The industry leading sustainability scheme, Kick Out the Can, will return on Monday for two weeks through Crown Paints’ national network of Crown Decorating Centres.
Moves by the textile flooring sector to redefine itself along more environmentally conscious principles will be among key topics for discussion at Carpet Recycling UK’s (CRUK) much-anticipated Annual Conference, Dinner and Awards Event.
Carla Eslava, Manager of the Recofloor commercial waste vinyl flooring collection scheme, talks about how we can move towards a circular economy in the construction sector.
An incredible 6,000 tonnes of waste vinyl flooring has been collected through Recofloor, since the scheme was founded in 2009 by leading flooring manufacturers Polyflor and Altro.
The latest development of Kingspan’s unique, self-blended insulation technology, ‘QuadCore 2.0’, demonstrates that innovation and product performance enhancement do not need to come at the sacrifice of our planet.
Resource recovery expert Fiberight has set up a new facility and Centre of Excellence in South Wales that will use innovative resource recovery techniques.
Recycling end-of-life plastic is still the best route for recovering this versatile and long-life material, according to resource recovery specialist Axion.
Recofloor has beaten this year’s 500 tonnes target more than two months early. By the end of October 2021, the growing scheme had collected 517 tonnes of commercial waste vinyl flooring for recycling.