As part of the company’s ongoing commitment to drive the efficiency and sustainability of its PVC-U recycling service,
Veka Recycling has opened a northern consolidation hub for the collection of old PVCu frames and manufacturing off-cuts as well as old glass units.
The hub, based at Veka’s UK HQ in Burnley, Lancashire, will take material collected from all of northern Britain to Veka Recycling’s central unit in Wellingborough.
The hub will also facilitate the collection and drop-off of material using smaller vehicles in the Burnley and surrounding areas, providing a convenient and inexpensive way of disposing of old frames for local installers.
Veka Recycling will also be introducing a pilot scheme to collect old IGUs with the frames, which it expects to significantly boost the number of frames returned for processing.
MD Stuart Stockley said: “Veka Recycling processes everything collected in the UK at its Midlands processing plant, the most advanced in Europe. In itself this is more efficient than many other recyclers because it reduces the miles driven to return the old frames to the point of recycling.
“Plus the complex process of turning the old frames into new polymer is completed within the same facility. Often, the material is processed in a number of stages, at different plants. We do everything in house.
“The return of old insulated glass units as part of the disposal process is a big step forward to take hassle away from our customer simplify the return of material.”
He concluded: “The recycling of old PVC-U window and door frames has long been established – Veka built the first plant for the purpose as far back as 1993,” he explained. “But whilst we are experts in the processing of PVC-U, today there is far greater emphasis on holistic sustainability. These initiatives further address that requirement.”
