A brand new on-line useful resource goals to facilitate the secure disposal of carpets and different textile flooring waste.
Carpet Recycling UK’s new database – stated to be the primary of its form – supplies customers with data on native authority Family Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) throughout the nation which settle for carpet and different textile flooring waste.
The www.recyclemycarpet.co.uk web site operates with a user-friendly search operate, placing customers in contact with disposal choices of their space. It has complete protection of all UK native authorities, with direct hyperlinks to council web sites for up-to-date disposal pointers. The data on HWRCs and programmes is restricted to every postcode
“This dedicated website allows the public to find their local council-operated waste and recycling centre where they can safely dispose of their carpet and textile flooring waste,” stated Cathie Clarke, CEO of Carpet Recycling UK. “This can assist to supply a handy and freed from cost answer to a cumbersome waste stream, which might in any other case have been a pricey and problematic problem.
“This will also reduce the amount of waste being handled by fitters, or being returned to the retailers, and help to improve recycling rates for these materials.”
CRUK says the launch of its database comes at a ‘crucial time’ because the UK authorities plans to standardise recycling collections throughout native authorities by March 2026. The brand new useful resource will assist customers to navigate the present, various panorama of disposal choices and put together for forthcoming modifications.
“By providing easy access to local information, we aim to develop wider awareness and create better accessibility for the disposal of carpet and textile flooring waste across the country,” added Cathie.
CRUK says the web site not solely aids customers but additionally helps the carpet business’s transfer in direction of better sustainability, complementing different welcome developments such because the opening of the UK’s first carpet recycling facility, by Innovate Recycle in Northampton.
For extra data, e mail: information@carpetrecyclinguk.com or go to www.carpetrecyclinguk.com.
