07 January 2014

Veka invests £ 1m in Kent PVC recycling plant.

By PRW Staff.
Veka Recycling is “closing the recycling loop in the UK” with its investment of almost £1m in its Kent facility to produce high-quality recyclate suitable for PVC-U extruded products. A new compounding line will enable Veka Recycling, an accredited Recovinyl recycler, to supply UK and European markets with PVC-U pellet derived from post-industrial or post-consumer window frame material. This is in addition to the existing supplies of both pellet and micronised PVC-U (pulver) from its German and French factories, said the firm.
Tony Cattini, managing director of Veka Recycling, claimed the investment will help to meet continuing demand for recycled content in new products with all the associated economic and environmental benefits for manufacturers and consumers.“It also underlines our commitment to progressive growth and development in this sector as well as continuing to offer a sustainable and reliable outlet for PVC window waste,” he continued.
Simon Scholes, Veka Recycling’s business administration manager, explained the investment is part of the Recovinyl ‘Pull Market’ model, involving both the existing recycling network and convertors. This concept has been created to support the re-use of as much post-consumer and post-industrial PVC from the market as possible by stimulating the regular use of recycled material in production processes.
“This is becoming more widespread with recycled PVC being used in new window profiles such as Veka’s Infiniti, as well as other plastic building products,” he said. “We will also continue to focus on maintaining high quality standards of waste PVC frames.
“Quality counts when it comes to recycling waste PVC and feedstock contamination levels impact on the value of goods that can subsequently be made from the recycled material. We want to see old frames going back into new windows and this is achievable provided the quality is right.”
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