Recycling Day: PVC on the right track for recycling
Global Recycling Day is on 18 March. The worldwide day of action of the Brussels-based Global Recycling Foundation has been calling for a more conscious approach to waste and more recycling since 2018. The European PVC industry has been focusing on recycling as a central component of a functioning circular economy for many years. The long-term sustainability framework [...]
Recycling solutions for PVC building products at the Demolition Conference in Berlin
Another record number of visitors and great interest in recycling solutions for PVC building products characterised Europe's largest industry meeting for demolition and dismantling at the end of last week. Andreas Pocha, Managing Director of the German Demolition Association, welcomed around 1,200 trade participants to the international event in Berlin after a two-year break due to corona. The joint stand of "Aktion PVC-Recycling" was also, [...]
PVC Recyclers Meeting on 09 May 2022
With the continuation of our successful format "PVC recyclers meet PVC processors", together with AgPR, Rewindo and IVK Europe, we are again offering you an expert platform this year that focuses on first-hand information on the topic of PVC recycling, direct exchange and personal discussions. The first networking event will take place on 09 May 2022 [...]
PVC Recyclers Meeting on 19 May
The successful series of events "PVC recyclers meet PVC processors" will go into the next round on 19 May 2021 at a virtual meeting. VinylPlus Deutschland, AgPR, Rewindo and IVK Europe are once again inviting PVC recyclers and PVC processors to present their range of products and services and their needs at the online meeting. After a short introduction to PVC recycling, the focus will be on the exchange and discussion [...]
Used Plastics Day and IFAT cancelled
The list of events cancelled because of the Corona pandemic is getting longer and longer. Last week, the organisers of the International Used Plastics Day cancelled the event planned for mid-June in Bad Neuenahr. The next Used Plastics Day is expected to take place in early June 2021. IFAT will also no longer take place this year. The world's leading trade fair for water, sewage, [...]
Rewindo: 200 old plastic windows recycled
The old health centre in Primnitz is currently being demolished. Until the fall of communism, the six-storey building, built in 1972, served as a polyclinic for the local chemical fibre factory and once housed 14 medical departments. In 1990, the city took over the facility and established a health centre there. After the construction of a new medical centre two years ago, the building stood empty, now the [...]
Further increase acceptance for recycling
The established series of events "PVC recyclers meet PVC processors" started a new round at the end of June at the flooring manufacturer Tarkett in Lentzweiler/Luxembourg. VinylPlus®, AGPU, AgPR, Rewindo, IVK Europe and Roofcollect® again jointly invited numerous PVC recyclers and PVC processors to talk to each other on three dates in different regions about the respective recycling offers and the requirements for recycled material [...].
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 [...]
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.
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 [...]