Green Nappy Plant Knowaste Secures DIY Product Deal
Neil Elkes
Birmingham Mail
August 27, 2009
The developer of Britain’s first disposable nappy recycling facility in Birmingham has signed a deal to turn the recovered plastic into DIY products.
The £12 million Knowaste plant at Tyseley, set to open in spring 2010, has linked up with new company SmallPlanet Building Products Ltd.
It means that plastic recovered from old nappies and incontinence products can now be turned into roof tiles, plastic cladding and other product s and sold to the construction industry and DIY stores.
The plant on the Atlas Industrial Estate, currently under construction, will be able to recycle 36,000 tonnes of nappies a year which would otherwise have gone to landfill.
Bill Knoupe, general manager of SmallPlanet Building Products Ltd, said that building companies using their products would find it easier to meet recycling targets and emphasise their green credentials.“
Our aim is to fill the gap for quality recycled building materials, made from products whose disposal would otherwise go to landfill,” he added.
The Tyseley plant is the first of four planned by Knowaste in the UK.
Back- New Sustainable Roofing Company Launched
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- Roof Tiles to be Made from Recycled Nappies
- Roof Tiles Will Soon be Made from Recycled Nappies
- Nappy Recycling Developer to Turn Recovered Plastic into Roof Tiles
- Recycled Nappy Plastics to be Made into DIY Products
- Recycled Nappies to be Used for DIY Products
- Green Nappy Plant Knowaste Secures DIY Product Deal
- Old Nappies to be Recycled into Building Products
- SmallPlanet Building Products Ltd, to Manufacture Innovative Global Roofing Solutions Made from Recycled Plastic
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- Recycled Tiles Made from Nappies is not a Bum Deal
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- Knowaste
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- Nappies on the Roof!!?!!