Press Releases 2009

Floor Covering-Industry Supported Tax Credit Bill Introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives
August 10, 2009 - Four major flooring associations – Carpet and Rug Institute, National Wood Flooring Association, Resilient Floor Covering Institute and World Floor Covering Association – have lauded the introduction of the Home Improvements Revitalize the Economy (HIRE) Act of 2009, H.R. 3382......

CRI Makes SOA Service Provider More Consumer Friendly
May 18, 2009 - CRI once again raises the bar on industry standards by enhancing the Seal of Approval Service Providers program, to encourage carpet cleaning companies to provide a higher level of customer service and satisfaction......

Annual CARE Award Winners Announced
April 30, 2009 - CARE honored four innovators from the growing world of post-consumer carpet recycling at the organization's seventh Annual Conference held at the National Conference Center in Lansdowne, Virginia, April 28 through May 1......

CARE Releases Annual Report
April 29, 2009 - Figures for 2008 released this week by the by the Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE) show a reduction in the recycling and diversion of post-consumer carpet, compared to 2007 levels......

Maine Signs Agreement with CARE
April 2, 2009 - The state of Maine and the Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE), a national carpet recycling group, have entered an agreement designed to increase the recycling of post-consumer carpet by diverting used carpet away from landfills and promoting the use of products that contain post-consumer carpet content. ......

NSF 140 Guidance Manual Published
March 10, 2009 - A guidebook to help manufacturers through the complicated certification process for the NSF/ANSI 140- 2007 Sustainable Carpet Assessment Standard has been released for widespread use.......

CRI Green Label Plus Passes ANSI Audit - Successful Audit Caps First Year of Green Label Accreditation
February 16, 2009 - Just one year after CRI earned accreditation as a product certifying body from the prestigious American National Standards Institute (ANSI), CRI has successfully passed the first annual ANSI Surveillance Audit of their widely respected Green Label® and Green Label Plus® Indoor Air Quality certification programs.......

CRI Withdraws Support for Green Seal Environmental Standard
January 8, 2009 - Citing shortcomings in the process used to develop the well-known environmental standard, the Carpet and Rug Institute has announced it will no longer recognize GreenSeal's GS-37 Standard as a Green Certification for its Seal of Approval Carpet Cleaning Solutions.......

Executive Housekeepers Sign Agreement With CRI
January 7, 2009 - The International Executive Housekeepers Association (IEHA) and the Carpet and Rug Institute (CRI) have signed a joint Memorandum of Understanding designed to help executive housekeepers protect their facilities' long-term carpet investments by increasing IEHA members' involvement with CRI's Seal of Approval programs for cleaning products and service providers.......