Environment
Extract from a statement by Greenpeace which we have been given kind permission to use on our website.
‘Greenpeace’s research shows that, in an attempt to convince the public and decision-makers that pvc can be, and is being recycled, the pvc industry is supplying false information. For example, so-called ‘recycled’ window frames, promoted by industry as proof that old pvc windows are being recycled into new window frames, were tested by Greenpeace. None of the seven tested samples were really recycled window frames. Subsequent testing showed they only contained pre-consumer pvc waste from off cuts and they had been coloured to resemble a recycled window frame. Only two contained traces of recycled pvc from used window frames and even these were insignificant.
A tour of highly publicised pvc recycling plants revealed that hardly any pvc construction material was being processed at all. This is because it is difficult and costly to collect and the market for recycled products doesn’t exist due to the cheap price of virgin pvc products.’
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