CNC RECYCLING

Domestic demand for old window recycling

In light of recent surveys commissioned by major profile houses which highlighted that more than two-thirds of UK homeowners would choose windows and doors with a higher recycled content, CNC Recycling as part of our commitment to promote the message to homeowners has during the last four months launched a campaign to open up collection services not only to commercial but to see if was there a demand for collections directly from residential and homeowners.

This has resulted in a huge 84.60% uplift of traffic into our website with almost 4,500 enquiries for further information about the recycling scheme. The interesting statistic is that 75.23% of these enquiries where residential. There was a vast spread of enquiries Nationally, however the main area of interest was London which accounted for 24.90% of the total. It has resulted in hundreds of lead conversions.

These requests varied from one UPVC window frame, removal of a conservatory to a request to remove frames from several properties. One of the most interesting and repetitive points was that the homeowners struggle to get old frames recycled as most local council recycling facilities (tips) would not accept old windows and doors.

Sales & Purchasing Director Ian Ward added “Homeowners appear to be delighted that there was a recycling scheme available for the recycling of old windows and it also shows that they care that their old windows are dealt with sustainably, diverting them from landfill and back into the supply chain.

Furthermore, this evidenced that there is a demand and requirement for old windows to be recycled directly from homeowners and this area of the marketplace which are looking to capture.” CNC Recycling are continuing with the campaign to open this up to domestic as well as commercial customers. We always look to promote the message that PVC-U windows are truly sustainable and we are always looking for new areas to collect and recycle to ensure all old windows have a home for recycling for many years to come.

CNC Recycling are very proud to have been nominated for two awards in this years National Fenestration Awards. We have been nominated again for Recycling Company of The Year and our very own Kate Riley has been nominated for Business Development Manager / Sales Executive of the Year award. We would be very humbled if you could take the time to kindly vote for us herewww.fenestrationawards.co.uk/vote/

For more information visit www.upvc-recycling.com or email sales@cncrecycling.co.uk