One Thing Leads to AnotherMay 1, 2008 – Michel Py recounts how sheet extrusion processor Cifra followed the market toward expertise in processing post-consumer PVC?scrap.
Flooring Success Goes Through RoofMay 9, 2008 – The success of Armstrong World Industries' vinyl flooring made of recycled material may result in the company being inducted into Victoria's Manufacturing Hall of Fame.
Amishman Sees Future in Recycling Vinyl SidingJuly 4, 2007 – LOYSVILLE – An Amish businessman in rural Perry County is taking construction castaways and turning them into profit instead of waste.
What 'Going Green' Means to Us: 'Rubbish! Let's Cut it Out' Feb. 1, 2007 – Pete Thomas, environment manager, Tarkett Marley Floors and chairman of the UK Resilient Flooring Association (UKRFA) recycling committee writes that the flooring industry needs to improve the quality of its recycled content in vinyl flooring.
UK Exceeds PVC Recycling TargetNov. 14, 2006 – The UK’s Europe-leading performance in the recycling of PVC products was one of the positive developments highlighted at the seminar held by the BPF’s Vinyls group earlier this month. The 2005 target figure of 3,000 tonnes was comfortably exceeded, Roger Morton of Recovinyl told 150 delegates at the Leicester venue.
Web Hunter: Industrial Recycling Offers Opportunities for Economic BenefitNov. 13, 2006 – You might be paying too much for dumpster hauling if some fraction of what you throw into them has value to somebody elsewhere on the economic food chain. In the ideal world, you’ll be able to find someone willing to pay you for your trash. Russ Kratowicz gives you web resources for recycling in his lates column. He surfs the Web so you don't have to.
Merritt Hungry for PVC WindowsOct. 13, 2006 – PRW.com, a daily polymer industry news Web site, reports that Merritt Plastics, based in Derbyshire, has invested £400,000 into recycling PVC-U window frames. The company currently recycles off-cuts from PVC-U window frames but wants to increase its business in the area, increasing its window recycling capacity to 3,000 tons. Because Merritt is member of Recovinyl and receives incentive payments for its work, it can offer payments to window companies for them to hand over their window frames to Merritt for recycling.
Old Plastics, New LifeOct. 9, 2006 – Recycler turns debris into fence posts, but more importantly, he keeps it out of the landfill
PVC Flooring Recycled in New Recovinyl TrialSept. 20, 2006 – The UK's national PVC plastic recycling support organisation – Recovinyl – is backing a new trial recycling PVC flooring from hospitals.