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...
Fleet additions boost recycling at Morley
Morley Glass & Glazing has increased its capacity for recycling post-consumer glass as well as its nationwide product delivery with the addition of six new Luton vans to its fleet.
The Lutons are ideally suited...
Second recycling line at Veka Compounds
Veka Recycling has installed a second extrusion line for its Veka Compounds division to turn more reclaimed PVC-U into pellets.
The investment, which totals more than £500,000, gives the company two Krauss Maffei compounding lines...
UK/RoI record year for PVC recycling – but ‘notifiable’ status could bring export problems...
The UK and Ireland collected and recycled a total of 143,428 tonnes of waste PVC last year, with windows accounting for over 60% of that and putting us second only after Germany, according to...
Safestyle sets waste and CO2 targets
Safestyle UK has pledging to eliminate all waste to landfill and to reduce carbon emissions by 10% by 2024.
The retailer already re-uses or recycles 95% of all materials removed from customers’ homes during installations,...
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...
Veka Recycling turns to video after Covid quashed in-person visits
Veka Recycling has launched a new video to show its new £15 million Wellingborough recycling processing facility and how it is playing its part in transforming end-of-life PVC-U frames into new windows and doors.
The...
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...
Rehau heading for 65% recycled by 2025 – Report
Rehau saved 97,000 tonnes of CO2 from entering the atmosphere last year by using 54% PVC-U recyclate in its products and now aims to grow the proportion to 65% by 2025, according to the...
Recycled Circal saves 25,000 tonnes of CO2 in its first year with Hydro
More than 100 large building projects in ten countries across two continents have helped Technal to save 25,000 tonnes of CO2 by the use of Circal recycled aluminium products since it became part of...
