Below is a list of recent activities and relevant documents related to the carpet stewardship program followed by archived updates from prior years:
- September 20, 2023: CARE submitted its Differential Assessments Plan Amendment to CalRecycle.
- September 1, 2023: CARE submitted its 2022 Annual Report to CalRecycle.
- August 22, 2023: CARE notified carpet recyclers of the following changes to its carpet stewardship program. Effective October 1, 2023, all carpet collected at CARE-supported public drop-off sites will be restricted to California-based processors. Effective April 1, 2024, out-of-state supplemental processing subsidies (for Type 1 recycled output) will be reduced by 50 percent, and all supplemental collection subsidies will be eliminated for any postconsumer carpet shipped out-of-state.
- April 21, 2023: CalRecycle’s director approved CARE’s revised California Carpet Stewardship Plan 2023 to 2027. CARE’s Contingency Plan that became effective on January 1, 2023, is no longer in effect because an approved stewardship plan is in place.
- March 29, 2023: CARE submitted its revised California Carpet Stewardship Plan 2023 to 2027 to CalRecycle in response to the Request for Action signed by CalRecycle’s director on March 6, 2023.
- March 6, 2023: CalRecycle’s director conditionally approved CARE’s revised California Carpet Stewardship Plan 2023 to 2027.
- January 17, 2023: CARE submitted its revised California Carpet Stewardship Plan 2023 to 2027 to CalRecycle in response to CalRecycle’s director’s disapproval of CARE’s California Carpet Stewardship Plan 2023 to 2027 (submitted on September 22, 2022).
For more information, contact carpet@calrecycle.ca.gov.