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• Product ranges made and marketed from recycled materials
increasing and becoming more competitive, traditional
backings being replaced with recycled content, labelling
introduced on some ranges, manufacturers taking back
segregated streams of product, recyclers increasing take back
of surplus product. Reuse gaining traction and moving up from
traditionally a third sector market and commercial flooring
used again in commercial development settings.
• Member awards presented at annual conference evening
dinner on 29th June at the voco St John’s Hotel.
Congratulations to our 2022 Award Winners: Andy Murphy of
Melrose Interiors Ltd, Winner: Recycler of the Year, Ross Dight,
Lilli Coates and James Bagdadi of Tarkett Ltd, Winner: Circular
Economy Initiative of the Year, Jennifer Bishopp of MJ’s Event
Services Ltd, Winner: Take Partner of the Year, and John
O’Hagen of Spruce Carpets Ltd, Winner: Reuse Member of the
Year.
• Carpet Recycling UK named winner of Flooring Innovation
Award for second time in the Environmental Category.
2019
• 65% landfill diversion recorded, independently verified.
• MRW Zero waste award gold winner.
• After years of development, Tarkett open their Carpet Recycling
Centre, which can process loop pile bitumen and Desso EcoBase
backed carpet tiles for closed-loop recycling, becoming the only
carpet manufacturer to supply Aquafil with post-consumer carpet
yarn to regenerate into Econyl.
2020
• New homes flooring contractor demonstrates segregation clean
offcuts for non-woven sector.
• CRUK starts working alongside the Environment Agency
regarding concerns it has with the levels of POPs in carpet waste
streams and successfully appeals for a 12 month transition
process. 17th June 2021 LRWP43 is replaced with RPS248.
• The pandemic sees a surge in carpet sales and enquiries
increase.

2021
• Launch of CRUK best practice guide to help with reuse and
repurposing of more surplus and used commercial flooring.
• CRUK coordinates reuse and recycling of COP26 flooring.
• Growth in use of polyester in carpet fibres.

2022
• 14th year since foundation. Focus and strategy
• Still showing at the flooring shows annually – Buying Groups Adnan quoted in 2022 CFA Sustainability Guide, ‘A key focus of
National Flooring Show and The Flooring Show. ours and indeed the sector will be how can we help to develop
• 70% of textile flooring waste diverted from landfill into reuse, the circular economy agenda throughout the sector. For our
recycling, energy from waste and incineration applications. part we commissioned an independent study in this area which
Membership at an all-time high with 120 members including 15 will provide a knowledge base to establish an understanding
core funders – see plaque – and 70 flooring suppliers. and proactive position on circular product design and business
• Outreach increased to 1000 newsletter readers, 1200 Linked in models related to textile flooring consumed across the
followers and 1800 Twitter followers. International network domestic and commercial sectors. The study will provide our
covering the supply chain. members with in-depth assessment of the current design
• Winner in the Environmental Category of the National Flooring practices which challenge or are wholly incompatible with the
Innovations Awards for the second time. principles of circular economy, describe circular product
• A ‘clear shift’ in industry support for collaboration to recover design strategies, and identify barriers and drivers.’
textile flooring waste materials and help develop technology and
infrastructure for the circular economy was evident at Carpet 0161 440 8325
Recycling UK’s 12th Annual Conference, Dinner and Awards Event info@carpetrecyclinguk.com
held in June 2022. Speaking after their first in-person event for www.carpetrecyclinguk.com
three years, Adnan Zeb-Khan, CRUK Scheme Manager
commented: ‘We received a tremendously positive response
from the 90+ delegates who felt motivated to take greater action
on sustainability within their organisations and collectively as a
sector. We look forward to continuing the conversations and
turning ideas into actions.’

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