Aquafil USA Inc. has been named CARE Recycler of the Year but the Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE). CARE encourages the reuse of raw materials from recycled carpet. Aquafil won the award because of their econyl system that turns old carpets and abandoned fishing nets into nylon 6 fibers.
Since 2002, CARE has diverted more than 4 billion pounds of carpet from landfills in the United States.