BPF Praises Building Industry for Increasing PVC Recycling
Friday, 1 May 2009
The British Plastics Federation (BPF) has praised the UK’s building industry for increasing PVC recycling levels despite low construction activity.
In a report by Vinyl 2010 just released the UK achieved second place out of 15 countries in a European table for recycling PVC post-consumer waste, mainly from the building and construction sectors.
The UK contributed more than 21% to the European total of nearly 200,000 tonnes (194,950t) by recycling nearly 43,000 tonnes (42,730t) of post-consumer PVC in 2008. In 2007 42,162 tonnes of post-consumer PVC from the UK was recycled.
Philip Law, Public and Industrial Affairs Director at the BPF, the body responsible for overseeing the recycling of PVC in the UK for Recovinyl, said: “The figures show that recycling remains an important part of the PVC industry even when times are as tough as these. We are on course to meet the 2010 targets for recycling and the substitution lead-based stabilisers.”
The Vinyl 2010 Progress Report 2009 can be downloaded from the Vinyl 2010 website: http://www.vinyl2010.org/
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For further information, please contact Jan Comer, Aurora PR, for the BPF’s PVCaware.org on tel 020 8287 1124, mobile 07970 258 023, email [email protected] or Tim Marsden, Industrial Issues Executive – Construction at The British Plastics Federation on tel 020 7457 5000, email: [email protected].
Note to editors:
1) British Plastics Federation (BPF) is the UK trade association for the plastics industry - representing the whole supply chain including polymer producers, distributors, additives suppliers, machinery manufacturers, processors and recyclers.
2) Vinyl 2010 is the European PVC industry’s 10 year voluntary commitment for sustainable development and product stewardship across the lifecycle of PVC. The commitment was set up in 2000 to minimise the environmental impact of PVC production, promote the responsible use of additives, support collection and recycling schemes and encourage dialogue between stakeholders.
3) Recovinyl was set up on 2003 within Vinyl 2010 to provide financial incentives to support the collection of PVC waste.
