the present invention includes improved systems and methods for recycling one or more polymers from a carpet that has been contacted with a solvent to dissolve an adhesive carpet backing under conditions that dissolve the adhesive carpet backing to provide a reclaimed polymer composition , the improvement comprising a mechanical disruptor that both pulls and separates the polymers from the adhesive carpet backing concurrently in at least two different vectors for a time sufficient to separate the one or more polymers from the adhesive carpet backing following the step of dissolving the carpet backing with the solvent , contacting the portions of carpet , wherein the improvement provides for the complete separation of two or more polymer components , and the carpet adhesive , and the two or more polymers from the carpet are produced without substantially sheering the two or more polymers .