Nonwoven panel and method of construction thereof

A method of providing predetermined quantitative acoustic dampening properties in an acoustic panel, comprising:

• comminuting cardboard material into cardboard fragments;
• providing fragments of polymeric material;
• forming a web by mixing said cardboard fragments with said fragments of polymeric material in a dry nonwoven webbing process and controlling the size of said cardboard fragments being mixed in said web and the percent by weight of said cardboard fragments being mixed in said web;
• and
• heating said web and causing said polymeric fragment to bond with said cardboard fragments.

A method of manufacturing a vehicle component from reclaimed cardboard, comprising:

• receiving shipments of goods in cardboard containers, at least some of said cardboard containers being constructed as a first type of material that is recyclable in a wet recycling process and at least some of said cardboard containers being constructed as a second type of material that is non-recyclable in a wet recycling process;
• combining said cardboard containers with one another in a common collection location;
• randomly reclaiming at least a portion of the combined cardboard containers from the collection location without separating the first type of material from the second type of material;
• reducing the reclaimed cardboard containers in a dry reduction process by grinding or shredding the reclaimed cardboard containers into a dry fibrous state;
• combining the reduced reclaimed cardboard with fiberous material and a low-melt binder material;
• and
• heating and shaping the combined reduced reclaimed cardboard, fiberous material and binder material to form the vehicle component.