Used Plastics Day and IFAT cancelled
The list of events cancelled because of the Corona pandemic is getting longer and longer. Last week, the organisers of the International Used Plastics Day cancelled the event planned for mid-June in Bad Neuenahr. The next Used Plastics Day is expected to take place in early June 2021. IFAT will also no longer take place this year. The world's leading trade fair for water, sewage, [...]
Interest in recycling solutions for PVC is growing steadily
Aktion PVC-Recycling participated with great success in the 26th demolition conference in Berlin at the end of February. More than 1,100 demolition and recycling specialists from all over Europe took advantage of the event to exchange information on current topics in the industry. At the joint stand of Aktion PVC-Recycling, for example, the participants of the demolition conference could inform themselves about nationwide [...]
PVC recycler meeting with record participation
Last week, the third and last regional meeting of our successful series of events "PVC recyclers meet PVC processors" took place this year. Around 30 recycling experts from the entire PVC value chain came to Hündgen Entsorgung in Swisttal on Thursday to talk to each other about recycling and to discuss their respective offerings and needs [...]
Rewindo: Growth in regional collection points
As Rewindo announced last week, the number of regional collection points for smaller quantities of disused plastic windows, roller shutters and doors has been further expanded from 29 to 36 locations. The regional collection points supplement the nationwide collection service for dismantled plastic windows, roller shutters and doors, in particular by also collecting smaller quantities of less than ten windows [...]
Rewindo: 200 old plastic windows recycled
The old health centre in Primnitz is currently being demolished. Until the fall of communism, the six-storey building, built in 1972, served as a polyclinic for the local chemical fibre factory and once housed 14 medical departments. In 1990, the city took over the facility and established a health centre there. After the construction of a new medical centre two years ago, the building stood empty, now the [...]
Successful recycler meeting at SKZ
Last week, the second regional meeting of the event series "PVC recyclers meet PVC processors" took place at SKZ in Würzburg. After a brief introduction to the topic, around 30 experts from the entire value chain got to talk to each other and presented their range of products and services and their recycling needs. This was followed by a guided tour of the SKZ laboratories [...]
Record-breaking project in Hesse: Over 3,100 old PVC windows recycled
Following major projects in Hamburg, Bremen, North Rhine-Westphalia and Bavaria, the largest window recycling project in Hesse has now been realised. As part of a three-year modernisation of the "Platensiedlung" residential area in the Frankfurt district of Ginnheim, the building owner had more than 3,100 old PVC windows replaced with new, energy-saving plastic windows. The old window elements were recycled 1:1. After completion of the recycling process, they were used to make technical [...]
Further increase acceptance for recycling
The established series of events "PVC recyclers meet PVC processors" started a new round at the end of June at the flooring manufacturer Tarkett in Lentzweiler/Luxembourg. VinylPlus®, AGPU, AgPR, Rewindo, IVK Europe and Roofcollect® again jointly invited numerous PVC recyclers and PVC processors to talk to each other on three dates in different regions about the respective recycling offers and the requirements for recycled material [...].
PVC recyclers meet PVC processors: New dates
This year, the successful series of events "PVC recyclers meet PVC processors" is going into a new round. VinylPlus®, AGPU, AgPR, Rewindo, IVK Europe and Roofcollect® are once again jointly inviting PVC recyclers and PVC processors to talk to each other about their respective offers and needs on three dates in different regions. The kick-off will take place on 27 June 2019 from 10 [...]
Current material flow diagram for PVC in Germany
For 30 years, companies in the PVC industry, from raw material and additive manufacturers to processors and recyclers, have been committed to sustainability, resource and energy efficiency and the recycling of PVC products. In a multitude of different applications, PVC also contributes to the conservation of energy and resources. The long service life of the products, especially in high-quality construction applications such as flooring, [...]