PVC recycling campaign at the demolition conference
The 25th Demolition Conference will take place in Berlin on 15 February 2019. Aktion PVC-Recycling will also be exhibiting at the event. The initiative, in which AGPU and VinylPlus are joined by AgPR, KRV, Rewindo, Roofcollect and IVK Euope as additional partners, will once again be present at the international industry gathering in Berlin with a [...]
Plastic recycling: facts instead of emotions and disinformation
The Gesamtverband Kunststoffverarbeitende Industrie e. V. (GKV) has joined the debate on the quality of the German plastics recycling system and plastic waste shipped abroad, reacting to numerous media reports in recent weeks. "There is no reason to unduly discredit the existing system for recycling plastic waste in Germany. Germany is and remains [...]
VinylPlus Product Label for PVC products
The VinylPlus® Product Label is the new sustainability label for PVC building products. Products that are characterised by high performance and sustainability can now be easily recognised by customers, fabricators and sales markets by this certificate. This currently applies to PVC window profiles from the following six manufacturers: Deceuninck, Epwin Window Systems, Internorm, Rehau, Schüco and VEKA. All of these companies have been [...]
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, [...]
Best Practice for the Environment: Documentation published
In the summer, the "Best Practice for the Environment" campaign by AGPU, Rewindo and AgPR came to an end after two years. Its aim: to identify and accompany recycling projects in the demolition, dismantling and deconstruction sector, where, for example, old PVC windows or PVC floor coverings accumulate and are recycled via the recycling systems of AgPR and Rewindo. A 28 [...]
First recycling project for old windows in Bremen
The modernisation of the "Wohlers Eichen" housing estate in Bremen shows how disused plastic windows can be recycled in an environmentally friendly way during energy-related renovations. The housing company Vonovia SE is currently having the buildings near the free ports of the Hanseatic city with 256 flats renovated in four construction phases. Among other things, the façades are being given additional thermal insulation and new, energy-saving plastic windows. The approximately [...]
Sustainable window renovation in Lüneburg
Having grown up through salt production, Lüneburg is now looking to the future: with the "City of the Future Lüneburg 2030+" project, the Hanseatic city, together with Leuphana University and its citizens, is currently focussing in particular on sustainable urban development. The renovation of a total of 221 windows on an administrative building in Lüneburg's city centre is not part of the [...]
VinylPlus® aims to recycle 900,000 tonnes of PVC per year by 2025
VinylPlus, the European PVC industry's sustainability programme, has been a pioneer for the circular economy since its inception in 2000. From the beginning, the industry has supported the European Commission's call to further promote the recycling of plastics. It has also committed to recycle at least 900,000 tonnes of PVC per year by 2025, which is a [...]
Best practice for the environment: 700 windows replaced
The energetic refurbishment of the secondary school in Jessen (Elster) is considered an instructive example in environmental matters. The three-storey main building and a two-storey front building from 1978 will receive modern thermal insulation for the facades and intermediate ceilings to the roof by 2019 while the school remains in operation. Furthermore, new plastic windows with triple glazing now ensure an additional improvement in the [...]
New quality of life in Duisburg's "honeycomb neighbourhood"
The floor plan of the residential complex in Duisburg's Neudorf district looks like the honeycombs of a beehive. The striking architecture gave the building complex, which was built in the 1970s, its name "honeycomb neighbourhood". In the meantime, however, the nine buildings with a total of 173 flats were getting on in years. The client, Wohnungs-genossenschaft Duisburg-Mitte e.G., decided to comprehensively refurbish the [...]