'UK first': Innovate Recycle opens carpet recycling plant in Northampton

Stuart Stone
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Innovate Recycle rolls out the red carpet for new recycling plant after scoring £750,000 investment

Innovate Recycle has opened what it claims is the UK's first carpet recycling plant in Northampton, where the firm plans to extract plastics from tens of thousands of tonnes of old carpet each year for...

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