FINDING NEW LIFE FOR OLD CARPETS.

The article discusses the development of carpet recycling industries in the U.S. The recycling industries largely attribute the success of their businesses to development of carpet codes and higher prices for crude oil which driven up the cost of nylon fiber and other feedstock for synthetic carpet. According to Steve Bradfield, director for environmental affairs for Shaw Carpets Ltd., ingredients other than fiber are converted into a hard coproduct which is sold as a high-energy fuel.