Case 2 - Shaw carpets

Et eksempel på et teknisk kredsløb

"At Shaw, we believe that a thriving business looks a lot like a thriving ecosystem –interrelated, symbiotic and evolving. No waste - only food."

Shaw, som er USA’s største gulvtæppefabrik, har taget Cradle to Cradle springet og etableret et landsdækkende tilbagetagnings-system for deres gulvtæpper samt udviklet et nyt højkvalitetsprodukt lavet af nylon 6.0. Det har den evne, at det kan oparbejdes igen og igen. Så efter endt brug bliver tæpperne opsamlet og omsmeltet til nylon 6 igen. Altså et lukket teknisk kredsløb.

David Harless, Technical Manager at Shaw’s Evergreen Nylon Recycling Facility in Augusta, Georgia:

”We're really excited about what's happening here. Let me explain: At Shaw Plant 8Z, we're in the process of collecting 100 million pounds of post-consumer carpet waste, and we will continue to collect this carpet in order to feed our plant. 
That's right, our facility here in Augusta recovers essential technical nutrients from old carpets, allowing us to put those nutrients back into the manufacturing cycle. It's like recycling, but better – because the material is not downgraded into another product that'll likely end up in a landfill anyway. No, it's more like “cycling,” in that we're turning old carpet into new carpet again and again. This process is called cradle-to-cradle, and it's modeled after nature”.

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