Comments on: Green Carpet for Your Home http://www.bestgreenhometips.com/2008/08/green-carpet-for-your-home/ Sat, 12 Dec 2009 06:30:50 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Rick http://www.bestgreenhometips.com/2008/08/green-carpet-for-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-536 Rick Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:13:04 +0000 http://www.bestgreenhometips.com/?p=45#comment-536 Having worked with carpet my whole life, I would have to disagree with your statement that carpet by nature is not very green. The carpet industry starting with the commercial industry in the early 1990's and followed by the residential markets are one of the greenest industries in America. There are great strides being made in both markets. One of the biggests steps I've seen is the push towards carpet tile. Carpet tile is inherently lower in waste aiding in landfill diversion, is durable (Ray Anderson's hit line is that to be sustainable your product has to stay on the floor), and can easily be cleaned or replaced without the need for any chemicals. Simply Green, I believe manufactured by Berkshire Flooring, has numerous residential carpet tile options. Their PET fiber contains recycled content and can be fully depolyimerized and recycled. PET has the added benefit of being naturally stain resistant. If anything is spilled on the tiles, you can simply take the carpet tile to the sink and wash it off. Additionally, their bio-based backing uses soy-beans to replaced a high percentage of the polyols found in other carpet tile backings. All in all, I'd say that carpet has made great strides towards going green. Having worked with carpet my whole life, I would have to disagree with your statement that carpet by nature is not very green. The carpet industry starting with the commercial industry in the early 1990’s and followed by the residential markets are one of the greenest industries in America.

There are great strides being made in both markets. One of the biggests steps I’ve seen is the push towards carpet tile. Carpet tile is inherently lower in waste aiding in landfill diversion, is durable (Ray Anderson’s hit line is that to be sustainable your product has to stay on the floor), and can easily be cleaned or replaced without the need for any chemicals.

Simply Green, I believe manufactured by Berkshire Flooring, has numerous residential carpet tile options. Their PET fiber contains recycled content and can be fully depolyimerized and recycled. PET has the added benefit of being naturally stain resistant. If anything is spilled on the tiles, you can simply take the carpet tile to the sink and wash it off.

Additionally, their bio-based backing uses soy-beans to replaced a high percentage of the polyols found in other carpet tile backings. All in all, I’d say that carpet has made great strides towards going green.

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