ReSource Members Join CARE Aligned Dealer Program

I am so proud of my friends at the Carpet America Recovery Effort. This year, CARE has doubled its membership by reaching out to various new groups interested in carpet recycling and landfill diversion. Congratulations to CARE Executive Director Georgina Sikorski, Operations Manager Jeremy Stroop, and CARE’s talented board of directors for their successful marketing efforts – we all benefit from them.

The latest boost for the Carpet America Recovery Effort’s Aligned Dealer program is a significant coup for CARE membership. The dealers in the nationwide ReSource Commercial Flooring Network are supporting carpet recycling and reuse by becoming members of CARE. ReSource represents 64 commercial flooring dealers at 97 locations across the U.S.

"ReSource dealers are a welcome addition to CARE’s Aligned Dealers Program," said CARE Executive Director Georgina Sikorski.

CARE seeks to find market-based solutions to the challenging problem of post-consumer carpet contributing to crowded landfills. Since its inception in 2002 as a joint industry-government effort, CARE has helped divert over 1.3 billion pounds of post-consumer carpet from landfills, and has led efforts to find and market new products that can be made from materials derived from post-consumer carpet. Examples include new carpet, fiber cushion for carpet underlay, injection-molded auto parts and various plastic consumer products. CARE's Aligned Dealer program offers carpet dealers a cost-effective opportunity to join CARE and support carpet recycling.

In a press release CARE sent out recently, ReSource Vice-President Ken Daniels is quoted as saying, "ReSource has consistently supported CARE as a corporate member, and we are pleased that our members have chosen to support CARE individually as well. Partnering with CARE on the membership as well as the corporate level further demonstrates ReSource’s comprehensive commitment to environmental sustainability.”

Thanks to Resource dealers for caring about resources - in the form of CARE, a great organization that stands for carpet recycling, new product development, and landfill diversion.

~Bethany