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Materials must be free of debris and cannot be contaminated by
chemicals, oils or excessive dirt.
Facts
• Not all carpet is recyclable.
• Commercial carpet is harder to recycle than residential
and must be pre-qualified.
• Not all carpet tiles can be recycled. Carpet tiles must
be pre-qualified.
Identifying recyclable carpet
• Carpet has a clean backing (free of thick glue, patch, rubber,
double stick, foam, felt, cement or tile)
• Carpet is dry
• Carpet is free of contaminates such as dangerous chemicals
or debris
• There should be no tacking strips or blades rolled within
the carpet.
What not to put in the container
(CarpetBagger Customers)
• No Bags of scrap carpet trim. (bagged foam is ok)
• No Non-carpet products or carpet tools and debris.
• No Garbage, trash, wood, buckets, blades
• Jute back carpeting is not accepted.
Jute is an older burlap backing. It is brown in color and looks
like a burlap bag. It can be easily identified.
• Do not put any type of carpet with rubber, double stick,
Vinyl, or other coating on its backing in the trailer or container.
Basic identification of rejectable
material See
samples
• Excessive patch, glue or tile stuck to the back.
• Carpet with any type of foam, vinyl or rubber on the back
(including double stick).
• Any carpet with a jute or burlap backing See our website
for more details. www.ctrecyclingworks.com
• Anything that is listed on theNot
Accepted list
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