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How a 50-Year-Old Flooring Company Pivoted to Carpet Recycling
Interface, the global flooring manufacturer, faced a crisis in the 1990s when founder Ray Anderson had an epiphany about sustainability. This episode examines how Interface transformed from a petroleum-intensive carpet maker into a circular-economy pioneer, developing modular carpet tiles that could be fully recycled. By 2020, the company had reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 96% and launched a program to take back old carpet from any manufacturer. We walk through the specific operational changes, the economics of closed-loop manufacturing, and why the pivot took nearly three decades to…
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