... this roll of carpet.
I'm demolishing an old wardrobe in the Shed, the access arrangements don't work very well and it's not a good use of the space - I'll save the boards it's made from as 'material'.
Anyway, the point is that I got it, and several more rolls, around fifteen years ago. I used to set up an exhibition stand annually at G-Mex and they would lay out the floor in two colours of carpet - to denote stands and pathways. At the end of each booking, they would take up all the carpet, skip it, and replace it with two different colours, as the layout arrangements would be different for each exhibition. This would generally happen twice a week.
I suppose the skipped carpet, about two acres of it, if the full floor was in use, might have been 'recycled', but I would not put money on it. There was a huge amount of 'security' around the place, so it was felt necessary to ask, before shoving a load in the van, and acquiescence was given to remove it
all, if we wanted. We had grey, as seen, and red available. I got a good supply of the grey and have used it for many things - I made a bespoke sheet to fit the load area of the car, following all the edges and with slots for seat catches, etc.
I should now have enough left to see me out.
It's very thin, not plush stuff, but it is remarkably hard-wearing - I just blast it with a pressure-washer now and then, maybe three times in that decade and a half.