After the recent government announcement, Recofloor want to reassure you that the Recofloor Collection Service remains active for all our members and you can continue to raise collections and request bags.

Please note that the last day to place a Recofloor collection request to guarantee a collection before Christmas is Wednesday 9th December 2020*. After this date, you can still order bags and collections, but deliveries and collections may take place in January 2021.

*This date may change at any time in line with government advice and Public Health England guidelines, so please continue to monitor our Twitter account and website for the most up to date information.

Source - Carpet Recycling UK 

Working with the supply chain to find the right carpet waste supply

Carpet Recycling UK missed catching up with retailers and flooring suppliers at this year’s cancelled exhibitions.

We would normally attend the two-day Buying Groups National Flooring Show  at Cranmore Park in May, talking to the Retail Buying Groups and their members as well as the exhibitors who normally include key manufacturers attending to display their latest ranges.

In addition, we have missed the three-day Flooring Show in Harrogate which has now been postponed until September 2021.

Attending the exhibitions allows us to talk to companies about their carpet waste, their products and services, to follow up and advise on outlets and sustainability in the design of carpets and textile flooring.  One of our key roles is to demonstrate take back and recycling of products like carpet offcuts which can be harnessed and used again in manufacturers’ processes.

Carpet Recycling UK’s recycling members are looking for carpet waste for their operations, we have updated the directory of reuse and recycling members – you can find the latest director of specialist carpet and carpet tile recyclers by visiting the website.

Source - Carpet Recycling UK

Flooring industry support for carpet waste reuse and recycling opportunities in the UK continues to rise, despite an overall 10% decrease in the total amount of carpet waste identified and recorded in 2019 compared to 2018, according to Carpet Recycling UK’s latest achievements report.

Since its formation in 2007, the not-for-profit, industry-led membership association has enabled both members and non-members to divert around 1.25 million tonnes of carpet waste otherwise destined for landfill.

Creating further landfill diversion solutions for carpet waste reinforces Carpet Recycling UK as the only independent ‘go-to’ body for organisations that want to drive forward sustainability and circular economy principles in the carpet/flooring sector.

CRUK’s latest data for 2019 reveals the volume of carpet waste diverted from landfill in the UK was 158,577 tonnes (175,252 tonnes in 2018), with the majority being post-consumer broadloom carpets compared to carpet tiles or post-manufacture waste. Material sent to the energy from waste sector as RDF/SRF had declined in line with other reports in that sector.

However, CRUK’s figures show sustained strong interest from across the supply chain in initiatives to reuse and recycle carpet waste where possible, with encouraging rises in activity in the following areas:

• Carpet tiles reuse has more than doubled
• Use in carpet fibre recovery was up by more than 50%
• Plastics recycling (from synthetic fibres) went up by just under 50%
• Small increase in surfaces material for the equestrian market
• 660 enquiries from across the supply chain in 2019, compared to 624 in 2018
• More than 150 enquiries from flooring suppliers in 2019, versus 130 in 2018

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