Shaw Seeks To Develop Plant to Handle Carpet Waste

Date: July 8, 2005

Source: News Room

Shaw Industries Inc. is developing a $10 million plant in Dalton, Ga. to handle the thousands of tons of overruns and remnants produced during each year of carpet production. The company hopes to save $2.5 million a year in fuel costs, as well as additional avoided disposal costs. The plant will also incinerate the 6,000 annual tons of sawdust that the company produces from manufacturing wood flooring. The Carpet and Rug Institute estimates that 4.7 billion pounds of carpet are dumped in landfills each year, comprising an estimated 1 percent of the nation's total landfill space.
More information: www.shawfloors.com.

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