An impressive 500 tonnes of waste vinyl flooring was recycled via Recofloor in 2014 The scheme has inspired flooring contractors and distributors to send their waste vinyl flooring to be recycled into new flooring and other products. Many companies, such as Mayfield Floors and Branagan Flooring Services, have got involved with the scheme to reduce[…]

CRUK has grown in size following its success in the diversion of carpet from landfill in 2014 With its latest figures, CRUK has revealed that 113,000 tonnes of carpet were recycled, reused or recovered for energy in 2014. This is 6,000 tonnes more than the 2013 rate. 65% of the diversion of carpet from landfill[…]

Axion aim to recover and recycle precious materials from waste fuel cells with their new project The project has been designed to establish the potential for a new global recycling business. It aims to re-use the materials from fuel cell membrane electrode assemblies and establish the recovery of them from waste cells as a technical[…]

Axion Consulting Senior Engineer Sam Haig talking about fuel cell remanufacturing with Nick Clegg Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg visited Axion Consulting during his Northern Futures campaign. The resource recovery company briefed him on thwe latest innovations in recycling technologies and growing employment opportunities for graduates and apprentices. Nick Clegg spent an hour at AxionConsulting[…]

The two winning group submissions will each receive a andpound;500 prize and one will get the chance to work alongside flooring manufacturers Altro and Polyflor to produce a prototype of their winning products. Launched in March by the national vinyl flooring recycling scheme, the competition aimed to find an innovative product that will increase the[…]

The two winning group submissions will each receive a £500 prize and one will get the chance to work alongside flooring manufacturers Altro and Polyflor to produce a prototype of their winning products. Launched in March by the national vinyl flooring recycling scheme, the competition aimed to find an innovative product that will increase the[…]

Project managers from the Manchester based resource recovery company in charge of running national collection schemes for recycling carpets, vinyl flooring and rigid PVC, explained the need for enforcement of environmental regulations. Axion’s Commercial Operations Manager, Judith Clayman and Axion Director Roger Morton, told of how impressed Nick Clegg was by the ‘innovative work’ carried[…]

The award was presented in recognition of Recofloor’s Take Back and Recycling scheme The Take Back and Recycling scheme was founded in 2009 by manufacturers Altro and Polyflor and has managed to divert nearly 2,000 tonnes of vinyl flooring waste from landfill since it began. Based in Bramhall in Manchester, Recofloor offers collections of uplifted[…]

Joining the Consortium will enable Axion to respond more effectively to requests, as well as opening up future opportunities across Europe in the waste and recycling sector. Growing interest in urban mining As the amount of valuable materials such as plastics and metals become less available on the market, there is a growing interest in[…]

Set up in 2009 by flooring manufacturers Altro and Polyflor, the Take Back initiative has so far diverted over 1,900 tonnes of waste vinyl flooring from being sent to the landfill More than 42 tonnes of vinyl flooring was collected in September due to the raised awareness of the scheme through the series of planned[…]