Milliken & Company’s Earth Square program actually renews and reuses old carpet rather than disposing it to landfills. In 1999, 43 of the Milliken & Company’s 55 domestic locations achieved zero waste to landfills. Used carpet in the unique proprietary program undergoes three steps: 1) super-cleaning using natural methods; 2) re-texturing to rejuvenate the pile height, and 3) dyeing with updated carpet designs using Milliken’s patented Millitron imaging.
This entire closed-loop recovery process, which encourages companies to take old carpet right off the floor for renewal, is environmentally sound. Earth Square’s certified installers use a water-based adhesive, containing no solvents. The Earth Square renewal process, says Milliken, saves approximately 50 percent compared to the cost of new modular carpet. Further information from www.milliken.com.
Reported from World Workplace 2000
