Carpet Landfil Statistics 2

CARPET AND LANDFILL STATISTICS

Carpet replacement is costly. Discarded carpet is becoming a multi-million dollar property liability. Predictions are that landfill charges will likely double every 5 years or so now. Actual cost of new carpet is still far less inflated that almost any other industry. But other costs associated with carpet replacement such as removal, installation, disposal, transportation and regulation have created a demand for enviromentally sensible alternatives. For landfill costs alone, one company has calculated their cost to exceed $4 million over 10 years*.
*Example based on 17 million square feet in one actual northeastern U.S. company at 15% landfill cost increase per year.

According to the Carpet & Rug Institute, "70% of all carpet replaced each year is replaced for reasons other than wear"! We can help because that carpet saved by our unique on-site carpet dyeing and color restoration services.

There are only three reasons why that 70% is discarded:

1.    The owner states that the carpet color is the wrong color or an outdated color for their decorating purposes.

2.    The owner states that they are tired of the existing carpet color and want a change.

3.    The owner states that the carpet is ugly, discolored or appears to be "worn out".

90% of that carpet could be redyed by the Color Your Carpet® services and kept out of our landfills!

Of all floor covering, carpet accounts for 72% of the market.

Tufted (mostly wall-to-wall) accounts for 91.5% of the total carpet market

Residential market accounts for 61% of all carpet (new and existing)

Contract or commercial market accounts for 39% of all carpet (new and existing)

USA Annual Carpet Dumped into Our Landfills

Annual Carpet to the Landfill in Sq Yds	Annual Carpet to the Landfill in Pounds
800,000,000 sq yds per yr to landfill=	4,000,000,000 divided by 5 lbs per sq yd
800 million sq yds to the landfill per year=	4 billion pounds to the landfill per year
	(@5 lbs weight per sq yd carpet average)

USA Annual New Carpet Sales

New Carpet Sales Per Year in Sq Yds	New Carpet Sales Per Year in Pounds
1,800,000,000 sq yds sold per year=	9,000,000,000 pounds per year sold
1.8 billion sq yds New Carpet sold per year=	9 billion pounds New Carpet sold per year
About $38 billion in retail sales if average price is $21/sq yd	(@5 lbs weight per sq yd carpet average) 100 sq yds weighs about 500 pounds

Even if Color Your Carpet® could only save 50% of this carpet by dyeing and color restoration,
that's more than 4.5 billion pounds saved from our landfills each year in residential carpet alone!.

USA Existing Residential Carpet

Existing Residential Carpet in Sq Yds	USA population 1999 =300,000,000 Divided by 3 people per home=
x 100 sq yds/home avg	=100,000,000 homes in USA
10,000,000,000 existing residential carpet	100 million total homes
10 billion sq yds Existing Residential Carpet	50 billion pounds Existing Residential Carpet

Color Your Carpet® services could save 90% of that carpet by re-dyeing and kept it out of our landfills!

Existing Residential Carpet Analysis by Owner/Renter in USA
Average Ratio*Occupied Ratio is= 66%(Owner Occupied):34%(Rental)

Total Residential Existing Carpet= (100 million homes/apartments)	10 billion sq yds existing residential only carpet	Advertised Life Expectancy from Manufacturer/Retailer	Current Historical Life Cycle	Actual Life Cycle possible if re-dyed/restored by Color Your Carpet®
owner(home) 66% @120 sq yds/home average=	7.9 billion sq yds	15 years	5-7 years	20 years+
rental(apt) 34% @63 sq yds/apt average=	2.1 billion sq yds	7 years	1-3 years	10 years+

Existing Commercial Carpet Analysis in USA
Average Ratio*Occupied Ratio is= 61%(Residential):39%(Commercial)

Total Existing Carpet= (100 million homes/apartments)	16 billion sq yds existing carpet	Advertised Life Expectancy from Manufacturer/Retailer	Current Historical Life Cycle	Actual Life Cycle possible if re-dyed/restored by Color Your Carpet®
Residential carpet 61%	7.9 billion sq yds	15 years	5-7 years	20 years+
Contract carpet (apt/hotel room) 16%	2.1 billion sq yds	7 years	1-3 years	10 years+
Commercial carpet 23%	3.2 billion sq yds	20 years	7-9 years	30 years+