C&A's carpet recycling program tops 100,000,000 pounds.* C&A Floorcoverings has announced that it has recycled more than 100,000,000 pounds of reclaimed re·claim tr.v. re·claimed, re·claim·ing, re·claims 1. To bring into or return to a suitable condition for use, as cultivation or habitation: reclaim marshlands; reclaim strip-mined land. vinyl and vinyl-backed carpet since it introduced the Infinity infinity, in mathematics, that which is not finite. A sequence of numbers, a1, a2, a3, … , is said to "approach infinity" if the numbers eventually become arbitrarily large, i.e. Initiative 10 years ago. "For more than 35 years, C&A has been at the forefront of every significant technological advance in the development of environmentally designed carpet," says Mac Bridget, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Tandus, C&A's parent company. "We know that recycling recycling, the process of recovering and reusing waste products—from household use, manufacturing, agriculture, and business—and thereby reducing their burden on the environment. carpet is but one part of the sustainability ideal, but it underscores our commitment to developing holistic environmental solutions that make our other environmental achievements possible." C&A's recycling program recycles any post-consumer vinyl-backed carpet, regardless of original manufacturer, into 100 percent recycled content backing for new floor coverings. Containing a minimum of 25 percent post-consumer carpet, the remaining 75 percent of the ER3 backing system consists of post-industrial waste generated during carpet manufacturing and industrial waste from the automotive industry The automotive industry is the industry involved in the design, development, manufacture, marketing, and sale of motor vehicles. In 2006, more than 69 million motor vehicles, including cars and commercial vehicles were produced worldwide. . |
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