The National Fenestration Awards has named Veka UK as the overall winner in the 2019 Recycling category,
Veka Recycling is the arm of the ‘Veka family’ responsible for processing end-of-life PVC-U windows and virgin offcuts back into raw materials ready for manufacture.
Veka Recycling’s MD, Simon Scholes, explains that this operation is not only for Veka customers, but for all brands of PVC-U systems: “We don’t care where it comes from, we care where it’s going!
“We work incredibly hard to make sure that PVC-U doesn’t end up in landfill. And there’s no reason it should; we can process it to such a level of quality that it can go back into new window and door frames, effectively closing the loop on the process.
“I’m delighted that we’ve won our category of the 2019 National Fenestration Awards. Apparently, there were more than 350 nominations submitted this year, and 5,565 votes cast to decide the eventual winners, so to have been recognised and rewarded in such a huge campaign is really something to be proud of.
“Last year, Veka Recycling moved from Kent to our new 5.7-acre Wellingborough site, with investment of more than £8m. This created more than 50 new jobs for people in the area and means we have the capacity to recycle a potential 25,000 tonnes of PVC-U per year. Ongoing investment and development means the plant has the potential to become Europe’s most technically advanced specialist window recycling facility.”
