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 [...]
"Best Practice" in Chemnitz - exemplary handling of old building materials
The renovation work at the residential centre of the Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund (ASB), Ortsverband Chemnitz und Umgebung e.V., in Rembrandtstraße in Chemnitz must be carried out with particular care. Because 32 people with severe physical disabilities currently live in the 23 flats of house 2 of the facility, whose daily routine is to be disturbed as little as possible by the construction work. No easy task, because the [...]
13,000 sqm of old PVC flooring recycled
In a shopping centre near Leipzig, a total of 13,000 square metres of old PVC floor coverings were produced as part of a major conversion and renovation project. The demolition company in charge of the disposal deliberately decided not to simply incinerate the supposed construction waste, but to recycle the old material. In this way, new PVC products can be created from the old floors. "That [...]
PVC recycling campaign: terratec review and new website
terratec 2017 took place at the Leipzig Exhibition Centre at the beginning of April. The industry trade fair with more than 3,000 trade visitors and 128 exhibitors from six countries is considered the new meeting place for the waste management, recycling and resource industry. Aktion PVC-Recycling was also represented at terratec with a joint stand. Dr. Jochen Zimmermann, Managing Director of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft PVC-Bodenbelag Recycling (AgPR) and [...]