Did you know that carpet makes up over 3% of what goes to California's landfills? And, since most of it is made from petroleum, carpet has a very large greenhouse gas footprint.  Carpet has traditionally been a difficult material to recycle, since it is bulky and made of different type of materials.  However, a new carpet product stewardship law goes into effect in 2012 that will start carpet recycling in all of California. 

In Napa, we're getting a head start - Carpet Recycling is here!

Starting August 1, 2011, Carpet and carpet pad are now accepted at the Napa Recycling & Composting Facility at 820 Levitin Way, off Hwy 29 & Tower Rd.  The material must be clean & dry and both residential and commercial carpet are accepted - the price is $55/ton ($15 min).  Click here for more facility info.

Napa Recycling & Waste Services also offers covered debris boxes for carpet recycling at your home, business or construction site - click here for rates.

Our collected carpet is currently sent to the Carpet Collectors in Sacramento - they process the material for use in new carpet, carpet padding, plastic lumber, car parts and additional recycled plastic items.  We also send carpet pad to Sun's Pad & Foam in Concord for recycling into new carpet padding. 

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Read more about carpet recycling and the new carpet law on the California Product Stewarship Council's carpet recovery page.