Carpet Recycling UK - The Case for Recycling. Jane Gardner Harrogate Flooring Show 2 nd September 2013

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1 Carpet Recycling UK - The Case for Recycling Jane Gardner Harrogate Flooring Show 2 nd September 2013

2 Who we are The challenge Our achievements to date Outlets for carpets Take back opportunities for retailers How you can start recycling and enhance your business!

3 Not-for-profit membership association 81 Members across the supply chain 13 Core funders delivering voluntary producer responsibility Flooring contractors Recyclers Raw material suppliers Manufacturers Retailers/ Distributors

4 ~ 40% UK market for textile floor covering

5 400,000 tonnes carpet waste arising per year = 182 million m2 15% Residual waste in Local Household Waste Sites - Tip Carpet composite material, difficult to recycle Target: 25% landfill diversion by 2015

6 CRUK Manufacturing members Zero carpet waste to Landfill 16.5% 21.4% 10% 5% 2% 3%

7 Tile Reuse Tile Recycling Underlay/Mattress pads Fibre based equestrian surfaces EfW

8 Plastic reprocessing 4% Fibre reprocessing 2% Tile reuse 1% Others 1% Equestrian 34% EfW 58%

9 32 outlets: o 7 reuse companies o 25 recyclers &fuel flock specialist

10 The Challenge Opportunities for Retailers

11 15,000t to 20,000t arising each year Small volumes from multiple sites across UK More than 4000 retailers in the UK Bulking & Cost effective collection key challenge

12 Felting industry in Lancashire and Yorkshire Anglo Recycling closing the loop with wool underlay Equestrian Market Pennine Blending

13 Trade counter survey established 85% fitters/retailers willing to segregate waste by type Case studies Retailer milk round collections: DC Waste Management Distributor take back: Beds Flooring in conjunction with Alliance and Abingdon Individual retailer take back

14 Milk round collection from individual retailers contractors; or Customised container for: wool rich off cuts synthetic off cuts plastic/general waste Uplifted carpets Receptacle for blades & gripper rods Emptied on a weekly/fortnightly basis More than 12 tonnes collected from Yorkshire & Greater Manchester in last 3 months

15 Fitters collect: Off cuts in bags sorted into mixed synthetics & wool rich Take back to trade counter when buying new flooring Bulked up at distributor and collected by Alliance when delivering new flooring Taken to Abingdon Sent to reprocessor Collected by Alliance Flooring laid Off cuts taken for bulking to distributor

16 Separates & palletises wool rich and PP carpet off cuts and clean uplift Sent to fibre reprocessor for fibre recovery 6 to 8 pallets = 2 tonnes every 2 months Enhanced service to customers Skips reduced from 1 per month to 2 per year Significant cost savings!

17 Working with Abingdon Flooring and Alliance Installed baler - produces bales of carpet offcuts ~ 450 kg each Dense bales = savings on transport collection costs Alliance Transport collects bales following deliveries of Abingdon carpets in the area Fibres reused in carpet underlay and plastics Considerable savings made Enhanced environmental credentials

18 Cost savings on waste disposal ~ to 10t/ mth Provide enhanced service to customers Closing the loop Gaining green credentials More carpet diverted into recycling outlets!

19 Landfill diversion risen from 2% to 21.4% in 4 years Opportunities for retailers to recycle carpet waste Consumers increasingly concerned about environmental issues Opportunity to provide enhanced service to customers by recycling Considerable savings to be made on waste disposal costs Start recycling tomorrow and enhance your business! Visit our Stand M 32 to find out more

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