VEKA Recycling launches Northern hub
VEKA Recycling has established a Northern collection hub based at VEKA plc's Burnley-based facility.
This initiative is designed to reduce transport emissions and minimise the VEKA Group's carbon footprint, it means that VEKA plc can operate a 'back-fill' system when making deliveries throughout the region.
Managing Director of VEKA Recycling Tony Cattini explains: “It makes sense for us to utilise VEKA plc vehicles which are already on the road. Once they have delivered high-spec profile to fabricators, they can collect all offcuts and any post consumer frames - taking them back to VEKA's Burnley-based facilities on the return journey. This effectively halves the number of trips needed and means VEKA Recycling only needs to make one single collection from this centralised hub.
“Recyclable material is then taken to our Kent-based facility to be processed into a form that can be transported more fuel-efficiently to VEKA Umwelttechnik – avoiding the irony of wasting natural resources in order to save them.
“The number of British fabricators and installers using our services is rising as they strive to improve their eco-friendly credentials and avoid the substantial cost of landfill.
“However, we still feel that there aren't enough companies who know how easily they could benefit from our closed-loop recycling programme. We may have the VEKA name above the door, but we take material from all fabricators and profile users.
“We encourage companies of all types to contact us to discuss the opportunities available. The VEKA Recycling website has also undergone a stylish redesign, making it even easier to get in touch.”
VEKA keeps recycling in the loop
With years of experience leading the industry in environmental initiatives, the VEKA Group is keen to reiterate that its commitment to recycling and sustainability is still ongoing and unrelenting. Managing Director of VEKA Recycling, Tony Cattini, discusses the many benefits of recycling PVC-U with this global organisation.
VEKA Umwelttechnik GmbH, has operated Europe's most advanced PVC-U recycling plant in Germany for nearly 20 years. We were the very first in the industry to establish a closed-loop recycling facility of this kind, which can recycle 50,000 tonnes of PVC-U windows a year - all to a level of purity that can be made directly into new windows. However, the problem we have encountered time and time again, is a lack of understanding within the industry. Many people seem unaware of the high quality of these recycled products and very few fabricators and installers realise the ease with which they could benefit from this recycling programme.
VEKA Recycling is keen to promote recycled windows throughout the UK, in an effort to increase demand for these eco-friendly systems within the British market. Currently, our recycled products are quickly absorbed into the German Housing market, which is much more receptive to recycled material than the UK. All major British installation contracts are currently fitted with windows made of 100% new material, but we want to demonstrate that the quality of recycled products easily equals that of virgin polymer. This is the message that our National Sales Manager Simon Scholes is working hard to spread among British fabricators and installers. Large scale industrial PVC-U recycling is just as viable here as it is in other countries such as Germany, we just need the industry to catch up and demonstrate the required demand.
VEKA Recycling was established in the UK in 2007 and allows fabricators and installers to improve their eco-friendly credentials. VEKA Recycling extends the lifespan of a window almost indefinitely and accepts all types of PVC-U frames regardless of their original manufacturer. We may have the VEKA name above the door, but we take material from all fabricators and profile users. VEKA Recycling offers an attractive alternative to landfill which is simple and convenient. We provide you with a bin into which any type of PVC-U can be thrown; old or new, complete with gaskets, handles and reinforcements but less the glass, then we simply collect it from your premises when it is full. Not only is this ethically and environmentally rewarding, it also makes good financial sense. It avoids the substantial cost of landfill while helping you attract greater numbers of customers with a 'green conscience'.
The VEKA Recycling primary processing facility in Kent links major refurbishment sites all over the UK. It collects and collates material before processing it into a form that can be transported more fuel-efficiently to VEKA Umwelttechnik – avoiding the irony of wasting natural resources in order to save them. VEKA Recycling in the UK is only one part of a growing global commitment by VEKA Worldwide, which has already seen similar initiatives launched in a number of other countries. VEKA Recyclage in France has recently established a similar facility in Vendeuvre Sur Barse collating materials from France, Spain and Portugal for processing in Germany.
The VEKA Recycling website is currently undergoing a dramatic redesign, so be sure to keep an eye out for the new and improved version. In the meantime, we encourage all companies to get in touch with us to discuss the recycling opportunities available for your business - recycling becomes all the more effective as more people get involved.
VEKA's Recycling Plant in Behringen, Germany
The following articles describe three separate visits to VEKA's Umwelttechnik factory - 'the only facility of its kind in the world purpose built to handle window industry waste' With the tightening restrictions in the UK this is maybe a sign of things to come in the UK...
Veka Glass & Glazing Oct 2008.pdf (588 KB)
Glass Times Aug 2008.pdf (706 KB)
Window Industries Behringen Aug 08.pdf (1,422 KB)
VEKA Recycling
VEKA Recycling has established a Northern collection hub based at VEKA plc's Burnley-based facility.
This initiative is designed to reduce transport emissions and minimise the VEKA Group's carbon footprint, it means that VEKA plc can operate a 'back-fill' system when making deliveries throughout the region.
Managing Director of VEKA Recycling Tony Cattini explains: “It makes sense for us to utilise VEKA plc vehicles which are already on the road. Once they have delivered high-spec profile to fabricators, they can collect all offcuts and any post consumer frames - taking them back to VEKA's Burnley-based facilities on the return journey. This effectively halves the number of trips needed and means VEKA Recycling only needs to make one single collection from this centralised hub.
“Recyclable material is then taken to our Kent-based facility to be processed into a form that can be transported more fuel-efficiently to VEKA Umwelttechnik – avoiding the irony of wasting natural resources in order to save them.
“The number of British fabricators and installers using our services is rising as they strive to improve their eco-friendly credentials and avoid the substantial cost of landfill.
“However, we still feel that there aren't enough companies who know how easily they could benefit from our closed-loop recycling programme. We may have the VEKA name above the door, but we take material from all fabricators and profile users.
“We encourage companies of all types to contact us to discuss the opportunities available. The VEKA Recycling website has also undergone a stylish redesign, making it even easier to get in touch.”
VEKA keeps recycling in the loop
With years of experience leading the industry in environmental initiatives, the VEKA Group is keen to reiterate that its commitment to recycling and sustainability is still ongoing and unrelenting. Managing Director of VEKA Recycling, Tony Cattini, discusses the many benefits of recycling PVC-U with this global organisation.VEKA Umwelttechnik GmbH, has operated Europe's most advanced PVC-U recycling plant in Germany for nearly 20 years. We were the very first in the industry to establish a closed-loop recycling facility of this kind, which can recycle 50,000 tonnes of PVC-U windows a year - all to a level of purity that can be made directly into new windows. However, the problem we have encountered time and time again, is a lack of understanding within the industry. Many people seem unaware of the high quality of these recycled products and very few fabricators and installers realise the ease with which they could benefit from this recycling programme.
VEKA Recycling is keen to promote recycled windows throughout the UK, in an effort to increase demand for these eco-friendly systems within the British market. Currently, our recycled products are quickly absorbed into the German Housing market, which is much more receptive to recycled material than the UK. All major British installation contracts are currently fitted with windows made of 100% new material, but we want to demonstrate that the quality of recycled products easily equals that of virgin polymer. This is the message that our National Sales Manager Simon Scholes is working hard to spread among British fabricators and installers. Large scale industrial PVC-U recycling is just as viable here as it is in other countries such as Germany, we just need the industry to catch up and demonstrate the required demand.
VEKA Recycling was established in the UK in 2007 and allows fabricators and installers to improve their eco-friendly credentials. VEKA Recycling extends the lifespan of a window almost indefinitely and accepts all types of PVC-U frames regardless of their original manufacturer. We may have the VEKA name above the door, but we take material from all fabricators and profile users. VEKA Recycling offers an attractive alternative to landfill which is simple and convenient. We provide you with a bin into which any type of PVC-U can be thrown; old or new, complete with gaskets, handles and reinforcements but less the glass, then we simply collect it from your premises when it is full. Not only is this ethically and environmentally rewarding, it also makes good financial sense. It avoids the substantial cost of landfill while helping you attract greater numbers of customers with a 'green conscience'.
The VEKA Recycling primary processing facility in Kent links major refurbishment sites all over the UK. It collects and collates material before processing it into a form that can be transported more fuel-efficiently to VEKA Umwelttechnik – avoiding the irony of wasting natural resources in order to save them. VEKA Recycling in the UK is only one part of a growing global commitment by VEKA Worldwide, which has already seen similar initiatives launched in a number of other countries. VEKA Recyclage in France has recently established a similar facility in Vendeuvre Sur Barse collating materials from France, Spain and Portugal for processing in Germany.
The VEKA Recycling website is currently undergoing a dramatic redesign, so be sure to keep an eye out for the new and improved version. In the meantime, we encourage all companies to get in touch with us to discuss the recycling opportunities available for your business - recycling becomes all the more effective as more people get involved.
VEKA's Recycling Plant in Behringen, Germany
The following articles describe three separate visits to VEKA's Umwelttechnik factory - 'the only facility of its kind in the world purpose built to handle window industry waste' With the tightening restrictions in the UK this is maybe a sign of things to come in the UK...
Veka Glass & Glazing Oct 2008.pdf (588 KB)
Glass Times Aug 2008.pdf (706 KB)
Window Industries Behringen Aug 08.pdf (1,422 KB)
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