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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Rehau heading for 65% recycled by 2025 – Report
Rehau saved 97,000 tonnes of CO2 from entering the atmosphere last year by using 54% PVC-U recyclate in its products and now aims to grow the proportion to 65% by 2025, according to the...
GGF brands launch free-collection recycling scheme
The Glass & Glazing Federation along with its Fensa and BFRC commercial division brands have joined with Middlesbrough-based CNC Recycling to launch a new PVC-U window and door recycling scheme for members, including free...
Recyclers rollout next ten-year goals with VinylPlus 2030
VinylPlus this week officially launched VinylPlus 2030, the next ten-year Commitment of the European PVC industry to sustainable development, as well as celebrating its achievements so far.
Reflecting on two decades of leadership in sustainability and...
VinylPlus sees over 813k tonnes recycled in ‘22
Some 813,266 tonnes of PVC waste were recycled within the VinylPlus framework in 2022, representing around 27% of the total PVC waste generated during the year, the organisation has announced.
Delegates from the member countries...
Veka Recycling adds silos for capacity and efficiency
Veka Recycling has invested £150k in six new silos to increase storage capacity at its Wellingborough recycling plant.
The extra space created by the two 20m3 and four 10m3 silos will increase efficiency by reducing the manual...
