DALTON (February 18, 2009)—Greg Jones, Senior Environmental Engineer at Mohawk Industries, has been elected to the Board of Directors for The Georgia Industry Environmental Coalition (GIEC) for 2009.

GIEC, formed in 1992, is a non-profit membership organization of environmentally-regulated businesses in Georgia. Its members form a diverse group of industries, representing an employee base well exceeding 55,000, with the shared belief that environmental regulations should, and can, be both protective and cost efficient.

GIEC provides Georgia industry a strong, unified voice on environmental regulatory issues. It provides members the opportunity to deal collectively with the Georgia Environmental Protection Division, interact and network with professional colleagues, and take advantage of technical and educational expertise.

The mission of GIEC is to serve as a technically-based advocate for Georgia industry by promoting environmental regulations and policies founded on protection of human health and the environment, sound science, and cost/benefit principles. To learn more, visit www.giec.org.

“It’s an honor to serve on the Board of such a well respected organization,” Jones said. “I’m looking forward to working with the Board and member representatives on environmental policy issues that could affect Georgia’s industrial sector.”

Mohawk Industries has taken a leadership role in environmental issues through its GreenWorks program, an “umbrella” program that places all green projects under a single platform for customers and shareholders. Mohawk Industries has literally hundreds of environmentally-oriented projects in the works at any given time. These range from internal efforts to cut emissions at a single plant, to the industry’s largest recycling project that converts as much as one-quarter of all the recycled soft drink bottles sold in North America into carpet fiber.

Mohawk is the largest recycler in the flooring industry. Mohawk currently diverts more than three billion pounds of pre- and post-consumer waste from landfills, and this number continues to grow. More than 500 Mohawk products—carpet, carpet tiles, cushion, laminates, and ceramic tile—contain recycled materials. Recycled materials come from Mohawk processes and from a range of other products, including old tires, roofing materials, old wood furniture, soft drink bottles, carpet, and others sources.

To learn more about Mohawk GreenWorks, visit the company’s website devoted exclusively to Mohawk green projects: www.mohawkgreenworks.com.