In-house recycling leads to recycled reinforcement bars from AT Precision
Hardware supplier AT Precision has introduced Recycled Thermal Reinforcement (RTR) bars made from 100% recycled uPVC, following the recent launch of its own in-house recycling scheme, complete with a factory expansion and £370,000 investment...
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...
EC allows time for legacy lead in PVC recyclate – but only covered
The EC has stated its position on recycled PVC with lead-based stabilisers – including material imported from outside Europe – saying the material can still be sold ‘for a certain period’ but only if...
Veka goes beyond Infinity with recyclate plans for mainstream profiles
Veka has revealed plans to expand its use of recycled PVC-U beyond its existing Infinity system into mainstream profile products.
The systems house will begin co-extruding refined PVC-U recyclate across its product range, starting with...
VinylPlus recyclers top 800k tonnes in 2021
Some 810,775 tonnes of PVC waste were recycled and used in new products within the VinylPlus framework in 2021, bringing the total to nearly 7.3million tonnes since the year 2000, the organisation has announced.
Marking...
Ignorance over PVC-U recycling a ‘damning indictment’ of industry’s message
Homeowners in a recent survey have shown a ‘damning indictment’ of the message of PVC-U recycling after they polled the material as the least recyclable of all common window types – and admitted that...
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...
John Jones has been appointed plant manager at Rehau’s PVCR polymer recycling site with...
John joined the Rehau Group in October 2022 as a Lean Management Expert and Training Manager before taking on his new role. He previously spent 32 years working in supervisory and management positions for...
Thermoseal aims for zero plastic waste with recycling addition
Thermoseal Group has installed in a new recycling plant that will reduce the amount of manufacturing waste going to landfill.
The unit, at the company’s Wigan factory, can handle all lengths of Thermobar warm edge,...
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...
