03 March 2021

Axion Polymers: Women should consider careers in recycling

Posted on 3rd March 2021 by Max Banner

At Axion Polymers, women hold key roles in a number of areas from management and finance to process engineering and laboratory research. Find out more here…

08 December 2020

Recovinyl: PVC recycling reaches a new high in UK and Ireland

Posted on 8th December 2020 by Max Banner

The UK and Ireland collected and recycled a total of 143,428 tonnes of waste PVC across all PVC recycling formats in 2019; this total saw PVC window profiles account for 86,057 tonnes, according to latest industry figures (Recovinyl).

28 August 2020

Glowing praise for Recofloor from Bramhall Flooring

Posted on 28th August 2020 by Max Banner

An early adopter of Recofloor, Bramhall Flooring has demonstrated the ease of implementing the UK’s vinyl flooring take back scheme to collect, return and recycle material from STI Poynton, an electronic component manufacturing site in Cheshire.

14 August 2020

Axion Polymers renews ISO 9001 certification and gains new H & S standard

Posted on 14th August 2020 by Max Banner

Axion Polymers has successfully renewed its current ISO management system certification and gained the new enhanced ISO45001 Health and Safety standard at its two Manchester materials recycling sites.

21 April 2020

Recofloor awards its top vinyl flooring recyclers

Posted on 21st April 2020 by Max Banner

Recofloor, the vinyl flooring recycling scheme founded by leading flooring manufacturers Altro and Polyflor, has recognised its members’ sustainability achievements, courtesy of the 2020 Awards.

01 April 2020

Axion Polymers to showcase recycled polymer grades at Interplas 2020

Posted on 1st April 2020 by Max Banner

Axion Polymers will be showcasing its range of locally sourced and produced Axpoly® recycled PP and ABS polymers grades at Interplas 2020, schedule for 29 September – 1 October.

04 March 2020

Axion: Collaborate to create end markets for recycled polymers

Posted on 4th March 2020 by Max Banner

Collaboration between injection moulders and manufacturers, and plastic recyclers is vital, according to Axion Polymers.

14 February 2020

RecoMed PVC takeback scheme now active in 37 UK hospitals

Posted on 14th February 2020 by Max Banner

RecoMed, the PVC takeback scheme for single-use medical devices, has launched its new website – www.recomed.co.uk – in response to rising interest from the healthcare sector in reducing and recycling plastic waste.

11 December 2019

Recovinyl is top contributor to PVC recycling scheme

Posted on 11th December 2019 by Max Banner

The UK is second in Europe in collecting and recycling waste PVC – Recovinyl®, the PVC industry’s recycling scheme, was the largest contributor to this total.

04 September 2019

Axion welcomes ‘all-in’ Deposit Return Scheme proposal

Posted on 4th September 2019 by Max Banner

Proposals for an ‘all-in’ deposit return scheme (DRS) for drinks containers have been welcomed by Axion.

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