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...
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...
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...
VinylPlus tops 6.5m tonnes in 20 years and targets a million a year by...
More than 6.5million tonnes of PVC has been recycled in Europe since the year 2000, preventing the release of nearly 13 million tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere - and created 1,500 direct jobs in...
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,...
CMS celebrates three years zero landfill
Lanarkshire-based fabricator/installer CMS Group has achieved a third successive year with zero production or post-consumer waste going to landfill.
In its 2019-2020 financial year, CMS handled 2,802 tonnes of waste, mainly from post-use windows 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...
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...
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...
‘Unprecedented challenges’ saw VinylPlus recycling drop in ‘23
Recycling within the VinylPlus framework saw its first drop in recent years but the decrease was only slight compared with a significant reduction in PVC demand, delegates heard at the organisation’s 12th annual Sustainability...
