Carpet America Recovery Effort Annual Conference

Advance market based solutions that increase landfill diversion and recycling of post consumer carpet encourage design for recyclability and meet meaningful goals as approved by the care board of directors.

Carpet america recovery effort annual conference. Program news on september 1 2020 care submitted its 2019 california carpet stewardship program annual report see ab 2398 2019 annual report. 18th annual care conference sponsors in consideration of the current situation with covid 19 the care conference scheduled for may 12 13 in portland oregon has been canceled. Carpet america recovery effort releases 2019 annual report. The carpet america recovery effort or care is a joint industry government non profit organization whose mission is to develop market based solutions for recovering value from discarded carpet care was established on january 8 2002 and their initial goals included a 10 year plan to increase the recycling and reuse of post use carpet materials.

In 2019 care administered a 35 million operational budget comprising core operations to serve its members along with the voluntary product stewardship program vps and the california. Ninth annual conference april 2011 amelia island florida eighth annual conference april 2010 santa fe new mexico seventh annual conference april 2009 lansdowne virginia sixth annual conference may 2008 clearwater beach florida fifth annual conference may 2007 charleston south carolina. Our highly anticipated person of the year and recycler of the year have been chosen. Thomas holland of texas carpet recycling and wellman plastics recycling have received these honors respectively during our 12th annual conference in seattle.

We hope to consider scheduling a meeting later this fall either as the annual entrepreneur meeting or a hybrid meeting likely in late october. Carpet america recovery effort care is the manufacturers stewardship organization that implements the program. Person of the year care s 2014 person of the year thomas holland is a care board member and founder of texas carpet and construction recycling tcr.