Green Goods

The term cradle to cradle is defined as the ability for a material to be born in the cradle, manufactured and then when worn out or used recycled into a new product. Reborn in new cradle as a new product instead of heading to the landfills as waste!

Environmental

The most common recycled content carpet material is sourced from recycled plastic bottles, known as PET carpets. Nylon is also a common material recycled for use in carpets. The carpet industry is the largest recycler of these materials in the world. Carpet off gassing is a nasty source of indoor house pollution for tow reasons. One occurs through the presence of harmful chemicals found in carpet materials. Purchase green label plus carpets. This label represents carpets hat does not off gas harmful chemicals and maintain healthy indoor air quality. The second source of pollution comes from pollutants on our shoes such as petrol chemical that end up trapped in our carpets. The solution to this problem is to provide ample space for shoes to release those pollutants outside the house or at an entryway that is a solid surface easily cleaned.

Common uses

Carpets can be purchased as wall-to-wall, throw rugs or tiles. Throw rugs and tiles have the ability to be taken outside and cleaned. Most tile companies recycle old tiles into new w products. Modular tiles carpets have been used commercially for a long time and are now becoming more prevalent in homes. Theses tiles are great because a tile can be pulled cleaned in a sink basin, dried and replaced.

Styles

Carpets come in all styles and all colors. There are essentially thousands and thousands of choices from shag, pile, tight loop, loose and Berber. Carpets are wonderful in bedrooms and office spaces. They should not be placed in high traffic areas as they d trap outside pollutants.

Cost:

$1.00 - $7.00 sq/ft or $9.00 - $56.00 sq/yard