Veka Recycling has invested over £200K in an industrial PVC-U shredder from German-based manufacturer Arjes with the aim of increasing PVC-U recycling capacity at its plant in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire.
Managing director Simon Scholes said: “The addition of the Arjes shredder will help to increase throughput at our recycling facility, which has benefited from a £15m investment programme making it the most advanced of its kind in Europe.
“Our closed-loop system ensures that PVC-U is treated as the valuable resource it is, enabling up to 350 years’ worth of usage from a single window or door, while decreasing the amount of new PVC-U products that are manufactured using virgin material. This all helps to minimise the fenestration industry’s carbon footprint.”
“If recycled responsibly, PVC-U can meet its full potential as the ultimate eco-friendly fenestration material and our latest machinery investment will help us achieve this.”