Last year, the UK contributed over 100,000 tonnes of PVC to the total amount recycled through Recovinyl. New initiatives are now being introduced to encourage further growth.
Axion Polymers has warned manufacturers that, by condemning ‘unrecyclable’ plastic waste products to landfill, they risk losing recoverable raw materials.
Providing information on waste vinyl flooring recycling for flooring companies, Recofloor’s website has recently been re-designed to offer new features.
According to Axion Consulting, research projects using new technologies are helping to attract more graduates to the recycling and resource recovery sectors.
Axion Consulting is working on a research project focusing on the benefits of circular economy business models for refurbished medical imaging in UK hospitals.