Article Number: 4989
Shaw Hospitality, La Quinta partner to divert carpet from landfills
DALTON—Shaw Hospitality Group and La Quinta Inns & Suites have partnered to keep more than 30 tons of carpet from landfills during five La Quinta hotels renovations in Texas, South Carolina, Tennessee and Florida. Shaw was specified earlier this year to re-carpet La Quinta guestrooms during a large-scale renovation project.
Instead of sending tons of the old hotel carpet to landfills, Shaw worked with La Quinta to reclaim the broadloom and divert it to the mill’s Evergreen Nylon Recycling Center in Augusta, Ga. More than 30 tons of carpet has been reclaimed from La Quinta hotels in Nashville, Tenn.; Beaumont, Tex.; Columbia, S.C.; and Lake Mary and Orlando, Fla. An additional reclamation project is planned for another Orlando hotel.
The mill’s reclamation program led La Quinta to specify Shaw for the project, noted Murry Cathlina, La Quinta’s executive vice president, design and construction. “At La Quinta, we’re always looking for ways we can help the environment and provide more sustainable programs at both a corporate level and to our guests,” Cathlina said. “Participating in the reclamation program was an easy decision for us. There was no extra cost in purchasing broadloom from Shaw that had recycled content in it. We’re able to divert tons of old carpet from landfills without incurring additional expense. Considering these factors, the choice was clear.”
Shaw coordinated the reclamation process; the old carpet was placed in a dumpster at the property and picked up by a Shaw recycling partner. The carpet was then taken to the Evergreen facility where it began the process of becoming new carpet.
The renovated La Quinta guest rooms have been designed with new Shaw Hospitality Group sustainable carpet manufactured with Eco Solution Q nylon, which is cradle-to-cradle certified by McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry (MBDC) and contains 25% pre-consumer recycled content.
For more, call 888.448.7878.
Instead of sending tons of the old hotel carpet to landfills, Shaw worked with La Quinta to reclaim the broadloom and divert it to the mill’s Evergreen Nylon Recycling Center in Augusta, Ga. More than 30 tons of carpet has been reclaimed from La Quinta hotels in Nashville, Tenn.; Beaumont, Tex.; Columbia, S.C.; and Lake Mary and Orlando, Fla. An additional reclamation project is planned for another Orlando hotel.
The mill’s reclamation program led La Quinta to specify Shaw for the project, noted Murry Cathlina, La Quinta’s executive vice president, design and construction. “At La Quinta, we’re always looking for ways we can help the environment and provide more sustainable programs at both a corporate level and to our guests,” Cathlina said. “Participating in the reclamation program was an easy decision for us. There was no extra cost in purchasing broadloom from Shaw that had recycled content in it. We’re able to divert tons of old carpet from landfills without incurring additional expense. Considering these factors, the choice was clear.”
Shaw coordinated the reclamation process; the old carpet was placed in a dumpster at the property and picked up by a Shaw recycling partner. The carpet was then taken to the Evergreen facility where it began the process of becoming new carpet.
The renovated La Quinta guest rooms have been designed with new Shaw Hospitality Group sustainable carpet manufactured with Eco Solution Q nylon, which is cradle-to-cradle certified by McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry (MBDC) and contains 25% pre-consumer recycled content.
For more, call 888.448.7878.
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