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...
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...
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 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...
More praise for Morley/ Saint-Gobain glass recycling
The post-consumer glass recycling initiative developed by Morley Glass in conjunction with Saint-Gobain Glass has been shortlisted for the ‘Sustainable Ethical Manufacturer Award’ category of the Made in Yorkshire 2024 Awards.
The accolade comes soon...
Morley tops 200 tonnes with glass recycling initiative
Morley Glass & Glazing has saved more than 200 tonnes of post-consumer glass from being landfilled stopping 64,226kg of CO2 emissions from going into the atmosphere as well as raising money for charities’ green...
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...
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...
Stephen’s ‘Plastic People’ teaches little people about recycling
Kestrel stockist Stephen Gribling is taking the need for plastic recycling straight to the next generation with the publication of a children’s book warning of the dangers of not recycling.
Stephen, who is the managing...
