European recycling strategy presented
The EU Commission recently presented the first European recycling strategy. According to the strategy, all plastic packaging on the EU market is to be recyclable from 2030, and the consumption of single-use plastics is to be reduced and the use of microplastics limited. Numerous industry associations have already reacted positively and see the plans now presented as being in line with their own voluntary commitments. In statements [...]
Industry associations call for more design for recycling
The recycling requirements of the new Packaging Act are a challenge for the industries involved that can only be overcome by working together. This was the conclusion reached by the approximately 180 participants at the conference "Recycling and Recyclability of Packaging", which took place last week in Berlin and was organised by the associations Arbeitsgemeinschaft Verpackung + Umwelt e.V. (AGVU), Bundesverband Sekundärrohstoffe and [...]
"Best Practice" enters the final stage in spring
After running for almost 1.5 years, the campaign "Best Practice for the Environment" will enter the home stretch next spring. Its primary purpose is to identify exemplary building projects, especially in the federal states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia, in which discarded PVC building products such as windows or floor coverings are recycled and reused. The initiators - PVC Working Group and [...]
"Best Practice" enters the final stage in spring
After running for almost 1.5 years, the campaign "Best Practice for the Environment" will enter the home stretch next spring. Its primary purpose is to identify exemplary building projects, especially in the federal states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia, in which discarded PVC building products such as windows or floor coverings are recycled and reused. The initiators - PVC Working Group and [...]
Solid protection for the "Kinis" chambers
Majestically perched on a rock, Neuschwanstein Castle rises above the Hohenschwangau plain near Füssen in a fairytale setting. King Ludwig II of Bavaria (the "Kini") had the building, which is modelled on the exterior of a medieval knight's castle, built from 1869 onwards at great expense and with great attention to detail. However, the eccentric monarch lived there after the castle was completed [...]
Rewindo expands acceptance network for small quantities
With Lobbe Entsorgung West GmbH & Co KG, Rewindo has once again gained a renowned company from the waste disposal sector for the expansion of its small waste collection network. As an environmental services provider with a total of 1,800 employees, the Lobbe Group is also active in the areas of remediation, including demolition and dismantling, as well as sewer services. At six of its over [...]
Successful series of events: PVC recyclers meet PVC processors
Last week, the third and last regional meeting of the series of events "PVC recyclers meet PVC processors" took place this year in Erlangen at REHAU. AGPU and VinylPlus launched the network meetings in 2012, thereby further advancing PVC recycling in Germany. The meeting in Erlangen was now the tenth event and also enjoyed [...]
PVC recycling: record-breaking project in Franconia
At the end of October 2017, the starting signal was given for what is in some respects a record-breaking construction project. In Schweinfurt, a former settlement of the US armed forces, now owned by the city, is currently being demolished and replaced by a new development. By 2019, work on the 28-hectare site with 34 three-storey residential rows and 13 semi-detached houses is expected to [...]
Old plastic windows are to be revived
In the old town of Koblenz, a multi-storey, architecturally outstanding residential and commercial building from the pre-war period with 27 flats, a penthouse and office space is currently undergoing energy renovation. With the special feature: the old 89 PVC windows and additional 24 balcony elements will not be disposed of in the waste incineration plant after removal and replacement with new energy-saving plastic windows, as is still too often the case, [...]
PVC recycling: record-breaking project in Franconia
At the end of October 2017, the starting signal was given for what is in some respects a record-breaking construction project. In Schweinfurt, a former settlement of the US armed forces, now owned by the city, is currently being demolished and replaced by a new development. By 2019, work on the 28-hectare site with 34 three-storey residential rows and 13 semi-detached houses is expected to [...]