Technal and Wicona claim a world-first with 100% recycled ali profiles
Hydro brands Technal and Wicona today announced they have become the first aluminium building system companies to manufacture door, window and curtain walling profiles from 100% recycled aluminium, using the new Hydro Circal 100R.
The...
They don’t just like recycled windows – they’d even pay more, says survey
More than two-thirds of UK homeowners would choose windows and doors with a higher recycled content – and nearly 40% would actually pay more for them, according to a YouGov poll.
Even more (89%) cite...
Poly-Pure acquisition boosts Epwin’s recycling targets
Epwin Group has gained an additional source of raw material as well as accelerating its aim to integrate more recycled product into its systems with the £15million acquisition of Poly-Pure Ltd.
The move comes at...
GGF adds ali to free recycling scheme
The Glass and Glazing Federation has joined with the Council for Aluminium in Building to add aluminium to its nationwide free recycling scheme.
It now means Fensa, BFRC and GGF, members anywhere England, Scotland and...
White paper adds further support for recycling PVC-U – and metal
The economic and environmental case for recycling PVC-U windows has been further supported by a new White Paper which shows the benefits of both post-industrial and post-consumer waste – but also including the potential...
Veka Recycling plant ‘officially’ opened – at last
Veka Group CEO Andreas Hartleif has officially opened The new Veka Recycling plant – some 15 months after the £15million facility went live, when ever-changing Covid restrictions allowed the global head of the group...
CDW recognised for saving CO2 with Circal
Gloucester-based aluminium fabricator CDW Systems, has received an award from profile supplier Technal UK (Hydro Building Systems) for cutting CO2 emissions by using its Circal 75 recycled profile.
CDW group chairman Jeremy Phillips said: “Technal...
Sustainability and recycling – Deceuninck White Paper
Deceuninck has published a White Paper on homeowner attitudes to sustainability.
It draws on an independent research study carried out last year by YouGov exploring homeowner attitudes to sustainability in the window and door industry...
Technal salutes A Plus with green Circal award
Trade fabricator A Plus Aluminium has been recognised for its contribution towards a greener and more sustainable future by systems house Technal UK with the presentation of the Circal award.
A Plus fabricates system solutions...
Installers urged ‘get proactive about recycling’
Window installers are being urged to engage proactively with homeowners about window recycling after a survey revealed that over three quarters of them believe consumers are not aware of the possibilities.
Rehau, which conducted the...
