METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RECYCLING CARPET AND CARPETS MANUFACTURED FROM RECYCLED MATERIAL

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a carpet and methods of making and recycling carpet.SOLUTION: The present invention pertains to carpet and methods of making and recycling carpet. In one aspect, the carpet includes: a primary backing which has a face and a back surface; a plurality of fibers attached to the primary backing and extending from the face of the primary backing and exposed at the back surface of the primary backing; an adhesive composition backing comprising a recycled polymer reclaimed from a terpene solvent solution; and an optional secondary backing adjacent to the adhesive backing. The method of making carpet includes a step extrusion coating the adhesive composition onto the back surface of a primary backing to form the adhesive composition backing. The method of recycling carpet can recover one or more polymeric carpet components by dissolving them.