Commercial carpet installed 7–10 years ago rarely comes with retrievable documentation. The maintenance team and the sustainability team both have no way of knowing what fibre it is, or where it can go.
Waste contractors need to know what they're taking to route it correctly. Without documented fibre composition, most stripped hotel carpet ends up in a general waste skip, regardless of its potential for recycling.
Hospitality groups with sustainability commitments need to report actual diversion rates and recycling destinations, not estimated ones. "We believe it went to recycling" doesn't satisfy an auditor.
Major hotel brands have set carbon and waste reduction targets that cascade to property owners and operators. End-of-life flooring is a visible, manageable opportunity to demonstrate progress.
CarpeTell Handheld identifies nylon, polypropylene, polyester, and wool on-site during strip-out, before the carpet is loaded into a skip. Fibre type is confirmed in under a second, per sample.
Every scan is timestamped and logged in Matoha Cloud. Combine scan records with recycler destination records to build a complete, auditable chain of custody for your stripped carpet.
Some hotel specification carpet is nylon or contains wool, materials that have clear recycling and recovery value when identified and separated. CarpeTell makes the identification possible at scale.
Matoha Cloud generates per-project scan summaries, square metres scanned, fibre types found, confirmed recycling routes. Share with brand sustainability teams or use in annual ESG reports.
Commercial hotel carpet typically has a replacement cycle of 7–12 years. Group operators with multiple properties strip and replace significant volumes on a predictable schedule, creating ongoing opportunity for verified diversion.
Large hospitality groups are now subject to sustainability disclosure requirements. Waste diversion data, backed by material identification evidence, is increasingly part of what gets reported and scrutinised.
The growing network of carpet take-back and recycling schemes in the UK and Europe specifies fibre type requirements. CarpeTell scan records are what gets you into those schemes.
Talk to our team and bring off-cuts from a recent refurbishment. We'll identify fibre types and walk through how CarpeTell fits into your project waste workflow.