The award was presented in recognition of Recofloor’s Take Back and Recycling scheme The Take Back and Recycling scheme was founded in 2009 by manufacturers Altro and Polyflor and has managed to divert nearly 2,000 tonnes of vinyl flooring waste from landfill since it began. Based in Bramhall in Manchester, Recofloor offers collections of uplifted[…]

Project managers from the Manchester based resource recovery company in charge of running national collection schemes for recycling carpets, vinyl flooring and rigid PVC, explained the need for enforcement of environmental regulations. Axion’s Commercial Operations Manager, Judith Clayman and Axion Director Roger Morton, told of how impressed Nick Clegg was by the ‘innovative work’ carried[…]

Joining the Consortium will enable Axion to respond more effectively to requests, as well as opening up future opportunities across Europe in the waste and recycling sector. Growing interest in urban mining As the amount of valuable materials such as plastics and metals become less available on the market, there is a growing interest in[…]

Set up in 2009 by flooring manufacturers Altro and Polyflor, the Take Back initiative has so far diverted over 1,900 tonnes of waste vinyl flooring from being sent to the landfill More than 42 tonnes of vinyl flooring was collected in September due to the raised awareness of the scheme through the series of planned[…]

Over the past quarter of a century, many changes have taken place in the UK – contractors and council waste collection teams no longer collect waste but make collections of resources, and wheelie bins are used instead of dustbins. Greater environmental awareness has meant that the industrial and commercial waste market has changed from plastic[…]

Recofloor will be giving away prizes including an iPad mini, as well as recognising the contractor and distributor who have collected the most vinyl flooring over the past five years.

On-site inspections of plant, equipment, machinery, mechanical and electrical services can be carried out to assess whether repair or replacement is required and to draw up reinstatement estimates and consequential losses.

The semi-underground units can be emptied in around two minutes and improve the aesthetics of neighbourhoods, lower maintenance costs, offer protection against vandalism, produce fewer odours and confine harmful bacteria.

Axion Principal Engineer Simon Wilkinson, said: “We can examine evidence and provide independent technical reports on whole plants, processes and individual pieces of equipment that are not operating according to design specifications.”