Sustainability

Enhance your sustainable credentials by working with Eurocell – leading the way in sustainability for the PVC-U industry 

Eurocell is leading the way in sustainable innovation for the UPVC building products industry. It’s never been more important for you to offer sustainable products to your customers. Legislative and environmental drivers are creating huge demand for the most sustainable products – those businesses that fail to provide genuine sustainable options will be quickly left behind.

In the commercial sector, green issues are high on the agenda, while new-build projects are now governed by Code for Sustainable Homes targets and will need to be carbon-zero by 2016. Homeowners are increasingly keen to buy energy-efficient products that help to cut energy bills, and to buy recycled products wherever possible. It’s been shown that consumers are willing to pay higher prices for ‘green products’, which is great news for your business.

When you work with Eurocell, you can tap into the sustainable products and innovations we are developing for the benefit of fabricators and installers – helping you to keep pace with the sustainability demands of your customers.

UPVC – the sustainable window, door, conservatory and roofline material

PVC-U building components are widely recognised as a truly sustainable option, thanks to advances in recycling. When old PVC-U windows are removed from buildings they can now be recycled and fabricated into new finished products – up to ten times – with no detriment to the physical properties of the PVC-U. Combine this with the average 35-year lifespan of a PVC-U window (source: BRE), and PVC-U offers hundreds of years of re-use with minimal impact on the environment. 

In fact, PVC-U windows have now achieved the highest rating possible in the Building Research Establishment (BRE) Green Guide to Specification (June 2008), receiving an ‘A’ rating for residential buildings and an ‘A+’ rating for commercial projects. Eurocell PVC-U wall cladding has also been awarded an ‘A+’ rating in this influential guide. That means you can promote your PVC-U window, door, conservatory and roofline products to customers as a verifiably sustainable solution.

UPVC recycling eliminates waste

Eurocell has its own post-consumer PVC-U recycling facilities, which enable us to create an endless ‘closed loop’ of recycling and re-use for windows and doors. We will even collect PVC-U waste from fabricators free of charge, for processing at our recycling plant. We use recycled material in the manufacture of many of our finished products. In fact, our PVC-U Thermal Inserts and Cavalok cavity closer systems are manufactured entirely from recycled post-consumer PVC-U.

Our manufacturing facilities re-use virtually 100% of our production waste, which amounts to around 6,000 tonnes of recycled PVC-U each year. Plus, we buy waste product from other sources for recycling. The result is virtually zero Eurocell manufacturing waste going to landfill.

Environmental policy sets tough targets

Our own environmental policy commits us to ongoing improvements that will help to reduce carbon emissions from transport and energy use, improve energy efficiency within our business and offer more energy-efficient products to you and your customers, as well as further reducing waste and promoting recycling throughout our operations.

Find out more

For more information about our market-leading commitment to sustainability and environmental innovation, please contact us.