Recycled Rug Fibers

Nylon Nylon carpet uses one of two types of nylon face fiber – nylon 6 or nylon 6,6. Recycled content percentages are often lower in both types than P.E.T. carpets, but nylon fibers, particularly nylon 6 fibers, are often easier to recycle at the end of its life. All of the following nylon manufacturers’ recycled content levels are Scientific Certification Systems (SCS)-certified.

Honeywell Infinity Forever Renewable Nylon: The Infinity Forever Renewable Nylon is nylon 6 made from recycled nylon 6 carpet fibers. (Recycled content percentages vary). Used in Mohawk Commercial carpets. Recycled content comes from the Evergreen Nylon Recycling program, Honeywell Zeftron Nylon: Zeftron Nylon has three nylon 6 lines of face fiber that use a range of recycled content. Zeftron Savant uses the highest, with 50% total recycled content, 25% of which is post-consumer. Zeftron Select and Zeftron Solure both contain 25% post-industrial recycled content. http://www.zeftronnylon.com/ Recycled content comes from the 6ix Again closed loop recycling program.

Invista Antron Nylon: Invista manufactures three nylon 6,6 face fiber products with recycled content - Antron Legacy, Antron nylon with StainResist, and Antron Lumena. Antron Lumena comes standard with at least 5% recycled content, with all three lines containing 90% post-industrial content on a select basis, depending on the carpet manufacturer. The Invista Reclamation Program will reclaim any carpet when specified in the installation of a new carpet.