“Green” Carpeting
Carpeting is made out of petroleum products and when we toss it out, it stays in landfills for decades. Shaw Industries has come out with recyclable carpeting called N-6 Evergreen Nylon by Anso. They stamp a phone number on the backing of the product. When you are ready to redecorate, you call them, they pick it up wherever you live in North America and ship it back to a plant in Georgia where it is recycled into pellets and made into new carpeting. One of the places in Montreal you can buy it is at the 70-year-old third generation company, Million Tapis et Tuiles. If you shop there, look for the many ends of rolls and ends-of-lines of regular carpeting and their prices are usually discounted.
Location: 15 Bernard Ave. East at Blvd. St. Laurent
Phone: 514-273-9983
For shop at home call 514-273-9983
Other locations: Laval, 175 Blvd. de la Concorde East (450-663-9870); Ville St-Pierre, 170 St. Jacques St. (514-365-1652). www.millioncarpets.com