FW: Uses for Nylon Yarn Scraps -Reply

["Hillenbrand, Steve J." <sjhillenbrand@tva.gov>]

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>From Vernon Knight, TVA Textile Industrial Rep:
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>If you want to feed back to these people some points.  Several of the nylon
>suppliers, DuPont, Allied Signal, BASF, etc have programs that are currently
>active to take back nylon scraps.  Usually they will use the program as a
>"hook" in their marketing of nylon.  Buy from us and we have a program to
>take back your scrap under these conditions.  
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>Yes there has been a long standing process for taking scrap CLEAN nylon and
>converting it back to a monomer and remaking CLEAN nylon.  But it is
>uneconomical for the current market situation, and it is not expected to be
>economical for the foreseeable future.  
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>I would refer people to  Carroll Turner at the Carpet and Rug Institute in
>Dalton GA, 706-226-2477.  He is a source for this information also.  Most
>carpets are primarily nylon.  CRI has a home page but I can not remember it's
>address.  Search for Carpet on your search engine and it will come up.  It
>may not have the detail info that people are looking for. 
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>The carpet industry, through CRI, has been preparing for full scale recycling
>which may be imposed by some countries around the world.  Full scale meaning
>that used carpet would be returned to the supplier for proper
>disposal/reuse/recycling, no matter how dirty etc.  They have made many
>responsible preparations.  Many companies are investigating carpet made all
>of one material instead of a composite, as it is now.  
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>>>> Wendy McPherson <Wendy_McPherson@mail.dnr.state.ga.us>  5/27/97,
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>I am working with a rug manufacturer that produces a significant
>amount of nylon yarn waste (small pieces fall off from around the
>edges of the rugs after tufting and cutting). 
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>I was wondering, is it possible to "re-spin" scraps of nylon yarn? 
>What are some other options for reusing this material?
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