Carpet and Mattress Recycling Seminar LARAC Conference October 2013
Carpet and Mattress Recycling Seminar
LARAC Conference October 2013
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• Bulky waste – the challenge
• Carpet Recycling UK:
– Who we are
– Outlets
– Achievements
– Case Studies
• Mattress recycling overview
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furniture
42%
textiles
19%
weee
19%
fixtures & fittings
10%
garden &outdoor
4%
mixed
4%
non bulky
2%
Carpet Recycling UK
Jane Gardner
LARAC Conference October 2013
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• Not-for-profit membership association
• 81 Members across the supply chain
• 13 Core funders fulfilling voluntary producer responsibility
Raw material
suppliers
Manufacturers
Retailers/
Distributors
Flooring contractors
Recyclers
www.carpetrecyclinguk.com ~ 40% UK market for textile floor covering
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Develop end markets
Create connections
Lobby
Provide technical support
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• 400,000 tonnes per
annum carpet waste
arising
• 15% residual waste in
Local Authority Civic
Amenity Sites
• Carpet composite
material, difficult to
recycle
Target: 25% landfill diversion by 2015!
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Tile reuse Tile recycling
Nylon fibre reprocessing/Aquafil
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Plastic construction products Hoarding boards
Underlay/Mattress pads
Fibre based equestrian surfaces EfW
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• 32 outlets:
o 7 reuse companies
o 25 recyclers &fuel
flock specialist
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2% 3%
5%
10%
16.5%
21.4%
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
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EfW
58%
Equestrian
34%
Plastic
reprocessing
4%
Fibre
reprocessing
2%
Tile reuse
1%
Others
1%
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Post Industrial virtually all recycled
– CRUK manufacturers zero waste to
landfill
Post Installation- CRUK trials
with take back from retailers
Post consumer –
more challenging – sorting and
cleaning
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• 27 Waste Disposal Authorities across
143 HWRCs using dedicated bins for carpet waste
• 20% of Waste Disposal Authorities
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• Redfield Road HWRC
• Working with Wastecycle Nottingham
• 200 tonnes diverted 2012
• = 12 football pitches
• Segregating carpet waste led to 4% diversion rate increase
• 94% total site diversion
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• Segregate carpets/rugs at CA sites
• Keep carpet dry where possible
• EFW outlets can accept underlay and carpet
tiles as well
• No contamination with other flooring
• Clean fitting offcuts potential value
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• Landfill diversion increased from 2% to 21.4%
• CRUK and its members capturing higher
value from carpet waste
• Segregating carpets leads to significant
increase in overall diversion rate at HWRCs
• CRUK can help to find outlets
Mattresses
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• 170,000 tonnes of mattresses a year
• 25,000 tonnes (15%) are recycled or
recovered
• = 1.9million mattresses
• Key components:
• Steel
• Polyurethane foam
• Textile fibres
• Steel scrap value over £7 million
• Recycling of the textile component
limited and low value
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• Collection, storage and recycling
• Manual recycling of individual mattresses time consuming
• End markets of mixed textiles limited
• Contamination limits end markets
• Mattresses must be sheltered and dry
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Source: Zero Waste Scotland, 2012 , Mattress Recycling - Scottish Infrastructure Business Case.