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Linoleum was invented in 1860, and the word comes from the Latin words for flax and oil. | In the average year, 4 billion pounds of carpet are placed in landfills, accounting for 2 percent of solid waste in landfills. | One square yard of carpet can accumulate one pound of dirt in a week - twice that in inclement weather. The cost to remove a single pound of dirt from a building is estimated to run in excess of $600 in cleaning costs.
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