Sustainability can be beautiful with all of the choices on the market today. Looking for environmentally friendly carpet fibers? Try Smartstrand carpet fiber by DuPont. It contains corn sugar. Or, EverStrand uses recycled pop bottles (but not the "green" ones because recycling can't get the color out. Irony here?). Shaw guarantees all of their carpet is recyclable. And...
...here's a trivia question for you: What carpet fiber is made of amino acids, can be harvested every nine to 12 months, biodegrades to
- Natural Cork
- Mannington
- Teragren
- Shaw
- Mohawk
- Design Materials Inc
- Nova
- Ergon
- Wicanders
- Couristan
- Glen Eden
- Unique Carpets
- Stanton/Royal Dutch
- Bellbridge
- Fabrica
- Radici
- Axminister
- Hibernia Woolen Mills
- Anji Mountain
nitrogen, sulfur, CO2 and water, "grows" on land unsuitable for other agricultural uses, naturally contains lanolin to resist staining and soil, absorbs contaminants in indoor air, is a natural humidifier, comes in gorgeous colors and textures? A: Wool... carpet. Beautiful, isn’t it?!
Bamboo. You can eat it, cook with it, make cloth with it, walk on it. This grass comes in vertical, horizontal and strand styles (even a distressed stained strandwoven look!) and is steamed, natural or stained for color. Some is harder than red oak (if you buy that which has been harvested from 5 - 6 year old bamboo shoots). Learn More...
