a$.$ Fibre$($B$)$lock$$ Flooring is manufactured using the waste generated from the manufacture of commercial nylon carpet. The cost of the research into how to create$$ Fibre$($B$)$lock$$ Flooring would fall into which function in the value$$ chain?

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b$.$ Ford Motor Company purchases$$ cylinder$-$head covers made from a nylon resin containing$100\%$ recycled carpet in its $2011$ Mustangs. The cost of the$$ cylinder$-$head covers would fall into which function in the value$$ chain?

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c$.$ Los Angeles Fiber Company$($LAFC$)$ received the$$ EPA$/$CARE award to recognize Los Angeles Fiber$$ Company's sustainability efforts. Since$2000,$ LAFC has recycled more than $464$ million pounds of$$ post$-$consumer carpet. Its carpet$$ brand, Reliance$$ Carpet, is made entirely from$$ post$-$consumer carpet fiber. The cost of promoting the$$ company's products and its sustainability efforts would fall into which function in the value$$ chain?

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d$.$ Axminster Carpets offsets the carbon emissions from its carpet distribution process by investing in renewable energy projects such as wind$$ power, and hydro power plants. This carbon offset is verified independently by the Verified Carbon Standard. The cost of these carbon offsets would fall into which function in the value$$ chain?

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e$.$ Flor$,$ a company that produces residential carpet tiles made from recycled$$ carpet, has an$$ R&R $($return and$$ recycle$)$ program. Homeowners can arrange to have old tiles picked up and shipped back to the plant for recycling. The cost of operating this$$ R&R program would fall into which function in the value$$ chain?

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f$.$ Shaw Industries is a flooring manufacturer. It has created Cradle to Cradle Silver Certified$$ carpet, which is carpet that can be recycled back into new carpet again and again at the end of its useful$$ life, or it can be composted. The costs to develop the production process for the Cradle to Cradle Silver Certified carpet would fall into which function in the value$$ chain?

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