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JULY 2016 PRO INSTALLER
PRO NEWS
www.proinstaller.co.uk
SEND US YOUR WASTE PVCU WINDOWS
‘Save money and send us your waste windows for
recycling’ is Recovinyl’s message to PVCu window
companies, construction and waste management firms.
Waste window frames
can be readily recycled through the PVCu
industry’s recycling
scheme, enabling firms
to save on landfill
disposal costs. It’s also
the environmentally-friendly option as the
material can be recycled into new products,
including windows.
Recycling capacity has
increased throughout the
UK network of 16 Recovinyl
certified window recyclers
and it is seeking more
frames. Most offer a nationwide collection service.
“We are doing well, but we
can handle even more windows,” says Jane Gardner of
Axion Consulting, Recovinyl’s UK agents. “So whether you’re an installer, waste
transfer station or building
company, send your waste
PVCu windows to one of
our registered Recovinyl recyclers and it will save you
money on landfill costs.”
Recovinyl is an operational
arm of VinylPlus, the European PVCu industry sustainable development programme, which is tackling
the sustainability challenges
for PVCu and delivery of
current recycling targets
to 2020. The Recovinyl
network currently comprises
163 companies.
In 2015, 107,593 tonnes
of waste PVCu was collect-
ed and recycled in the UK
through Recovinyl – the
hig hest figure recorded to
date, with PVCu frames
(61,866 tonnes) making up
more than half this total.
Jane continues: “More than
600,000 tonnes of PVCu has
been recycled in the UK via
Recovinyl since its launch in
the UK 11 years ago thanks
to the commitment of the
glazing, construction and
waste management sectors
to greater environmental
practices and their recognition of the need to reduce
the carbon impact of their
operations.
“PVCu can be recycled up
to seven times without any
loss of performance and can
be reused in a variety of
different products, including new window frames
thereby ‘closing the loop’.
As a nation, we’re doing
brilliantly on recycling our
waste PVCu, yet we can still
do much more and we need
your support.”
Window installers and
waste transfer stations
looking for outlets for
post-use PVCu frames can
contact Axion Consulting
on 0161 426 7731 for
a list of recyclers or for
more information visit
www.recovinyl.com
FIRE AND COMPOSITE DOORS
FOR SOCIAL HOUSING
Northern Ireland based Apeer is known for its award-winning range of
Lumi frameless windows and residential doors – but it is also a leading
supplier of composite and fire doors into the social housing market.
With contracts in planning for the
next five years, the Apeer door range
meets the requirements for the
Northern Ireland Housing Executive
(NIHE) specification for entrance
doors and fire doors, and Apeer
supplies a number of contractors
with doors for NIHE social housing
projects.
Managing Director Asa McGillian explains:
“Social housing is an integral part of our
overall door business and we get a lot of
repeat orders for onsite maintenance door
slabs due to occupier damage.
‘Our new and improved
30-minute fire door keeps us
at the forefront of the market’
“Our composite and fire doors have been
fitted into high rise flats and housing developments for contracts throughout Northern
Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and the rest
of the UK.
“Our new and improved 30-minute fire
door, Isolate2, keeps us at the forefront of
the market and offers improved thermal
efficiency, multi-point locking systems, double glazed units, low maintenance and is
available in five styles, five colours, all with
side and top lights available.
“The new version replaced our original
Isolate fire door in April 2015, and it also
meets all the legal requirements for fire
doors in homes with internal garage access
doors, so is ideal for the retail market.”
For more information about Apeer
composite and fire doors in a social
housing capacity visit www.apeer.co.uk