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 [...]
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 [...]