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Article: There's new life for old carpet; A new program by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Hank's Specialties, fiber recycler Bro-Tex Inc. and Shaw Industries - the nation's largest carpetmaker - is recycling old carpet instead of sending it to landfills. The resulting pellets go into everything from cement to pipes.(BUSINESS INSIDER)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- March 19, 2007
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Byline: Dee DePass; Staff Writer
Two-year-old Natalie Armel threw her baby doll "Blue" down the carpeted stairs and watched as workman Greg Moody below dug his knife into the basement Berber flooring to peel away the carpet that he would haul to a recycling firm instead of to a landfill. "It's going to be recycled. That's cool," Deborah Armel said as she and her daughter watched Moody slice and roll more carpet.
The two were witnesses to the start of a recycling program designed to keep homeowners' used carpets out of Minnesota landfills. The program was launched three weeks ago by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, carpet-tool supplier Hank's ...
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