CRUK: RETAILERS RISE TO THE CHALLENGE OF
RECYCLING CARPETS Flooring suppliers of all sizes are rising to the challenge of recycling carpets and asking for advice on how they can offer a recycling service, while bringing down their disposal costs, reports Carpet Recycling UK, the industry’s association for recycling and reusing carpet.
WELLBEING AT HEART OF ALTRO’S EUROPEAN
HEALTH FORUM Transforming spaces to improve wellbeing within healthcare was the focus of Altro’s latest European Forum, hosted at the company’s HQ in Letchworth. The two-day event brought together healthcare industry experts with care professionals from across Europe to share best practices and discuss the latest innovations, legislation, design and trends within the sector.
Healthcare specialist Gilling Dod Architects joined Dr Steve Thorpe, chair of the UK Slip Resistance Group, as well as experts from the Alzheimer’s Society and innovative residential care provider Mentaur Group, to present the latest thinking and host discussions along with Altro’s in-house development teams. Delegates from Germany, Spain, Sweden, Denmark and the UK ensured sharing of experiences and best practice from across Europe.
Joe Hurst, Altro’s Key Account Manager for Social Care, explained the value of collaborative events such as these help to create even more possibilities for those at the forefront of healthcare design. He said: “We’re passionate about transforming spaces to enhance people’s emotional and physical wellbeing. This forum was an ideal platform to both share our expertise and learn from others as we work collaboratively to turn creative thinking into practical, real-world solutions for the benefit of all.”
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Throughout the three-day 2017 Harrogate Flooring Show, the CRUK team handled numerous enquiries from companies across the carpet supply chain seeking alternative sustainable disposal options for both uplifted carpet and post-installation offcuts. Carpet Recycling UK advises on reuse and recycling options for both domestic and commercial flooring.
CRUK Director Laurance Bird commented: “Flooring suppliers are aware of the requirements and challenges for recycling carpets and return to our stand for advice as their waste volumes increase.
“Larger firms, in particular, are now in a position to consider putting in a ‘carpet crusher’, supplied by our member Kenburn Waste Management, to compact carpet
waste. This brings down the costs associated with transporting it and makes recycling feasible.”
Firms paying more than £700 per month for carpet waste disposal can benefit, he explained. If carpets are segregated and baled, up to 30% savings are possible and add up to considerable cost reductions over a year.
A new collection of CRUK members’ recycling success stories was created for the show and can be downloaded here.
Ongoing support from its core funders, Cormar Carpets, Lifestyle Floors/Headlam, DESSO, ege, Milliken, Balsan and Marlings is helping CRUK to drive solutions for the 400,000 tonnes of waste carpet that arise in the UK every year. Its target is 60% landfill diversion by 2020. Landfill diversion of carpets has increased from 2% to 35% over the past nine years.
Laurance added: “Interest in the reuse and recycling of waste carpet across the UK continues to build year on year. We welcome enquiries from all types of organisations interested in finding new sustainable solutions for their waste carpet.”
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