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‘ KNOW YOUR WASTE STREAMS ’ URGES
CARPET RECYCLING UK
TO HARROGATE SHOW VISITORS
‘ Come prepared with knowledge of your current waste and recycling contracts if you want help in finding sustainable solutions to your carpet and textile flooring waste streams ’ is the message from Carpet Recycling UK ( CRUK ), which will be exhibiting on Stand A45 at the UK ’ s largest flooring event , the 2023 Harrogate Flooring Show on 17-19 September .
“ Understanding the impact of carpet and textile flooring waste on your business operations helps us to progress conversations that can assist you in finding more sustainable outlets for surplus waste materials such as commercial broadloom carpet , carpet tiles and underlay ,” says Adnan Zeb-Khan , CRUK Scheme Manager .
Through its 17 core members , 136-strong membership and wider network , CRUK continues to build on collaborative momentum and act to reduce textile flooring waste and resource usage ahead of any potential changes to UK waste policy and legislation such as Extended Producer Responsibility ( EPR ).
The independent , not-for-profit trade association is urging manufacturers , contractors , retail flooring companies and recyclers to engage with its network to collaborate in putting sustainable processes in place that minimise waste , save on costs and keep resources in the supply chain longer . The aim is to consider reuse and recycling at the design stages and produce products for the circular economy and to implement processes to retrieve them for recycling .
Adnan Zeb-Khan , CRUK Scheme Manager says : “ It ’ s becoming clearer that we need to prepare for a potential future policy change where an Extended Producer Responsibility ( EPR ) scheme could become a reality . Hence the theme of our annual conference in June was to be aware and prepared as an industry