Bellbridge began a one-year recycling trial with Hendricksen Naturlich Flooring of Sebastopol Ca. It has been agreed that any Bellbridge carpets that are replaced during this period, will be recycled in Napa Valley vineyards as weed blankets. The first carpet, that were removed from a consumers home in September, was laid in the vineyard during October. The … [Read more…]
Recycle Wool Carpets
Fine Carpets Making Fine Wine
Twelve months after the installation of several thousand feet of used and waste wool carpets in the Nord Vineyards in the Napa Valley, the extensive recycling trial has been declared a resounding success. Julie Nord, owner of Nord Winery a prominent wine grower from the Northern California, is well qualified to pass judgment on the … [Read more…]
What is More Important than Environmentally Sustainable Wool Carpets?
When we visited the school to meet with the Marsha Jones, the teacher who is responsible for the wool carpet reuse initiative, it was great to see first hand how our products were being recycled to benefit the flowers and plants. As you can see from previous posts on this blog, others have commented specifically … [Read more…]
Blooming Lovely!
This is the third year that the flower baskets lined with Bellbridge Wool carpets have delivered a great visual display. The project is one being carried out by Harvest Park Middle School in Northern California and it has really interested the school children, who now are going to incorporate more of our wool carpets in … [Read more…]
Recycling Bellbridge Carpets
Our recent large scale trial of ‘used’ and waste carpet at Nord Vineyards has created interest as far afield as Hungary, where it has been featured in an on line Wine magazine called Vinoport… Six months into the trial, the vineyard owner, Julie Nord is very pleased with its effect as a weed blocker and erosion barrier. … [Read more…]
Blooming Success Story 2008 – Alternative Use of Recycled Carpet
Bellbridge has been pleased to partner with the Harvest Park Middle School (HPMS) Ecology Club located in Pleasanton California, in order to evaluate the environmental effects of recycling Bellbridge used Wool carpets.
A Blooming Success and the story continues in 2009!
After the successful use of Bellbridge used carpets in the flower baskets in 2008, Marsha Jones, Science Teacher and Ecology Club Advisor at the Pleasanton Harvest Park Middle School, reported some surprising developments from the very same baskets in 2009. Below, Bellbridge asked the questions and Marsha responds.
