About DGB E.C.O
Our industry, as with all other industries, sectors and societies all over the world are having to come to terms with climate change. Our production, consumption and transportation of all goods and services are impacting the health of the planet and all that live on it. Fenestration has its part to play along with all others. But where there is challenge, there is opportunity. With DGB E.C.O I want to shine a light on the efforts being made across the sector to be more sustainable and planet-friendly. I also want to demonstrate that in recycling and post-consumer waste, there is a whole new industry being born out of our already long established one.
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Morley Glass & Glazing And Saint-Gobain Glass Take Recycling To The Next Level
This is a sponsored article by Morley Glass Integral blinds manufacturer Morley Glass & Glazing is working in partnership with Saint-Gobain Glass [...]
2020 Will Be The Year Of Sustainability, Every Fenestration Company Must Be On Board With It
If 2020 is going to be about anything, its going to be about sustainability. Assuming that is Boris gets his majority and [...]
Guest Post: Our Window Of Opportunity Is Now
“The future is ‘now’ for sustainability” article written recently by Windows Active editor, John Cowie, couldn’t have put it clearer. Now is the [...]
Introducing DGB E.C.O
As you all know, I like to try new things on DGB from time to time. Earlier on in the year in [...]
The Fenestration Companies Taking The Lead On Sustainability
Climate change is very much the focus right now. Iceland has laid a memorial to a glacier that no longer exists. The [...]
Would You Manufacture And Sell More Recycled Fenestration Products?
Recycling is very much in the frame right now. Sorry. But it is, and as a sector we need to start getting [...]
Your Gaskets Might Be Getting Dumped, Not Recycled
Earlier on today I was pointed to an article on page 100 of the latest digital edition of GGP Mag. It was [...]
It Might Be Time To Ditch Silicone For Sealing Windows And Doors
Think about how far our industry has come in the past decade or so. The energy efficiency of windows has gone through [...]
C L O S E D L O O P M A N U F A C T U R I N G
Learn more about closed loop manufacturing, how it can benefit society and find out more about PVCu recycling
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D I D Y O U K N O W ?
As the industry begins to understand it’s environmental responsibilities, Eurocell went to the public to ask if they knew if PVCu could be recycled.
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PVCu
Poly Vinyl Chloride-UnplasticizedThe facts...
PVCu is NOT plastic! Thats what the u (unplasticized) in PVCu stands for. 43% of of the material is Ethylene, which is a bi-product of oil, and represents 0.3% of annual oil consumption. 57% of chloride in Polyvinyl chloride comes indirectly from salt.
Credit: Eurocell
Lifespan of centuries
Material that lasts350 years
PVCu can be recycled up to ten times during the lifespan of the material. Assuming an average generational lifespan of 35 years for PVCu windows and doors, it means the same PVCu can be in active circulation for 350 years, keeping it out of landfill sites for centuries!
Strength
Recycling makes it strongerStronger each time
Dispelling the myth that recycled PVCu isn’t as good as virgin, it has been confirmed in scientific studies that PVCu polymers actually become stronger each time they are recycled. You can find out more about this below.
Safe
Myths dispelledPVCu is safe
PVCu for an unreasonably long amount of time was portrayed in some parts as being dangerous, and as being a material that could contribute to the development of house fires. This has rightly been quashed, and PVCu remains one of the safest, strongest building materials for homes to date.
Sustainability is now the industry’s biggest issue to tackle. More so now than even the skills crisis. The pace of societal change is immense. Every industry on earth is having to very quickly adapt to demonstrate to the general public that it can be more sustainable and friendlier to planet Earth. Our industry is no exception. Across the entire fenestration sector we have to undergo rapid, root and branch evolution if we are to show to the outside world we can be better, and that we can help contribute to the wider global effort of trying to save our planet. Failure to do so, and the consequences will only be catastrophic.
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