G & R Recycling

Have you ever wondered what happens to the cushion under carpet or certain types of old carpet when they are replaced?  Well, they can either be sent off to a landfill where they will stay for years to come or they can be recycled. The choice is yours.

What We Do

At G & R Recycling we pay you to help keep our
environment clean.  We purchase used carpet padding composed of polyurethane plastic, clean it, bale it and send it off to get recycled back into new rebond padding. Rebond padding is widely used in the carpet industry because of its affordability and good performance.  Rebond padding is non biodegradable and can pollute our landfills for thousands of years, so it makes sense to recycle.  Carpet, much like padding is non-biodegradable and pollutes our landfills even longer than padding.  We are now accepting certain types of used carpet at no charge!  Currently the only type of carpet accepted is the Nylon 6.  The only way to know if your carpet is recyclable, you must bring it into the shop where it will be tested using a special machine.  If the carpet is found to be a recyclable type, (most apartment grade carpets are usually Nylon 6) we will accept it free of charge. Unfortunatley due to the high cost of disposal and added expenses we are unable to accept non-recyclable carpet.

WE ALSO SELL NEW CARPET PADDING AT GREAT LOW PRICES, CALL FOR MORE INFORMATION!

We are open Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. and Saturday 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.  On Saturdays, please call before heading over; we conduct inventory certain Saturdays of the month.

Now Accepting:

How is used Carpet Padding Recycled?

Scrap foam of various types is
shredded into small pieces and
placed into a processing unit
with a chemical adhesive. The
mixture is pressurized and
injected with steam to form a
large foam cylinder or block.
This material is then "peeled"
into the proper thicknesses for
carpet cushion use. The use of
various types of foam (some
times of different colors) gives
bonded foam carpet its unique
"marbled" look.
The fact that "scrap" foam is
used in bonded foam production
should not be considered a
negative. In actuality, some
grades of bonded cushion are
considered to be among the
highest quality and best
performing carpet cushion
products.

Source: Polyurethane Foam Association
(www.pfa.org)

Currently G & R Recycling only accepts Prime

and Bonded foam.  If you are not sure which

type of carpet padding you have, please visit the

Carpet Cushion Council's website.

Prime padding is made up of the same material used in upholstered furniture such as matresses, sofas, car seats.