08 December 2020

Recovinyl: PVC recycling reaches a new high in UK and Ireland

Posted on 8th December 2020 by Max Banner

The UK and Ireland collected and recycled a total of 143,428 tonnes of waste PVC across all PVC recycling formats in 2019; this total saw PVC window profiles account for 86,057 tonnes, according to latest industry figures (Recovinyl).

16 October 2020

European PVC industry builds new 2030 sustainability programme at online VinylPlus Sustainability Forum

Posted on 16th October 202026th October 2020 by Max Banner

VinylPlus®, the Voluntary Commitment to sustainable development of the European PVC industry, brought together more than 180 participants from 24 countries at its recent virtual VinylPlus Sustainability Forum (VSF) (#CIRCULARVINYL).

29 September 2020

CMS staff go wild for John Muir biodiversity award

Posted on 29th September 2020 by Max Banner

Staff at CMS Group are voluntarily taking part in a programme to help wildlife thrive at the company’s main manufacturing site and have been recognised for their efforts by leading UK wildness charity, the John Muir Trust.

29 September 2020

Contour asks whether LST radiators can be recycled?

Posted on 29th September 2020 by Max Banner

Contour has been talking about the recyclability of LST radiators and radiator covers when they come to the end of their lifespan and need to be replaced.

15 September 2020

Five new distributors sign up to the Recofloor takeback scheme

Posted on 15th September 2020 by Max Banner

A quintet of new distributors from the Headlam Group have signed up to the Recofloor take-back scheme.

04 September 2020

Three ‘zero landfill’ years in a row for CMS Group

Posted on 4th September 20204th September 2020 by Max Banner

The CMS Group has reported another 12 months in which none of its production or post-consumer waste was sent to landfill, making it three ‘zero landfill’ years in a row.

28 August 2020

Glowing praise for Recofloor from Bramhall Flooring

Posted on 28th August 2020 by Max Banner

An early adopter of Recofloor, Bramhall Flooring has demonstrated the ease of implementing the UK’s vinyl flooring take back scheme to collect, return and recycle material from STI Poynton, an electronic component manufacturing site in Cheshire.

14 August 2020

Axion Polymers renews ISO 9001 certification and gains new H & S standard

Posted on 14th August 2020 by Max Banner

Axion Polymers has successfully renewed its current ISO management system certification and gained the new enhanced ISO45001 Health and Safety standard at its two Manchester materials recycling sites.

05 August 2020

Recofloor restarts waste vinyl flooring collections

Posted on 5th August 2020 by Max Banner

Collections of waste vinyl flooring through the Recofloor take-back scheme will restart from 3 August, with the full service being temporarily suspended in April due to the COVID-19 lockdown.

29 June 2020

Carpet Recycling UK: sustained interest in reuse/recycling despite decline in landfill diversion

Posted on 29th June 2020 by Max Banner

Flooring industry support for carpet waste reuse and recycling opportunities in the UK continues to rise, according to Carpet Recycling UK’s latest achievements report.

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