Mohawk’s Recycling Efforts Roll On...
Mohawk began recycling tires in 1999 and is now the leading tire recycler in the flooring industry.
In 2004, 10 million pounds of crumb rubber tires — the equivalent of 720,000 tires — were recycled and tranformed into designer doormats.
Mohawk now converts more than 30 million pounds of tires into welcome mats each year. What does tire recycling mean for the environment?
Consider the fact that making four new tires requires 2,072 gallons of water and 88 gallons of crude oil. Discarded tires can also produce dangerous, toxic fires in dumps and old tires retain water where disease-spreading insects thrive.
Recycling post-consumer products, items that have been in the marketplace like used tires and
plastic bottles, is an incredibly important part of Mohawk’s environmental efforts.