McLaren and Saint-Gobain target 644-home refurb with glass recycling plan
McLaren Construction is working with Saint-Gobain to recycle the glass from nearly 3,500 windows in four tower blocks in a closed-loop recycling initiative that it says is the first of its kind at this...
Dekko teams with Saint-Gobain for glass recycling
Dekko Window Systems has become the latest company to partner with Saint-Gobain in installing an on-site glass recycling unit.
The initiative will enable the fabricator to collect old and unwanted glass units from customers at...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
