epic System Sell Sheet
- Life Cycle Assessment of Carpet Products
- USGBC and LEED Presentation
Conference Keynote Speaker
Biography: Andrew G. Acho
Title: Worldwide Director of Environmental Outreach & Strategy
Andrew G. Acho is the worldwide director of Environmental Outreach & Strategy for Ford Motor Company.
Acho serves as Ford’s champion for the development and implementation of more aggressive actions that demonstrate Ford’s commitment to the environment, including leading the global Conservation and Environmental Grants program in more than 40 countries outside the U.S. He initiated and led Ford’s Recycling Action Team (nicknamed “The Rat Patrol”). He has been aggressively pursuing and implementing environmental stewardship efforts since 1990.
In 2001, Acho was awarded the Wildlife Habitat Council’s (WHC) President’s Award. The award was presented in honor of his outstanding commitment to preserve and protect the environment for future generations, and for his global vision of environmental and economic sustainability. This was only the second time in WHC history that its top honor has been awarded.
In January, 1996, eight Midwest governors, led by Michigan Governor John Engler, formed the Great Lakes Recycle Board. Acho was appointed chairman of the board by Mr. Engler.
Acho joined Ford in 1960 as a cooperative trainee and served at the Engine and Foundry Division as a quality control engineer and product development engineer before being named Chief Analyst for Truck Planning and Merchandising at Ford Division in 1968.
Between 1969 and 1976, he served at Industrial and Chemical Products Division, Corporate Planning Staff, Marketing Staff and Transportation Systems Operations with teams of specialists analyzing and developing new company business.
Beginning in 1976, he served in several management positions in product and international business planning areas. He became OEM operations manager at Ford Tractor in 1982 with responsibility for directing worldwide sales and marketing.
Acho joined Corporate Strategy Staff in 1988 and was involved in managing international business and diversification planning strategies. In this capacity, he traveled extensively and led a team that recommended new market entries for Ford globally.
He received his bachelor’s of science degree in 1963 and master’s of business administration degree in 1967, both from the University of Detroit.
Conference Awards Dinner Speaker
Biography: Dr. Peter J. Ludovice
Dr. Peter J. Ludovice is an Associate Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He received his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois and M.I.T. respectively. After postdoctoral work at IBM, NASA and the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule in Zürich Switzerland, he was the manager of polymer products for Molecular Simulations Inc. before joining the Georgia Tech faculty.
His research interests include the use of computer simulation of synthetic and biological macromolecules to provide insight into important structure property relationships. Recent work from his lab has explained the unique conformation of poly(norbornene) synthesized using a vinyl-like polymerization rather than the Ring Open-Metathesis Polymerization (ROMP) approach. While this polymer is currently being used as a photoresist material in the microelectronics industry, its conformational behavior makes it an ideal resiliency-enhancing additive for carpet fiber.
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Thank you to our conference sponsors:
Sustainability Leadership
Green
Corporate
Exhibitor
In-Kind Donations
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