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Environmental Information

Making things green one step at a time.

We are very fortunate to be a member of the Shaw Industries family and we think being a family member has great benefits. One of the most important ones is Shaw's investment in environmentally sound manufacturing processes and the development of sustainable product ingredients.

The New Patcraft & Designweave uses product ingredients we have inherited from Shaw that are recycled and recyclable to make products that are sustainable. Then we go one step further. We take them back, recycle them and reuse them again. Lucky for us, we have been given the Shaw Green Edge. And even luckier for you, we are helping make your choices easy by sharing our green vision.

Forever green.

The New Patcraft & Designweave operates a nationwide collection system that supplies discarded carpet to our Evergreen Nylon Recycling facility in Augusta, Georgia. The Evergreen plant uses patented technology to convert nylon carpet into caprolactam, the raw material used to make nylon 6. Type 6 nylon is used in residential and commercial carpet, engineering plastics, automotive parts, sporting goods, films, and packaging. This recycling system is designed to use post-consumer carpets in a "cradle-to-cradle," closed-loop process. The sustainable cradle-to-cradle process allows nylon fibers to be recycled over and over again without the loss of any aesthetic or performance properties. We want your trash.

Waste not. Want not.

We did it. Again and again.

For the third consecutive year, Shaw Industries, Inc. has been recognized by the Waste Reduction Awards Program (WRAP). The WRAP is awarded by the California Integrated Waste Management Board and for the past 14 years has served as a means to publicly promote businesses locally and statewide that implement environmental best practices for successful reduction of waste disposal in landfills.

The WRAP designation was awarded to the four Shaw facilities in California that service The New Patcraft & Designweave. In the past three years, Shaw has diverted an amazing 400,000,000 pounds of recyclables from disposal to landfill, resulting in significant savings through waste reduction, reuse and reduced landfill costs. These four manufacturing facilities reduced landfill waste by an additional 56% above company measures.