Following on from my previous post Don’t Bury It, Recycle It, Matt Rick from Eurocell sent me the following internal memo about Eurocell’s strategic acquisition of Merritt Plastics Ltd:
“Eurocell Profiles Ltd has today announced the acquisition of Merritt Plastics Ltd.
Merritt Plastics is a post-consumer PVC-u recycling and extrusion company, based in Ilkeston, Derbyshire. It recycles post-consumer window frames which would otherwise be sent to landfill waste sites. Fabricators and installers are incentivised to supply old frames to the Ilkeston site for processing, an initiative part-funded by industry body Recovinyl. Merritt Plastics also extrudes Cavalok cavity closers from its 100%
post-consumer PVC-u material.
The acquisition of Merritt will strengthen our business by offering Eurocell customers a service for recycling old frames they remove from site. This improves their carbon footprint and sustainability, an issue continually growing in importance for everyone in the industry. Plus, it saves our customers money by not sending waste to landfill, especially as charges for the disposal of waste are rising sharply.
Merritt Plastics is an excellent acquisition for Eurocell because it extends the service we can offer our customers, gives us operational efficiency benefits for producing Cavalok cavity closers and demonstrates our commitment to continuously improving our environmental performance.”
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I wouldn’t normally publish such articles, but I feel it is a very positive move by Eurocell and will help push other extrusion companies to see the recycling of post consumer waste as vital for the future of the industry.
Tags: Eurocell, uPVC Recycling
