California Carpet Stewardship Program awards funds

Dalton, Georgia-based Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE)'s California Carpet Stewardship Program has awarded grants of $10,000 each to five companies through its Cycle 1M Micro-Grants for Collections/Reuse Programs pilot.

Funds were awarded for infrastructure projects and/or purchase of equipment that supports the operational logistics of properly collecting and/or reusing California postconsumer carpet (PCC) under a new or established program. Projects must be completed by the end of 2017 and are expected to support more than 15 million net new pounds of collection annually.

Grantees include:

• A-1 Planet Recycling, Chula Vista, which will purchase four 40-yard roll-off containers for San Diego localized collection at retail sites;
• Carpet Landfill Elimination And Recycling (CLEAR) Inc., which will purchase 20 sea containers for Sacramento localized collection at small and medium retailers; 
• Green Waste Recovery, San Jose, which will purchase a MicroPHAZIR gun to identify PCC types more rapidly and increase throughput into the facility; 
• Napa Recycling and Waste Services, which will purchase a rain/weather cover to increase PCC diversion by 30 percent; and
• Zanker Recycling, San Jose, which will purchase a rain/weather cover and cement pad at the Florin Perkins site in Sacramento to increase PCC diversion by about 33 plastic.

More information is available at the CARE grants webpage.