Carpet
Resources
EPA Resources | Additional Resources
EPA Resources
Greening Your Purchase of Carpet - U.S. EPA Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics. Draft. March 2004.
EPA Environmental Preferable Purchasing Carpet Resources - list of links providing information on environmental preferable purchasing, environmental standards and specifications for carpet, and an approach for evaluating the lifecycle impacts of carpet and other floor coverings.
Additional Resources
The Carpet and Rug Institute (CRI) - national trade association representing the carpet and rug industry.
Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE)- CARE is a joint industry-government effort to increase the amount of recycling and reuse of post-consumer carpet and reduce the amount of waste carpet going to landfills.