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J+J Flooring Co. in Dalton has eliminated its waste contributions to local landfillsAnd company officials say you can, too

Jared Collins puts his company's own recycled yarn into a machine that turns it into nylon pellets that are used in the manufacture of carpet at the J + J Flooring Group facility Monday, Sept. 28, 2015, in Dalton, Ga.

Nylon pellets made from the plant's own recycled yard are used in the manufacture of carpet at the J + J Flooring Group facility Monday, Sept. 28, 2015, in Dalton, Ga.

Russ DeLozier, director of sustainability for the J + J Flooring Group, shows how recyclable material is gathered near the door of the company's extrusion facility Monday, Sept. 28, 2015, in Dalton, Ga.

Recycling bins are always placed next to trash cans such as these seen at an employee entrance at the J + J Flooring Group facility, Monday, Sept. 28, 2015, in Dalton, Ga.

Director of marketing and communications Natalie Faulkner shows "Paradigm Shift" carpet being made at the J + J Flooring Group facility Monday, Sept. 28, 2015, in Dalton, Ga. The process uses various short pieces of leftover yarn to add random colors to a pattern.

Mixed short lengths of leftover yarn are respooled together to make "Paradigm Shift" products at the J + J Flooring Group facility Monday, Sept. 28, 2015, in Dalton, Ga. The process is used to add random colors of yarn to a pattern.

Plastic straps have their own specific recycling bin at the J + J Flooring Group facility Monday, Sept. 28, 2015, in Dalton, Ga.

Dena Helton gathers loose yard from nearly-empty beams at the J + J Flooring Group facility Monday, Sept. 28, 2015, in Dalton, Ga. The leftover yarn is recycled at the plant and used to make nylon pellets used in to manufacture carpet.

Christopher Sand uses a vacuum on an extruder to gather loose carpet fibers that are saved for recycling at the J + J Flooring Group facility Monday, Sept. 28, 2015, in Dalton, Ga.