Any Construction Waste Can Be Recycled, Even Carpet?

Yesterday, Julia, my little sister came to me and said that her friend at school told them that carpet is recyclable.

– No it can not be recycled, I replied quickly . It could be possible to use it again, but doubtlessly not possible to be recycled.

That didn’t make her stop arguing with me and even added that those carpet recyclers had their own association in the U.S.. I decided to go online and checked it out. As it appear, the little girl was incredibly right. I learned about the carpet recyclers association. Also there was even a construction waste recycler in my area that handle such items. I found out Recyconstruction and Recymobililer in my sector : they recycle mostly all type of  appliances and furniture, electronic waste and construction debris. I had a conversation with a recycling specialist, Michael, and he was showing to me all the things that are possible to recycle as of now.

- Carpet is shredded and recycled for the plastic it contains, it might end up making new carpet or anything else made of plastic.
- Wood waste are sent to an electric producer, who use wood to generate power. Their process is a smoke-free combustion that has no impact on global warming.
- Sheetrock are passed through some machines and transformed into powder, pulp as well as paint are removed, and the gypsum will either serve in agriculture or serve to build new gypsum walls.

And the same happens to all variety of material. I found it incredibly amazing to realize that we are at that point. To those expecting to make money out of their old couch or wood, It is important to add that there are fees to recycle that type of material.

- We used to work exclusively in the area of e-waste recycling a while ago. However, since at one point we were only recycling the items that we were taking since there was no value to resell it,  we had to charge a fee to some items that cost more to recycle than to send to landfill. When we understood that most people were interested in making a difference for the environment and were agreeing to pay a small charge to help with the handling of the products, we thought it was time to add extra recycling services that wouldn’t be sustainable by their content to give an alternative choice to landfill.

- Luckily, the service received a tremendous feedback, as it came to the market when people and businesses started to realize about their footprint on the ecosystems, personally or on a global level. Industries and building owners are getting more aware of the green advantages, reason why more and more building owners are putting so much efforts to become LEED certified.