evergreen nylon recycling
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It's great that Eco Solution Q carpet fiber is made from recyclable nylon 6. But how exactly is it recycled? Glad you asked. We operate a nationwide collection system that supplies discarded carpet to our Evergreen Nylon Recycling facility in Augusta, Georgia.

After that, well... this might be easier with a visual aid.

The Evergreen plant employs patented technology that converts nylon carpet into caprolactam, the raw material used to make nylon 6. Type 6 nylon is used in such applications as residential and commercial carpet, engineering plastics, automotive parts, sporting goods, films, and packaging. The recycling system at the Evergreen plant is designed to utilize post-consumer carpets in a "cradle-to-cradle," closed-loop process. The sustainable cradle-to-cradle process allows nylon fibers to be recycled over and over again without the loss of any aesthetic or performance properties.