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, turning them into pellets to reused in manufacturing.
“We have always been able to recycle the polypropylene core material but if it had the barrier tape attached, it would have to go to landfill,” said sales director Mark Hickox. “Our new recycling equipment can remove the backing tape from the finished Thermobar, which means that any waste created during the extrusion setup process can now be shredded and reused.
“We can add up to 20% of the normal compound without any loss of performance, and it means that we send zero plastic waste in all the Thermobar production. Plus, the plant is also powered by a Solar PV System that we installed last year, so we are minimising our emissions in the process.”
