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Windows - uPVC
News Release from: VEKA
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 25 June 2007
VEKA establishes UK recycling facility
VEKA is establishing a UK-based recycling facility to complement its highly impressive plant at Behringen, German.
In an investment of more than GBP1 million that further cements the company's commitment to the British market, VEKA is establishing a UK-based recycling facility to complement its highly impressive plant at Behringen, Germany, further extending the company's international lead in sustainable PVC production VEKA Recycling has been founded following the signing of an agreement through which VEKA Umwelttechnik Gmbh purchased the assets of Kent-based recycler Cylindar Plastics
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 13 Sep 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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The recycling machinery, supplemented by the addition of a new hammer mill, will be installed at a new site at Dartford, Kent, where recycling operations will commence in June 2007.
The new operation will make the recycling of PVC-U and other related waste an economic and sustainable possibility by processing all windows and doors but with a focus on post-consumer waste, during which whole frames will be automatically broken up and separated by material and colour.
Recovered metals and glass will be sent to other specialist recycling centres with the recovered PVC-U sent to VEKA's Behringen plant for further processing.
The recycled material produced at Behringen is of such high quality that it may be reused in new window and door profiles in which it is indistinguishable from virgin PVC-U.
The move offers an economically and logistically realistic recycling facility to local authorities and housing associations in particular, as well as developers and installers, who wish to offer ecological and sustainable solutions to customers who desire the benefits of PVC-U windows and doors.
VEKA fabricators and their customers can now enjoy full 'closed loop' PVC-U windows, doors and related products.
VEKA has unrivalled experience in the recycling of PVC-U waste, having established its Behringen facility 13 years ago, the first of its kind to be built by a PVC-U window and door systems manufacturer.
The Behringen plant will accept full frames in any material, including glass, to break them down into their raw product constituents fully automatically.
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