Over the years the vinyl siding on your home is subjected to a number of natural punishments.
Company using open loop recovery and recycling in vinyl siding.
It was pretty simple.
Worse still if you ever need to replace your siding there are very few places that will accept vinyl siding for recycling meaning that the plastic will end up in a landfill contaminating its surroundings as it.
This is one of the best recycling programs i have heard of in years.
If you are a construction company a project manager or are a resident replacing the siding on your house or shed please recycle your scrap vinyl material at your local recycling plant.
But don t expect your vinyl siding installer to take the siding to a recycling company.
We geauga county habitat for humanity are located in northeast ohio.
We would be glad to give it to anyone who wishes to pick it up or we would be glad to deliver it anywhere as long as the cost of transporting it can be absorbed by the sale of the scrap.
Ft of vinyl siding scrap in various colors we would like to recycle as well any future vinyl scrap we accumulate.
This scrap material is available for recovery if construction companies and jobsite managers are conscientious enough to recycle it.
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In 1998 while at the nahb reseach center i worked on a vinyl siding recycling project in grand rapids mi.
They re thinking about cost efficiency and trucking waste siding to a collection facility 40 miles away doesn t return a single dime to them.
Another group the vinyl institute maintains an extensive directory of vinyl siding recycling companies.
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Use the map to find a recycling company near you.
To respond directly to a specific listing enter your email where specified and click on the go button for that listing.
While some vinyl siding manufacturers do use some recycled material most vinyl is not considered a green or sustainable product.
The vinyl institute recycling directory offers a list of vinyl plastic recyclers in north america.
This is because vinyl siding is easier to clean doesn t rot and is long lasting.
How to brighten up faded vinyl siding.
Vinyl siding is a wonderful product that many homeowners prefer to use on their homes in place of wood.
Typically 60 to 70 percent of all vinyl products are made from recycled vinyl according to the vinyl institute.
651 895 9024 call them for more information.
Take your old siding to the land fill and you pay a steep price.
The color and luster fade from exposure to sun and harsh.
Siding installers stuffed their cut off waste into the long cardboard boxes the new siding came in and back hauled both to the same place they bought their vinyl siding stock.