 Industry-funded initiative Recovinyl is subsidising the price at which old PVC windows are purchased for recycling |
Merritt Plastics has spent 400,000 on a new plant in Ilkeston that will turn PVC frames into new plastic building products.
The plant can handle around 3,000 tonnes of PVC each year at the moment, however managing director Simon Readman told letsrecycle.com that if the interest was out there the capacity could be easily increased.
Merritt's plant breaks down the PVC window frames, shreds the material and granulates it. The 400,000 has also been used to bring in metal removal and colour sorting techniques.
Collections
Although the company mainly takes waste delivered to them, it is also looking at the possibility of providing collections.
Mr Readman said: “Most of the companies we take materials from are waste and recycling companies and have their own vehicles. But we are looking onto collections and we do pick up from some sites within a 70 mile radius.”
Merritt's managing director also pointed out that any company delivering PVC to his plant would not only gain from selling to him, but would also gain from not having to pay to dispose of the material in a landfill.
Recovinyl
The 110 that Merritt is offering is subsidised by funding from the national PVC recycling programme – Recovinyl.
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Funded by the PVC industry, Recovinyl supports companies that are looking to recycle post-use PVC plastic. As well as offering advice and information, Recovinyl also provide subsidies to encourage other companies to recycle their PVC.
Since 005 Recovinyl has claimed more than 13,000 tonnes of PVC recycling and has 133 waste collectors and 24 recycling companies signed up.
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