GGF group pilots glass recycling with 12 trial locations
The GGF, BFRC and Fensa have launched a pilot scheme for the recycling of IGUs alongside its existing PVCu frame recycling service.
First locations to take part in the trial will be Hull, York, Doncaster,...
CNC Recycling nears completion of £2million plant
PVCu window recycler CNC Recycling has completed the first phase the installation of its new recycling facility with the capability of processing both post-industrial and post-consumer material ready for extrusion.
Installation of the Delta Cleaner, Hamos EKS electrostatic separator, Cimbria colour sorting equipment is now...
Glazerite and Veka sign for circular economy plan
Veka Recycling and Glazerite UK Group have signed an agreement for all the fabricator’s virgin offcut material and some post-consumer frames to be collected and recycled as part of a ‘perfect model’ of a...
Cost of living crisis pushes sustainability back in homeowner priorities – survey
Fears over recession and the rising cost of living have pushed sustainability further down the homeowner’s priority list, according to a revised survey conducted on behalf of Veka.
And while the drop is numerically only...
Morley Glass hits 1,000-tonne glass recycling milestone
Uni-Blinds integral blind manufacturer Morley Glass is celebrating saving over 1,000 tonnes of post-consumer glass from landfill in the two years since it launched its recycling scheme, as well as raising over £60,000 for...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
