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Posted on April 1, 2006 by Deon Melchior | Posted under Interior Decorating
Healthy Environment in Carpets and Rugs
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Have a safe and healthy environment when recycling your old carpet by improving your indoor air and the landfill space. With the recycling development it reduces, the waste of old carpets in the landfills. It is a know fact that recycling carpet can improve the air inside your home with the filter like fibers. When you buy recycled carpet, it will have a green label with CRI meaning it has been tested and approved for the maximizing impact for the home environment. Consumers and installers have to go by a code when installing your carpet with the glue that they maybe using. The installers have to be sure that the air has adequate ventilation so the smell will evaporate in 48-72 hours from the time of installing your new carpet. There are certain guidelines that the installers have to abide by to insure good quality air. Research has found that frequent vacuuming and cleaning needs to be done once or twice a week for allergy relief. Carpets do hold dust and need to be kept clean for the environment. When carpets are made, no formaldehyde is used and the latex used is synthetic latex. There are no reactions to this synthetic latex like with the natural latex. Recycling has become a major project for the carpet manufactures in the environment world today. Recycling the raw material, packaging materials, by-products and waste is reducing the natural energy resources in the day-to-day operations of carpet manufactures. The environment has become such a big problem more and more manufactures are pushing for recycling. In the carpet industries, monitors are being used to conserve water, electricity and fuel. New techniques are being used for dying material. The method allows the producers to use less water by recycling the water. The materials are removed from the old water and than processed and run back in the manufacturing system. By thermal energy, capturing and condensing then reheating the water to finish off the carpets, oil waste is used for boiler fuel or sold for recycle. Using creativeness left over waste is being used in other ways to avoid the landfills. Fiber and scrapes of yarn are now being used for other products. The excess carpet is used to make rugs and mats. Automotive parts, plastic lumber, road underlayment, filler for concrete, cushions, batting are just a few items that are now using the scraps from excess carpet, backing and yarn. Polyethylene packing is recycled to make trash bags, plastic wrap and in molded items. Often cardboard, paper, aluminum or any materials that can be reused will be sold to other recycled companies to refurbish fabrics. Buying rugs and carpets can help the environment by helping to keep the dust pollution down in your home. The landfills are not filling up as fast by making recycled carpets and other products. At what time you are replacing your old carpet check out the recycled ones. There is not difference in the touch and feel. The price range is the same as the natural fiber ones only you are helping to clean up the air and landfills by using the recycled carpet and other items. You can purchase recycled carpet at most retailers. Ask when you are looking around the store if they have recycled carpet. Most recycled carpet that is out now is made from plastic pop bottle fiber. The colors are maybe somewhat different from the natural ones but you will not be able to notice the difference between the natural and recycled. Save money and buy, recycle carpets today. About The Author: Deon Melchior is the Editor and Publisher of Article Click. For more FREE articles for your ezine and websites visit - www.articleclick.com |
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