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Moving Carpets from Waste to Resource

Realising calorific value of carpets

Laurance Bird

RWM EFW Theatre 10.9.2013

www.carpetrecyclinguk.com

• Who we are

• What we do

• Carpet resource recovery

• Opportunity for carpets in SRF

• SRF developments in Europe and current status


• Not-for-profit membership association

• 81 Members across the supply chain

• 13 Core funders delivering

voluntary producer

responsibility

Raw materialsuppliers

Manufacturers

Retailers/

Distributors

Flooring contractors

Recyclers

www.carpetrecyclinguk.com~ 40% UK market for textile floor covering


• 400,000 tonnes carpet waste arising per year

• 15% Residual waste in Local Authority Civic Amenity Sites– 4 % site “ recycling “

increase

• Carpet composite material, difficult to recycle, recovery value in SRF

Target: 25% landfill diversion by 2015


Manufacturing off cuts, 10,000t

Installation off cuts, 15,000t

Nylon tiles, 64,000t

Polypropylene, 202,000t

Wool Blends, 62,000

Mixed synthetics, 47,000

Post consumer, 375000


Tile Reuse Tile Recycling

Nylon Fibre reprocessing/Aquafil


Plastic construction products Hoarding boards

Underlay/Mattress pads

Fibre based equestrian surfaces EfW


• 32 outlets:

o 7 reuse companies

o 25 recyclers &fuel

flock specialist

oWaste hierarchy

guides outlet

development


2%3%

5%

10%

16.5%

21.4%

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012


EfW58%

Equestrian34%

Plastic reprocessing

4%

Fibre reprocessing

2%

Tile reuse1%

Others1%


• High CV ~ 23 MJ/kg carpet mixtures

• Lower CV ~ 15 MJ/kg bitumen backed tiles

• Low contaminants e.g. chlorine, sulphur etc.

• Calcium carbonate cement ingredient

• Moisture must be controlled


• Specification sheets available

• Mixed synthetic carpets are majority

• Wool carpets have 50% synthetic content


• Carpet use for energy feedstock from 2002 – landfill ban plus GuT research

• Lack of UK processing capacity 2008

• UK capacity for carpet size reduction increased by ~ 3 to 4 million tonnes in 4 years

• Carpet adding value to SRF and in demand UK and mainland Europe


• 25 Waste Disposal Authorities across UK110 sites using dedicated bins for carpet waste

= 13% of waste disposal authorities


• Segregate carpets/rugs at CA sites

• Keep carpet dry where possible

• EFW outlets can accept underlay and

carpet tiles as well

• No contamination with other floorings

• Mattress tickings and foam OK for EFW

• Clean fitting offcuts potential value


• Landfill diversion increased from 2% to

21.4% in 4 years

• Carpet ideal feedstock for SRF

• Carpet Recycling UK and its members

creating change by working with the

supply chain

• CRUK part of the resource revolution!


• Best Landfill Diversion strategy

• Engaging value chain

• CRUK is tackling a tough issue head on while delivering significant benefits on the ground

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