An exciting new movement in the home textile department is the carpets that are being made by recycled plastic soda bottles. A simple invention that is taking home-wear by storm. One brand of carpeting that is made from recycled plastic is Shaw Clear Touch Filament PET (polyethylene terephthalate) carpet. They pride themselves on saving millions of soda bottles per year, with an amazing stain resistant carpet. Soda bottle carpet feels as soft as normal carpet, but because of the plastic filament is extremely stain proof. In these types of carpeting, 40 two-liter soda bottles are recycled per square yard of carpeting. The backing used for recycled content carpet is the same as traditional carpets. The fibers are moisture resistant, soft, and colorfast. They are very similar to nylon. And while these fibers are not the best for high traffic areas around the house they are great for home usage. This is a great start to making your home more eco friendly! Simple changes like this when you are redecorating can really make an impact on the environment.
http://www.toolbase.org/Technology-Inventory/Interior-Partitions-Ceilings/recycled-content-carpet
http://shawfloors.com/ClearTouch
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=safety-of-recycled-pet-plastic-carpets
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