Michael Girstenbrei Recycling GmbH: First new member in 2024
VinylPlus Germany welcomes its first new member this year, Michael Girstenbrei Recycling GmbH from Blindheim. The second-generation family business has specialised in the recovery of copper from cables since 1986. According to the website, customers receive highly pure end products from their recycling material. The company's PVC regrind is suitable, for example, for [...]
Experience PVC recycling live...
The European PVC industry has set itself specific recycling targets with its VinylPlus® voluntary commitment. The industry is also particularly committed to the principles of sustainability and resource efficiency at national level as part of its product stewardship and contributes to achieving the targets in Europe. In the area of building products, the industry has long focussed on material-based PVC recycling [...]
Recycling Day: PVC on the right track for recycling
Global Recycling Day is on 18 March. The worldwide day of action of the Brussels-based Global Recycling Foundation has been calling for a more conscious approach to waste and more recycling since 2018. The European PVC industry has been focusing on recycling as a central component of a functioning circular economy for many years. The long-term sustainability framework [...]
Recycling solutions for PVC building products at the Demolition Conference in Berlin
Another record number of visitors and great interest in recycling solutions for PVC building products characterised Europe's largest industry meeting for demolition and dismantling at the end of last week. Andreas Pocha, Managing Director of the German Demolition Association, welcomed around 1,200 trade participants to the international event in Berlin after a two-year break due to corona. The joint stand of "Aktion PVC-Recycling" was also, [...]
PVC Recyclers Meeting: Start of the year at Forbo-Novilon
Last week, the first regional meeting of the year of our successful series of events "PVC recyclers meet PVC processors" took place at Forbo-Novilon B.V. in Coevorden, the Netherlands. Arthur Evers, Director Operations at Forbo-Novilon B.V., hosted the event and welcomed around 30 participants. Among them were also companies in the PVC value chain that have not yet been [...]
PVC material flow diagram in Germany 2021
Despite the adverse economic conditions, the German PVC industry has made further significant progress towards a functioning circular economy. This is shown by the current material flow diagram for PVC in Germany 2021, jointly commissioned by VinylPlus Deutschland and PlasticsEurope Deutschland. According to this, 340,000 tonnes of PVC recyclates plus 1.57 million tonnes of virgin PVC were processed into semi-finished products in Germany [...]
VinylPlus® recycles more than 810,000 tonnes of PVC
VinylPlus® announced the achievements of the first year of its 2030 Commitment at the 10th VinylPlus Sustainability Forum (#VSF2022) on 25 May. The #VSF2022, which was livestreamed from Brussels, attracted around 500 participants from 40 countries. Under the motto "Embracing EU Green Deal Ambitions", perspectives and scenarios arising from the current EU policy landscape were [...]
VinylPlus® PharmPack project launched
Expanding the circular economy for PVC pharmaceutical blister packs. VinylPlus®, the European PVC industry's sustainability programme, today announces the launch of VinylPlus® PharmPack. The joint project with PVC film manufacturers and recyclers aims to promote the recycling of PVC pharmaceutical blister packs along the value chain, from the production of pharmaceutical films to the packaging of medicines and the collection and recycling of used packaging [...].
PVC recycler meeting on 09 May 2022
With the continuation of our successful format "PVC recyclers meet PVC processors", together with AgPR, Rewindo and IVK Europe, we are again offering you an expert platform this year that focuses on first-hand information on the topic of PVC recycling, direct exchange and personal discussions. The first networking event will take place on 09 May 2022 [...]
WILLERSINN Group expands Rewindo acceptance system by five locations
With G.A.S. Gesellschaft für Abfallbeseitigung und Städtereinigung mbH & Co. KG, Mannheim, SÜD-MÜLL GmbH & CO. KG at its headquarters in Heßheim, in Zweibrücken and Landau as well as SÜD-MÜLL Saar-Pfalz Entsorgung GmbH in St. Ingbert, the WILLERSINN Group is now expanding its network of Rewindo collection points by no less than five locations. "We are enormously pleased that we [...]