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 [...]
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 [...]
Rewindo reports significant increase in recycling volume
Despite the restrictions caused by the pandemic, Rewindo GmbH Fenster-Recycling-Service, Bonn, was able to repeatedly report a significant increase in recycling volumes of PVC old windows, doors and roller shutters in 2020. "Just under eight percent growth - that is an excellent result," says Managing Director Michael Vetter. "And this despite the fact that quite a few construction projects were at least postponed last year because of Corona [...].
Plastics recycling: PolyREC founded
VinylPlus®, Petcore Europe, PlasticsEurope and Plastics Recyclers Europe have founded PolyREC, a new platform to collect, verify and document all relevant plastics recycling data in Europe. The common system "RecoTrace" is to be used as a basis. "The European PVC industry has learned from the sustainability programme started 20 years ago how important it is to record [...]
AGPU becomes VinylPlus Germany
The "Arbeitsgemeinschaft PVC und Umwelt e.V." (AGPU) is now called "VinylPlus Deutschland e.V.". With this change of name, the German PVC industry is sending a clear signal for its joint European commitment to sustainability. The network of currently more than 50 member companies and partners - in Germany alone - will be further strengthened and the dialogue with the [...]
Rewindo: Continental is a new premium partner
Rewindo, the recycling initiative for end-of-life PVC windows, roller shutters and doors, last week welcomed Continental as its first premium partner in the field of coatings for exterior applications for windows, facades, front doors and garage doors. Through this cooperation, Continental wants to contribute to saving resources in the production of plastic profiles for building products, reducing CO2 emissions and promoting sustainable [...].
PVC recycler meeting with record participation
Last week, the third and last regional meeting of our successful series of events "PVC recyclers meet PVC processors" took place this year. Around 30 recycling experts from the entire PVC value chain came to Hündgen Entsorgung in Swisttal on Thursday to talk to each other about recycling and to discuss their respective offerings and needs [...]
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 [...]
PVC recyclers meet PVC processors: New dates
This year, the successful series of events "PVC recyclers meet PVC processors" is going into a new round. VinylPlus®, AGPU, AgPR, Rewindo, IVK Europe and Roofcollect® are once again jointly inviting PVC recyclers and PVC processors to talk to each other about their respective offers and needs on three dates in different regions. The kick-off will take place on 27 June 2019 from 10 [...]
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 [...]