The Trailer’s Ready To CLEAR Out: New H.J. Martin Partnership with Recycling Program Allows Businesses/Residents to Help Keep Carpet Out of Landfills
H.J. Martin recently partnered with the CLEAR Carpet Recycling program to help Green Bay and other Midwest-city businesses and residents take an active role in recycling used carpet—the 2nd most recyclable item in landfills today.
At no extra charge to them, residential and commercial customers in the Midwest receiving new flooring from H.J. Martin can rest assured that their carpet and carpet pad is being discarded responsibly. The old carpeting and pad will be shipped to Milwaukee where it will undergo a transformation into new products.
Stewardship programs like CLEAR (Carpet Landfill Elimination And Recycling) are working hard nation-wide to transform the more than 6 billion pounds of yearly discarded carpet into new, useful products: picnic tables, parking stops, sound barriers, car parts, new carpet and pad, nylon pellets, erosion controllers, and more.
These innovative alternatives to the well-known curb/dumpster-to-landfill routine are sparking interest with businesses and consumers alike as concerns about environmental impact rise. “Everyone’s interested in it,” said Jeff Sharp, Vice President of Sales for CLEAR, when discussing the recycling opportunity. Right now, the biggest complication facing would-be recyclers and processing facilities is the logistics of collecting and transporting the carpeting.
Though 4.5% of carpet was recycled last year, and over 2 billion pounds since 2002, it will take teamwork and a collaborated effort from everyone to ensure that carpet is discarded responsibly.
The choice to join the program was easy for H.J. Martin, who was already recycling their customer’s old carpet pad. An on-site CLEAR trailer is already being loaded at their headquarters in Green Bay after its arrival only three weeks ago.
The company is excited to be a part of the voluntary stewardship program and participate in the increased opportunity to transform what we’re standing on today into the park benches we’ll be sitting on tomorrow.
