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 [...]
Environmental Magazine: "Established recycling of PVC building products".
In the current July issue of UMWELTMAGAZINS (Springer-VDI-Verlag), a new technical article by AGPU Managing Director Thomas Hülsmann and AGPU editor Michael Friedrichs on the topic of "Established recycling of PVC construction products" was published on pages 27 and 28. Due to the positive response in the past, the AGPU has also decided to publish the technical article as an offprint. The article is [...]
Environmental Magazine: "Established recycling of PVC building products".
In the current July issue of UMWELTMAGAZINS (Springer-VDI-Verlag), a new technical article by AGPU Managing Director Thomas Hülsmann and AGPU Editor Michael Friedrichs on the topic of "Established recycling of PVC building products" has appeared on pages 27 and 28. Due to the good response in the past, AGPU has also decided to publish the technical article as an offprint.
Destatis: Recycling rate increased in 2016
The waste recycling rate in Germany increased in 2016. This is the result of the "Waste Balance 2016" recently published by the Federal Statistical Office. According to this, of the total waste produced in Germany (411.5 million tonnes), around 44.4 million tonnes were recycled for energy and 287.6 million tonnes for materials. This results in a recycling rate of about 81 % (previous year 79%). The quota is higher in the individual sector [...].
PVC Recycling Finder is translated into English
From the end of the holiday season, the PVC Recycling Finder will also be available in an English version. The aim is to make even more interested parties aware of concrete recycling activities in Germany and thus to further expand the recycler network. In addition, the measure is intended to further intensify European cooperation and exchange. The Italian [...]
AGPU: 30 years for PVC
There was no way around the foundation of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft PVC und Umwelt e.V. (AGPU) 30 years ago. This has not changed to this day, even if the times when the material and products made of PVC were particularly criticised are now a thing of the past. Thanks to the long-standing commitment of AGPU member companies from the entire PVC value chain to [...]
Cologne flat owners become raw material suppliers for window production
Work on the residential complex Alte Apotheke/corner of Schmittgasse in the Cologne district of Zündorf is now in its final stages. As part of an energy-efficient refurbishment of the building, which was constructed in the early 1980s, around 600 old PVC windows are being replaced with new, highly insulating plastic windows with modern GEALAN profiles from the window manufacturer Meeth in Wittlich. The special feature of this KfW-subsidised [...]
AGPU: 30 years for PVC
There was no way around the foundation of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft PVC und Umwelt e.V. (AGPU) 30 years ago. This has not changed to this day, even if the times when the material and products made of PVC were particularly criticised are now a thing of the past. Thanks to the long-standing commitment of AGPU member companies from the entire PVC value chain to [...]
Cologne flat owners become raw material suppliers for window production
Work on the residential complex Alte Apotheke/corner of Schmittgasse in the Cologne district of Zündorf is now in its final stages. As part of an energy-efficient refurbishment of the building, which was constructed in the early 1980s, around 600 old PVC windows are being replaced with new, highly insulating plastic windows with modern GEALAN profiles from the window manufacturer Meeth in Wittlich. The special feature of this KfW-subsidised [...]
BVSE and AGPU: Positive development in recycling solutions for the building material PVC
On the occasion of the 21st Waste Plastics Day in Bad Neuenahr, the German Association for Secondary Raw Materials and Waste Disposal (Bundesverband Sekundärrohstoffe und Entsorgung e.V. - bvse) and the Working Group PVC and the Environment (Arbeitsgemeinschaft PVC und Umwelt e.V. - AGPU) drew a positive interim balance for the recycling of PVC as a building material. PVC has numerous long-lasting applications in the building sector. Here, proven products such as windows, pipes, floor coverings, roofing and sealing membranes or cable sheathing are particularly [...]