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Memorandum of Understanding
This national agreement on carpet recycling is the result of a two-year negotiation process between members of the carpet industry, representatives of government agencies at the federal, state and local levels, and non-governmental organizations. Participants came together to draft and implement a plan to change how waste carpet is managed in the United States. National goals. The agreement sets forth national goals over a ten-year timeframe to significantly increase the amount of reuse and recycling of post-consumer carpet. By 2012, the parties plan to achieve a landfill diversion goal of 40%. These goals can be viewed as steps toward fulfilling a long-term commitment by the carpet industry for the eventual elimination of land disposal, incineration, and incineration with energy recovery (waste-to-energy) of waste carpet. A voluntary agreement. This national agreement on carpet recycling is a voluntary agreement between the carpet industry, state government, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Product stewardship. The agreement promotes product stewardship for carpet by asking manufacturers to assume responsibility for funding the overall effort and meeting the goals for reuse and recycling. It is expected that this approach will reduce the environmental impacts throughout the carpet's life cycle — from its design to end-of-life management. A model agreement. This voluntary partnership is a model for future product stewardship initiatives. Members of the carpet industry and representatives from government will work together to overcome barriers to reuse and recycling of post-consumer carpet. They recognize the importance of developing systems that treat discarded carpet as a resource instead of a waste product. Third-party organization. The carpet industry has created Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE) to meet the goals of the agreement. The group, with members from the carpet industry and goverment, will be jointly responsible for monitoring, evaluating and assessing progress toward the Negotiated Outcomes Goals. This "third-party organization" will be funded and administered by the carpet industry. First ten-year plan. The agreement outlines goals for the years 2002–2012. The parties will begin negotiations for the following ten years in 2010. Summary of the Negotiated Outcomes for Carpet
Data on carpet discards provided by the Carpet and Rug Institute Figures rounded to millions of pounds. MOU and Signatories National Agreement on Carpet Stewardship: January 8, 2002 (50Kb)MOU
Signatories: Last updated 5/22/03 (950Kb)While Werner Braun of the Carpet and Rug Institute signed this agreement on behalf of the carpet industry, some individual carpet manufacturers have also signed on their own. The number of signatories to the MOU continues to grow. Parties interested in signing onto this agreement should contact Garth Hickle < garth.hickle@moea.state.mn.us >, Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance, 651-215-0224.
Subject to change. Last update January 22, 2004..
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