Glazerite and Luton claim UK’s first all-recycled window borough

Latest News Tue, Mar 22, 2016 4:57 PM

Glazerite and Luton claim UK’s first all-recycled window borough

VEKA fabricator Glazerite Windows Ltd has achieved a ground-breaking agreement with Luton Borough Council to switch entirely to recycled PVC-U for all future window replacements.

Luton is thought to be the first UK borough to commit fully to recycled windows in this way and will begin ordering frames made of the innovative VEKA Infinity system immediately.

The Infinity profile is based on a unique co-extrusion process with a core of high-purity recycled PVC-U locked inside a thin coat of virgin polymer for colour-stability. With up to 80% recycled material, it uses less than a quarter of the natural resources, such as oil and salt, and has only a third the carbon footprint of its conventional equivalents. All the recycled material comes from VEKA’s own purpose-built plant, one of few in the world capable of recycling PVC-U pure enough to be put straight back into windows.

Cllr Tom Shaw, Portfolio Holder for Housing at Luton BC, said: “They are also exactly the same price so we can be more environmentally friendly without spending an extra penny of council-taxpayers’ money.

“New generation double glazed windows are also much more energy efficient so they will be helping residents to save fuel bills as well.”

VEKA Sales & Marketing Director Colin Torley added: “Luton has shown great foresight in committing to this choice but I am sure many more will follow its example.”

Luton’s decision follows a series of workshops by VEKA’s commercial team, introducing local authorities and other housing bodies to the environmental benefits of choosing the Infinity system.

The Borough is currently in the second year of a five-year programme to replace the original single glazed windows remaining in 1,350 of its total 8,200 properties.

Some residents may, in one sense, be welcoming part of their own windows back as the council already sends its old PVC-U frames to the same VEKA Recycling factory where the Infinity profile begins its life.

Glazerite Director Jason Thompson said: “As a long-standing user of VEKA’s existing window systems, Luton has forged a strong relationship with Glazerite. This new commitment to the Infinity range will help to ensure this continues to go from strength to strength.”

The Northants-based fabricator and Network VEKA member gained another recycling milestone a few weeks ago when it produced the first recycled PVC-U windows ever to go into a UK private house. The windows were installed with the help of snooker legend Steve Davis, who is currently fronting a DVD for Network VEKA, promoting the recycling concept to homeowners.

Website: www.vekauk.com

Email: salesenquiry@veka.com

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