A recyclable tufted carpet meeting EPA recyclable content standards and
having improved dimensional stability that reduces skew, bow, and
wrinkles during manufacture and installation is formed by combining prior
art primary and secondary backings into a single, fiber-reinforced
primary backing layer. Consolidating either a glass fiber fabric layer, a
glass veil, or a glass mat with a fiber-reinforced extruded film forms
the fiber-reinforced primary backing layer. An additional glass fabric
fiber layer can also be introduced to the primary backing to provide
additional dimensional stability.