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Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE), an initiative to reduce carpet waste to landfills, announces that Milliken & Company, an international textile and chemical manufacturer headquartered in Spartanburg, SC, will donate carbon dioxide credits to neutralize the carbon impacts of the sixth annual CARE conference that occurred last week. This is the third consecutive year Milliken has made such a donation. The donation is administered by the Leonardo Academy, respected for its work on sustainable buildings and climate change.

“Beyond reducing waste to landfill, CARE and the carpet industry take our environmental impacts seriously,” said Frank Hurd, vice president of the Carpet and Rug Institute. “Milliken’s third donation of carbon credits to green our conference provides a good example and supports our broader goals.”

Companies that take action to reduce pollutant emission earn global warming credits that represent the amount of greenhouse gasses prevented from entering the atmosphere. These credits offset the environmental impact of events or other activities.

“Milliken recently announced our second methane harvesting project to expand our renewable energy sources. We sequester more carbon dioxide in our forests than our factories produce, while we continue to innovate and measure to reduce our energy consumption,” said Russell Grizzle, global president of Milliken Floor Covering.

CARE, a voluntary initiative of the carpet industry and government, focuses on developing carpet reclamation and recycling methods to prevent carpet from burdening landfills.

Milliken & Company is certified carbon negative without purchasing credits. LaGrange, GA-based Milliken Floor Covering, a division of Milliken & Company, sends zero waste to landfill from carpet manufacturing, uses alternative energy and offers its customers a No Carpet to Landfill Pledge. All Milliken carpet products are free of PVC and may be reused or recycled.

Leonardo Academy is a charitable nonprofit dedicated to advancing sustainability and putting the competitive market to work on improving the environment.