GGF and Fensa roll out wider with cullet scheme
Installers throughout much of England’s North West and Midlands will now be able to make use of the GGF and Fensa’s recently-launched free glass recycling scheme via a new North West operational hub launched...
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...
Morley and Saint-Gobain raise a glass to a million tonnes saved
Morley Glass has joined Saint-Gobain Glass in celebrating a joint recycling venture that has saved one million tonnes of sand from being used in flat glass manufacturing.
The glass manufacturer reached the milestone after 21...
Veka Recycling steps up capacity with Arjes shredder purchase
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...
Installers reminded over new hazardous wood recycling regs
Installers and other contractors are being reminded of new environmental obligations that mean wood products from buildings built between 1950 and 2007 may not be sent direct to recycling without specialist testing for hazardous...
£2million investment puts Veka closer to all-UK recycling goal
VEKA Recycling is nearing its long-term goal of completing the entire PVC-U recycling in the UK after a further £2million investment at its Wellingborough base.
The investment marks the third phase of development for the...
Industry bodies join for timber recycling plan
The Glass & Glazing Federation and British Woodworking Federation have joined forces to launch a timber frame recycling initiative to work alongside the GGF’s existing PVCu and aluminium operations as well as its pilot...
Eurocell steps up to 32% recyclate in profiles
Eurocell has increased the recycled PVC in its extrusions to 32% last year, up from 27% in 2021.
The increase means that in that year alone, the company’s closed-loop recycling plants in Selby, North Yorkshire, and Ilkeston,...
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...
