Georgia Factory Will Use Carpet Scraps to Fuel Production

Here in the “Carpet Capital of the World,” the vast manufacturing plants that supply almost half the nation’s carpet also pump out reams of wasted scraps that eventually wind up in landfills.

Next month, the world’s largest carpet maker plans to do something about the problem, opening a one-of-a-kind power plant that will be fueled by the 16,000 tons of overruns, rejects and remnants it turns out every year.

Shaw Industries Inc. hopes the $10 million plant, which will power one of its main factories, can help the company save the $2.5 million a year that would have gone to buy fuel oil.
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