Carpet America Recovery Effort

The Carpet America Recovery Effort or CARE is a joint industry-government non-profit organization whose mission is to develop market-based solutions for recovering value from discarded carpet. CARE was established on January 8, 2002 and their initial goals included a 10-year plan to increase the recycling and reuse of post-use carpet materials. CARE is led by voluntary partnerships and funded by its industry members.^[1] The CARE reclamation network consists of CARE facilities around the United States that collect used carpet. Since its start in 2002, CARE has expanded its reclamation network from 5 to 58, and its members have diverted over one billion pounds of post-consumer carpet from landfills.^[2] In 2012, CARE issued a report detailing the progress made towards these goals. CARE members include independent carpet recyclers, carpet manufacturers, dealers, retailers and suppliers, and non-governmental organizations.

Carpet America Recovery Effort

Founded	January 8, 2002
Type	Joint government-industry non-profit
Focus	Carpet Recycling
Origins	Memorandum of Understanding for Carpet Stewardship (MOU)
Area served	United States of America
Website	https://www.carpetrecovery.org/

CARE serves as the carpet stewardship organization for the State of California. CARE members have collected and recycled over a billion pounds of carpet in the state since the California Carpet Stewardship Program began in 2011.

C.A.R.E Certificate

Label on densification of recovered carpet equipment