2. Today…
• Presentation overview:
• Carpet Stewardship Law = AB 2398 + AB 1158
• Subsidies
• Grants
• Collection
• Outreach
• Buy Recycled: Post-Consumer Carpet (PCC) Products
• Regional Approach
• AB 341 and Carpet – yep, we can help
3. • AB 1158 New Legislation
• New CA Carpet Advisory
Committee Seated
• Engaged with AC
• Received AC Feedback
• Incorporated both CR and AC
Feedback
• Revised 5-year Plan
• Submission August 17, 2018
4. ü Form Advisory Committee
ü Discontinue Energy Recovery Subsidies
• Grants & incentives Structured to Incentivize Highest Recyclability
• 24% Recycling Rate by 2020
• Increase the Recyclability of Carpet
• Expand & Incentivize Markets for Products Made From PCC
• Increase the Weight of PCC Recycled
• Increase Collection Convenience & Increase Collection of PCC
• Increase Processor Capacity (& in California Capacity)
• Reduced Disposal of PCC
• Installer Grants and Incentives
• No CA $ on Penalties or Litigation
• State Agency Procurement and Tear-out Requirements
AB 1158 Requirements
10. Capital Equipment & Testing Grants
Grants
• $1.4 million
• $500K Maximum awards
• Equipment, infrastructure, capacity
building & product development
• Results to Date:
• 9 Projects funded
• 4 Case studies produced
• New recycled/manufactured output 8.5M
• New gross collection (lbs) 2.4M
• New California jobs (#FTEs) 18
11. Micro-Grants for Reuse/Collection
Micro-Grants
• $75K released
• $15K maximum awards
• Equipment/infrastructure
• Support increased carpet collection
for reuse and recycling, such as:
• water-tight cargo containers or bins,
• rain cover retrofits for collection
containers for localized hauling
• Loading ramps and rain covers for
drop-off sites
12. • 50 public drop-off sites serving 43
Counties throughout the state of
California
• 160 flooring retailers recycling directly
with carpet processers
• 8 million lbs. of carpet collected at
CARE’s public drop-off sites in 2017
• 98 million lbs. of carpet collected in
total in 2017
Carpet Collection
13. Move carpet
from here to
here
And on to
recycling
Public Drop-Off Sites –
Increasing
Collection
19. Impact Outreach
• Monthly E-news
• Strong 31% open rate
• Mailing list over 1800 recipients
• Program updates and news
• Website visits
• 35% of U.S. visits come from
California (compared to 7% from
Georgia, 4% from Texas, etc.)
• Program info, grant resources, blog
articles, news, drop-off site map,
educational materials, etc.
20. 25+ • Buy Recycled Info
• 10+ Vendors
• Drive Demand for
Recycled Carpet Products
• Share with Retailers, Public
Agencies & Businesses
• Support SABRC /
Local EPPP Goals
Buy Recycled Products
22. REGIONAL PILOTS
• MESSAGES:
Where to Recycle, How to Recycle, Buy Recycled/Recyclable
• TARGET AUDIENCES:
Retailers, Installers, Local Government, Haulers,
Collectors
• Los Angeles Area
• Dense urban area challenges: multiple solid waste haulers/recyclers and
franchise agreements, space, etc.
• Sacramento Area
• Capital of State: multiple jurisdictions, varying contract types, market
distance challenges: small urban and rural