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Article: KB Home to Use Environmentally Friendly Recyclable Carpet Exclusively in All New Homes.
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- June 17, 2009
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Commitment saves landfill space and furthers KB Home sustainability goals
LOS ANGELES -- KB Home (NYSE:KBH), one of America's largest homebuilders, today announced that it has teamed up with Shaw to offer only environmentally friendly recyclable carpet in all its new homes. These carpets are made of Nylon 6, the only material capable of being continuously recycled into dyeable carpet fiber. Every home that uses recycled carpet fiber saves approximately 108 cubic feet of landfill space and also prevents emissions equivalent to 1,700 pounds of carbon dioxide (CO2)*.
This decision furthers KB Home's commitment to building more sustainable, environmentally ...