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FIRST UTILITY DISTRICTof Knox County966-9741
photo by Wayne Watson
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BUILDING & MAINTENANCEAA-Air Co.
1001 Katherine Ave, Knoxville, TN 37921865-689-5290, aa-airco.com, [email protected]
Barber McMurry architects623 Lindsay Place, Knoxville, TN 37919
865-934-1915, bma1915.com, [email protected]
Barcwood1820 Wrights Ferry Road, Knoxville, TN 37919
865-755-2119, barcwood.com
BBN/TENN. Sales Inc.3537 Papermill Drive, Knoxville, TN 37909865-637-7666, [email protected]
Blue Ridge Commercial Carpet Specialists200 Butterfly Way, Knoxville, TN 37924
865-809-4400, blueridgeccs.com, [email protected]
Brewer Ingram Fuller Architects Inc.Cherokee Mills, 111 N. Concord St., Knoxville, TN 37919
865-525-2707, [email protected]
Carol R. Johnson Associates Inc.524 S. Gay St., Ste. 201, Knoxville, TN 37902
865-522-2752, [email protected]
Cleaning Authority of Knoxville11000 Kingston Pike, Ste. 6, Knoxville, TN 37934865-288-0080, knoxville.thecleaningauthority.com
Cope Associates Inc.2607 Kingston Pike, Ste. 5, Knoxville, TN 37919
865-694-9000, [email protected]
Design Innovation Architects402 S. Gay St., Ste. 201, Knoxville, TN 37902
865-637-8540, dia-arch.com, [email protected]
Eco Clean Carpet SolutionsP.O. Box 24422, Knoxville, TN 37933
865-691-5556, knoxclean.com, [email protected]
Eco-Logical Pest ManagementP.O. Box 23230, Knoxville, TN 37933
865-406-52391, ecologicalpest.com, [email protected]
Elizabeth Eason Architecture2524 S. Gay St., Ste. 301, Knoxville, TN 37902
865-525-9066, eearchitecture.com
Ferguson Enterprises6422 Deane Hill Drive, Knoxville, TN 37919
865-531-8550, ferguson.com
Fulghum MacIndoe & Associates Inc.10330 Hardin Valley Road, Ste. 201, Knoxville, TN 37932
865-690-6419, fulghummacindoe.com
Interstate Mechanical Contractors3200 Henson Road, Knoxville, TN 37921865-588-0180, interstatemechanical.com,
Johnson and Sons Carpet Gallery4821 N. Broadway, Knoxville, TN 37918
865-281-0002, johnsonandsonscarpet.com,[email protected]
■ ALAN [email protected]
Many of those plastic soda bottles yourecycle in a single-stream curbside contain-er, perhaps, will find new life as high-qualityGeorgia carpet.
Companies such as Waste Managementand Waste Connections take it from yourcurbside recycling bin, then other compa-nies such as Tennessee American RecyclingLLC, prepare it for a “bailed” path toAsheville, N.C., for further sorting andpreparation before reaching the PeachState.
“We use No. 1 PET plastic,” said JennyCross, global sustainability director withMohawk Industries, Inc. based in Dalton,Ga., about what amounts to “around threebillion bottles a year that come in” to beconverted into carpet.
Cross said Mohawk is one of “three of usin the industry” among major carpet manu-facturers “that recycle bottles” into carpet.Mohawk receives plastic bottles at itsSummerville, Ga., recycling plant “typicallybailed up. We get them from all over NorthAmerica, we’ll purchase from all over.”
“We do another sort of them because
sometimes you’ll get cans in a bail or you’llget a milk jug, which is not what we’re look-ing for,” Cross added. “As well as the colorseparation.”
“The color you have in a Mountain Dewbottle is green, that doesn’t do very well foroff-white or beige carpet. So we’ll separatethat out and put that in a darker color.”
Clear plastic bottles “can go into any-thing, clear will take any color,” Cross said.“It’s those that already have some color thatare a bit restricted in the darker shade.
“Then we’ll chop everything up … itmakes it in to what we call flake, so it’s littleflakes,” Cross added. “And it goes into awasher at that point to clean. It goes into ahot water bath.”
“A bottle has three different plastics in it:the bottle itself, then you have the label andthen you have the cap. We have to separatethose out.”
Though all three components are “groundup at the same time,” the carpet-makingPET bottle portion, upon being washed, “willgo to the bottom,” Cross said. “And every-thing else floats to the top.”
The ground up and floating plastic — from
New life forplastic bottles
Companies recycle waste into carpet
See PLASTIC on Page 7
Top left: Each minute,14,000 plastic bottlesbecome Mohawk’sEverStrand carpet fiber.Here you see the plasticbottles as they are bun-dled together and pre-pared for sorting.Top right: Mohawk is oneof three major recyclers ofplastic bottles in the floor-ing industry. Here you seethe sorting machine,grouping the bottlesaccordingly in preparationfor grinding them intochips.
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Johnson Architecture Inc.2240 Sutherland Ave., Ste. 105, Knoxville, TN 37919
865-671-9060, [email protected]
Joseph Construction Co.203 Letterman St., Knoxville, TN 37919
865-584-3945, josephconst.com, [email protected]
MACTEC9725 Cogdill Road, Knoxville, TN 37932
865-588-8544, mactec.com
McCarty Holsaple McCarty Inc.550 W. Main St., Ste. 300, Knoxville, TN 37902
865-544-2000, mhminc.com, [email protected]
Michael Brady Inc.299 N. Weisgarber Road, Knoxville, TN 37919
865-584-0999, michaelbradyinc.com, [email protected]
Mr. Handyman of West Knoxville118 N. Peters Rd., Ste.223, Knoxville, TN 37923
865-293-0080, mrhandymanknoxville.com,[email protected]
My Plumber Inc.118 N. Peters Road, Knoxville, TN 37923
865-617-4596, myplumbertn.com
Perfection Group6816 Barger Pond Way, Knoxville, TN 37912
865-938-4822 ext. 1802
Quantum Environmental &Engineering Services
126 Dante Road, Knoxville, TN 37918865-689-1395, qe2llc.com, [email protected]
Service MasterClean6634 Central Ave. Pike, Ste, H, Knoxville, TN 37912
865-281-0220, servicemasterclean.com
Smee + Busby Architects29 Market Square, Ste. 201, Knoxville, TN 37902
865-521-7550, smeebusby.com
Smith and Associates GeothermalP.O. Box 5921, Knoxville, TN 37928865-546-1476, smithgeothermal.com,
Seckman Reid Inc.144 Market Place Blvd., Knoxville, TN 37922
865-560-9622, ssr-inc.com
Studio Four Design Inc.414 Clinch Ave., Knoxville, TN 37902
865-523-5001, [email protected]
Team McIn-Kowski, Keller Williams Realty5616 Kingston Pike, Ste. 201, Knoxville 37919
865-237-5289, knoxvillehomeexpert.com
The Benefield Richters Co.516 Union Ave., Knoxville, TN 37902865-637-7009, benefieldrichters.com
The Cleaning Authority1100 Kingston Pike, Ste. 6, Knoxville, TN 37934865-288 0812, knoxville.thecleaningauthority.com
BUSINESS TECHNOLOGYBMC - Business Machines Co.3132 Morris Ave., Knoxville, TN 37909
865-525-4262, 4bmc.com, [email protected]
Claris Networks608 Mabry Hood Road, Ste. 100, Knoxville, TN 37932
865-251-5555, clarisnetworks.com,[email protected]
Institute for a Secure and SustainableEnvironment
311 Conference Center Bldg., Knoxville, TN 37996865-974-4251, isse.utk.edu, [email protected]
Streamline Group11020 Solway School Road, Ste. 101, Knoxville, TN 37931
865-622-9212, sgllc.net, [email protected]
■ HEATHER [email protected]
“Organic” has become a hot topic, amarketing campaign and a groceryshopping key word in recent years, butcommercial vegetable extension spe-cialist at The University of Tennessee,Annette Wszelaki, wants consumers toeducate them-selves on what theword reallymeans.
And on what itcould mean fortheir own back-yards.
“People have aperception that itcan be more nutritious and better foryou to eat organic. And I use the word‘perception’ because that’s not neces-sarily the case,” Wszelaki said.
Grocery store studies of organic ver-sus conventionally grown fruits and veg-etables often have conflicting resultsbecause so many other factors influ-ence those foods — where it wasgrown, how far it traveled, how long it
sat in the grocery store, the type of soilit grew in, and the variety of each veg-etable.
“There is that perception, but thereis no good evidence one way or another.It’s extremely hard to do a study andcompare the two,” Wszelaki said.
One of the best ways to eat healthyfood — and to control what’s in or onyour fruits and vegetables — is to growit yourself.
Wszelaki said she’s seen a resurgencein backyard gardens, due both to therecession — as people look for inex-pensive ways to acquire healthy food —and the local food movement.
“You know, everybody used to have agarden. And now people are comingback around to that because they missthat connection to their food,” Wszelakisaid.
“There’s a lot of satisfaction in grow-ing your own garden. You can go outand say, ‘I grew this tomato from a tinyseed.’ It’s very satisfying,” she added.
Growing food at home likely isn’t afad, she said, since it builds upon thelocal food movement and the desiremany have to know where their food
comes from. In addition, growing foodat home means knowing exactly what is— or is not — in it.
“And we see more and more foodsafety outbreaks than we ever didbefore, and that’s partially because ofthe global nature of our food systems,”Wszelaki said.
Organic gardening at home differsfrom conventional gardening in that itdoesn’t rely on chemical fertilizers, pes-ticides or herbicides.
That typically means no traditional20-20-20 supplements providing nitro-gen, phosphate and potassium toplants. Instead, plants are supplement-ed with compost and natural sources ofthose minerals, such as bone or bloodmeal or the like.
Pest management might include pes-ticides that have been approved fororganic use, or might include biologicalcontrols, such as Bacillus thuringiensis,a microbial insecticide Wszelaki saidshe uses in UT garden, to kill caterpil-lars on cabbages.
“It’s very safe, but it stops those
Defining“Organic”Wszelaki wants consumers toeducate themselves on what the word really means
Wszelaki
See ORGANIC on Page 5
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Thermocopy of Tennessee Inc.3505 Sutherland Ave., Knoxville, TN 37919
865-524-1124, thermocopy.com
Hart Graphics10228 Technology Drive, Knoxville, TN 37932
865-675-1600, hartgraphics.com, [email protected]
Smith & Hammaker133 N. Broadway, Knoxville, TN 37917865-637-7881, smithandhammaker.com
Virtual Interactive Center106A W. Summit Hill Drive, Knoxville, TN 37902
865-524-8888, vic.com, [email protected]
CUSTOMER SERVICEEdFinancial Services
P.O. Box 36014, Knoxville, TN 37930865-342-5500, edfinancial.com
ENERGYConstruction Science Investigation
4016 Guinn Road, Knoxville, TN 37931865-332-3495, [email protected]
ECO-Aire10820 Parkgate Lane, Knoxville, TN 37934
865-671-7198, [email protected]
FLS EnergyP.O. Box 20468, Knoxville, TN 37940
865-705-4049, flsenergy.com
Genera Energy2450 E.J. Chapman Drive, Ste. 216, Knoxville, TN 37996865-974-8258, generaenergy.net, [email protected]
Gooddeal Technologies3428 Johnson Road, Knoxville, TN 37931
865-694-8439
Green Earth Services1316 Willow Grove Drive, Knoxville, TN 37932
865-769-7337, ezsolarbiz.com, [email protected]
Green Home Solutions228 W. Jackson Ave., Knoxville, TN 37902865-441-8731, greenhomesolutionsllc.com
Green River2800 Aqua Lane, Knoxville, TN 37931
865-919-7464, greenriver.biz
Green River LLCP.O. BOX 52085, Knoxville, TN 37950
865-216-3998, greenriver-llc.com, [email protected]
GreenWorks kvarKnoxville, TN 37918
865-386-6623, [email protected]
Hawkeye Solar6724 Papermill Road, Knoxville, TN 37919
865-247-6044, hawkeyesolar.com, [email protected]
caterpillars from feeding on vegeta-bles,” Wszelaki said.
Herbicides traditionally aren’t usedin organic gardening because they onlyslow weed growth, rather than stop it.
But in organically-accepted herbi-cides, high-acetic acid vinegar is anexample.
“It burns everything down, but then itwill recover. But you certainly wouldn’twant to get that in your eye or anything,because it could be just as harsh assomething else,” Wszelaki said.
In general, organic gardening takes aholistic look at your garden as a whole,rather than on using chemicals to pro-vide one benefit at a time.
Wszelaki said cover cropping — thepractice of planting a crop such as
clover or rye grass over soil that other-wise would be bare between cash cropplantings — is one example.
“You might plant it to prevent ero-sion, if you’re in an area with erosionproblems, but in the meantime it willprevent soil erosion ... it’ll also chokeout other weeds ... when you till itunder, it will improve the organic mat-ter in your soil,” Wszelaki said.
Cover crops also can bring in benefi-cial insects, and cover crops that arepart of the legume family fix nitrogeninto the soil.
“All of those things overlap, becausein an organic system, you’re not spray-ing a fungicide, you’re doing these otherproduction techniques that don’t just doone thing, they do a multitude ofthings,” Wszelaki said.
Another example is crop rotation, ornot planting the same vegetables, or
vegetables in the same family, in thesame spot year after year. Crop rotationcuts down on diseases and insect infes-tations.
“So you have tomatoes in there oneyear, and you rotate out of the tomatofamily the next year, and you might havepumpkins,” Wszelaki said.
Pumpkins have different root systemsthat work the soil differently, feed ondifferent nutrients and cover the soil,preventing weeds. The next year, thesame bed might be ready for a crop suchas carrots, which grows differently thaneither pumpkins or tomatoes.
“All of these things fit together, andit’s really a holistic system. It’s not amagic bullet. It’s intentionally doingthings to build your soil, attract benefi-cial insects and just get your system tonaturally work together,” Wszelaki said.
OrganicFrom page 4
Top: Ladybugs are among the mostpopular beneficial insects for con-trolling pests in your garden.Above: A view of the UT AgResearchOrganic Crops Unit off John SevierHighway.
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Johnson Controls6101 Industrial Heights Drive, Knoxville, TN 37909
865-388-3060, johnsoncontrols.com
Knoxville Utilities BoardP.O. Box 59017, Knoxville, TN 37950
865-524-2911, kub.org, [email protected]
On Earth Energy GroupKnoxville, TN, 865-986-7594
Precision Window Tint Seats 'N Stuff207 Center Park Drive, Ste. 2130, Knoxville, TN 37922
865-966-8468, precisiontinttn.com, [email protected]
Sustainable Future201 Ogle Ave., Knoxville, TN 37920865-851-8192, sustainablefuture.biz
Tennessee Valley Authority400 W. Summit Hill Drive, Knoxville, TN 37902
865-632-2101, tva.gov
Window Tint of Tennessee10525D Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37922
865-692-3260, windowtinttn.com, [email protected]
EVENT PLANNINGAbove the Rest Balloon & Event Designs
1801 Grenada Blvd., Knoxville, TN 37922865-719-8110, abovetheresteventdesigns.com,
Corporate Services & Events Inc.P.O. Box 18049, Knoxville, TN 37928
865-540-3800, [email protected]
FINANCIAL SERVICESAsset Planning Corp.
234 S. Peters Road, Ste. 102, Knoxville, TN 37923865-690-1231, assetplanningcorp.com
Coulter & Justus9717 Cogdill Road, Ste. 201, Knoxville, TN 37932
865-637-4161, cj-pc.com, [email protected]
Home Federal Bank515 Market St., Knoxville, TN 37902
865-541-6373, homefederalbanktn.com
TVA Employees Credit Union, KnoxvilleP.O. Box 15994, Knoxville, TN 37902
865-544-5616, tvacreditunion.com/index1.html
FOOD, LODGING & TRAVELEarth Fare Catering
10903 Parkside Drive, Knoxville, TN 37934865-777-3837, [email protected]
140 N. Forest Park Blvd., Knoxville, TN 37919865-558-1432, [email protected]
Econo Lodge Inn & Suites7424 Strawberry Plains Pike, Knoxville, TN 37924
865-932-1217econolodge.com/hotel-knoxville-tennessee-TN131
Enterprise Rent-A-Car8810 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37923
865-693-5939, enterprise.com
Holiday Inn World's Fair Park525 Henley St., Knoxville, TN 37902
865-522-2800, holidayinnworldsfairpark.com
Knoxville Convention Center701 Henley St., Knoxville, TN 37902
865-522-5669, knoxvilleconventioncenter.com
La Costa on Market Square31 Market Square, Knoxville, TN 37902
865-566-0275, lacostaonmarketsquare.com
Shoney's Restaurants of Knoxville9720 Parkside Drive, Knoxville, TN 37922
865-690-6331, shoneys.com
The Lunchbox Market & Cafe9050 Cross Park Drive, Knoxville, TN 37923
865-690-5040, lunchboxeventcatering.com/index.html
Three Rivers Market937 N. Broadway, Knoxville, TN 37917865-525-2069, threeriversmarket.coop
GOVERNMENTCity of Knoxville
400 Main St., Room 581, Knoxville, TN 37902865-215-4430, cityofknoxville.org/sustainability
GREEN PRODUCTSAqua Clear Water Systems
10523 Kingston Pike, Ste. D, Knoxville, TN 37922865-694-1725, aquaclearws.com
Cartridge World2121 Cumberland Ave., Ste. 103, Knoxville, TN 37916
865-525-3706, cartridgeworldusa.com
Cartridge World of Knoxville9430 S. Northshore Drive, Ste. 103, Knoxville, TN 37922
865-690-4465, cartridgeworld.com/usa/usa555
Grainger Industrial Supply6500 Baum Drive. Knoxville, TN 37919
865-588-2956, grainger.com
Green Home Systems2527 Chukar Road, Knoxville, TN 37923
865-237-5252
Kelsan Inc.5109 N. National Drive, Knoxville, TN 37914
865-525-7132, kelsan.biz, [email protected]
Links Corrugated Pallets9111 Cross Park Drive, Ste. D254, Knoxville, TN 37923
865-470-4329
NuCycle Toner & Ink11164 Outlet Drive, Knoxville, TN 37932
865-525-8020, nucycle.com, [email protected]
Office Furniture Outfitters1817 Grand Ave., Knoxville, TN 37916
865-524-3003, [email protected]
Rapid Refill8079D Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919
865-694-4465, [email protected]
The Center for Clean Products311 Conference Center Bldg., Knoxville, Tennessee 37996
865-974-8979, isse.utk.edu/ccp/[email protected]
Tindell's Building Materials7751 Norris Freeway, Knoxville 37938
865-922-7751, tindells.com
Watkins Products Independent Distributor394446 Darlene Bishop
103 Fox Road, Knoxville, TN 37922865-983-1988, watkinsonline.com/dbishop
Workspace Solutions10445 Cogdill Road, Knoxville, TN 37932865-671-5052, workspacesolutionsinc.com
HEALTH CAREParkwest Medical Center
9352 Park West Blvd., Knoxville, TN 37923865 373-1000, treatedwell.com
INFORMATIONBeaver Creek
Watershed AssociationP.O. Box 652, Knoxville, TN 37849
beavercreekwatershed.org
DiscoverET.orgKnoxville, TN
865-456-7969, [email protected]
EarthFestKnoxville, TN
knox-earthfest.org
Fort Loudon Lake Association956 Volunteer Landing Lane, Knoxville, TN 37915
865-523-3800, fllake.org, [email protected]
Keep Knoxville Beautiful100 S. Gay St., Ste. 103, Knoxville, TN 37901
865-521-6957, [email protected]
Tennessee Clean Water Network123A S. Gay St., Knoxville, TN 37902
865-522-7007, tcwn.org, [email protected]
www.GreenVillageGreen.com11130 Kingston Pike, Ste. 1-150, Knoxville, TN 37922
865-271-9348, greenvillagegreen.com
MEDIADoubleJay Creative
3839 Martin Mill Pike, Ste. 201, Knoxville, TN 37920865-246-1334, doublejaycreative.com
Knoxville News Sentinel2332 News Sentinel Drive, Knoxville, TN 37921
865-342-6765, knoxnews.com
MEDICALCherokee Health Systems
2018 Western Ave., Knoxville, TN 37921865-544-0406, cherokeehealth.com
NONPROFITGirl Scout Council
of the Southern Appalachians1567 Downtown West Blvd., Knoxville, TN 37919
865-688-9440, girlscoutcsa.org
Helen Ross McNabb Center201 W. Springdale Ave., Knoxville, TN 37909
865-329-9095, mcnabbcenter.org
Ijams Nature Center2915 Island Home Ave., Knoxville, TN 37920
865-577-4717 ext. 16, ijams.org
Knoxville's Community Development Corp.901 Broadway NE, Knoxville, TN 37917
865 403-1100, kcdc.org/en/Home.aspx, [email protected]
PAPER PRODUCTSAthens Paper Co.
4715 Middle Creek Lane, Knoxville, TN 37921865-584-7400, athenspaper.com
Xpedx5900 Middlebrook Pike, Knoxville, TN 37909
865-584-5741, xpedx.com
PROFESSIONAL SERVICESArmstrong Relocation/
United Van Lines1600 Prosser Road, Knoxville, TN 37914
865-546-3441, armstrongknoxville.com
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz
265 Brookview Centre Way, Ste. 600, Knoxville, TN 37919865-549-7000, bakerdonelson.com
Laurie Birt Court Reporting, Professional Court Reporting Services
10128 El Pinar Drive, Knoxville, TN 37922865-805-9253, lcbassociates.org
LBMC10024 Investment Drive, Knoxville, TN 37932
865-691-9000, lbmc.com
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RECYCLINGAdvanced Polymer Recycling
200 W. Springdale Ave., Knoxville, TN 37917865-521-5094, apr-tn.com, [email protected]
Dept. of Solid Waste, City of KnoxvilleRoom 465, City County Bldg., Knoxville, TN 37902
865-215-4311, ci.knoxville.tn.us/solidwaste/recycle.asp,[email protected]
Knoxville Recycling Coalition3624 Vandeventer Ave. NW., Knoxville, TN 37919
865-525-9694, knoxvillerecycles.org
Master Battery6915 Office Park Circle, Knoxville, TN 37909
865-249-7382, masterbattery.com,[email protected]
Rock-Tenn Co.1323 Proctor St., Knoxville, TN 37921
865-522-6120, rocktenn.com
Southeastern Laser1738 Louisville Drive, Knoxville, TN 37921
865-675-5900, southeasternlaser.com, info@southeasternlaser
SP Recycling Corp.2824 Hoitt Ave., Knoxville, TN 37919
865-523-6397,sprecycling.com/Locations/VATNKYPlants/KnoxvilleTN/tabid/113
/Default.aspx, [email protected]
TnWaste Recycling46618 Rutledge Pike, Knoxville, TN 37924
865-546-6311, tnwaste.com, [email protected]
Waste Connections2400 Chipman St., Knoxville, TN 37917
865-522-8161
Waste Management2552 Western Ave., Knoxville, TN 37921
865-525-0529
TRANSPORTATIONEast Tennessee Clean Fuels Coalition
311 Conference Center Bldg., Knoxville, TN 37996865-974-3625, eerc.ra.utk.edu, [email protected]
Enterprise Oil5201 N. Middlebrook Pike, Knoxville, TN 37921
865-558-0533, enteroil.com, [email protected]
EVTennessee8300 Rudder Falls Way, Knoxville, TN 37919
865-679-8732, [email protected]
Green Car & Courier10101 Westland Drive, Knoxville, TN 37922
865-329-7616, knoxvillegreencar.com
Greenlee's Bike Shop1402 N. Broadway, Knoxville, TN 37917
865-522-8228
Harper's Bike Shop118 Northshore Drive, Knoxville, TN 37919
865-588-5744, harpersbikeshop.com,[email protected]
Knoxville Area Transit1135 Magnolia Ave., Knoxville, TN 37917
865-215-7800, ci.knoxville.tn.us/kat, [email protected]
Landmark International Trucks Inc.4550 Rutledge Pike, Knoxville, TN 37914
865-637-4881 ext. 3124, [email protected]
Premier Transportation1500 Breda Drive, Knoxville, TN 37918865-694-0304, premiertransportation.net
Smart Trip400 Main St., Ste. 403, Knoxville, TN 37902
865-215-2916, [email protected]
the caps and labels —either is sold or used “asbacking” for the carpet,Cross said.
After the bottle flakes are dried, “Westart to do a process that we call extrud-ing, which just makes it into a fiber,”Cross said.
Also having plants in North Carolina,South Carolina and elsewhere in Georgia,“Then we take it to another plant to makeit into a yarn,” Cross said. “Then anotherplant to make it into a carpet. Dalton[plant] probably has … the physical car-pet making process,” which includes“dyeing and finishing.”
Cross said it’s an industry process to
make recycled plas-tic into carpet on a
demand basis. “We don’tkeep a lot of inventory,
we’ll make it as it goes as weget the purchases.” “On average, we say a square
yard has about 30 bottles in it,” Crosssaid. “We make a number of differentstyles of carpet from this.”
The job of Tennessee AmericanRecycling is to compact and bail “house-hold plastics,” obtained from curbsiderecyclers, along with “cardboard, allkinds of paper,” said Clark Lindsey, com-pany president. “No glass.”
Saying recycling has grown, “That sin-gle-stream has really made a differencein the amount of recyclables,” Lindsaysaid about simply combining all types ofacceptable recyclables into one bin.
PlasticFrom page 3
Above: Here the plastic bottles have been ground into chips. Next, they will bevigorously cleaned, cut into pellets and extruded into premium carpet fiber.
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Beautify your home and save theplanet with 100% recycled carpet!
Now available!
FACTORYCARPETWAREHOUSE
FACTORYCARPETWAREHOUSE“Big enough to serve you, small enough to know you”
Serving Knoxville for 33 years
www.factorycarpetwarehouse.net689-6740 • 6012 Clinton Highway
New Construction, Remodeling, Commercial
8 • START 2012
