Aug 26, 2020

MERCED LANDFILL OFFERS CARPET RECYCLING

Merced – Merced County residents and businesses are able to bring old carpet to the Highway 59 landfill in Merced for it to be recycled. The program is made possible by a grant from the Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE), which operates a carpet stewardship program in California designed to increase the amount of carpet kept out of landfills in the state. The grant from CARE allowed for the installation of a shelter, pad and equipment needed to be able to properly receive and store the carpet at the landfill. The Merced facility is among 75 carpet recycling drop-off locations in California currently participating in the program...........................>>>>more