AGPU becomes VinylPlus Germany
The "Arbeitsgemeinschaft PVC und Umwelt e.V." (AGPU) is now called "VinylPlus Deutschland e.V.". By changing its name, the German PVC industry is sending a clear signal in favour of the joint European commitment to sustainability. The network of currently more than 50 member companies and partners - in Germany alone - will be further strengthened and the dialogue with the industry that began over 30 years ago [...]
VinylPlus® Med: Pilot project launched
Whether oxygen mask, infusion bag or nasal probe: no plastic is used as frequently in the health sector as PVC. However, many of these products can only be used once and then have to be disposed of. And this is exactly where the new VinylPlus® Med recycling programme comes in, because due to its properties, PVC products can be recycled very well to make new PVC products again. This [...]
Change in management at the KRV
As of January 2021, Markus Hartmann will take over the management of the Kunststoffrohrverband e. V. (KRV) in Bonn. He will succeed Dr Elmar Löckenhoff, who has been managing director of the KRV since 1997 and will gradually prepare for retirement at the turn of the year as part of a phased model. After retirement, Dr Löckenhoff will work in [...]
Rewindo: Continental is a new premium partner
Rewindo, the recycling initiative for end-of-life PVC windows, roller shutters and doors, last week welcomed Continental as its first premium partner in the field of coatings for exterior applications for windows, facades, front doors and garage doors. Through this cooperation, Continental wants to contribute to saving resources in the production of plastic profiles for building products, reducing CO2 emissions and promoting sustainable [...].
New material flow diagram for Germany: More recyclates and recycling of plastics
There is hardly a topic of our time in which plastics do not play a - much discussed - role: modern consumer habits and their impact on the environment, resource protection and CO2 reduction in sectors such as mobility and construction, the generation of renewable energy by means of wind power or solar cells. For many years, a comprehensive life cycle analysis on plastics in Germany has been looking at all these [...]
Rewindo again increases the number of regional collection points
Rewindo GmbH has increased the number of its regional collection points for the recycling of used plastic windows, roller shutters and doors to 46. The main region of the latest additions is the east of the country. With Bothur GmbH & Co. KG with two collection points in Großenhain and one in Gröditz, eXakt FensterrecyclingGmbH from Berlin, Metcera GmbH from Markranstädt [...]
Rewindo: Recycling in figures 2019
"Since its foundation, Rewindo has been able to increase the annual recycling volume from old windows sevenfold to around 35,000 tonnes to date," said Michael Vetter, Managing Director of Rewindo GmbH, when presenting the new recycling figures for 2019. According to the figures, the collected volume (including metal, glass residues, etc.) of old windows, shutters and doors was 47,169 tonnes last year. The [...]
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 [...]