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upvcrecycling

uPVC window recycling for housing associations and councils

We collect the old uPVC windows and doors from window replacement programmes and planned maintenance. We work with the housing association, the council or their installation contractor, whichever suits the programme. Collection is free, the glass comes out on site, and every load comes with an electronic waste transfer note.

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At a glance

  • Free collection of old windows and doors
  • Collection from the homes on our routes
  • Glass taken out on site
  • 12 or 20 yard RoRo on site for uPVC
  • 16 yard skips for glass
  • Electronic transfer note for every load within 24 hours
  • Full reporting for your environmental returns
Old uPVC window frames at one of our yards

How we work with housing associations

We plan collections around your programme and your contractors, across as many social housing sites as the programme covers.

Several sites, one contract

We work across several sites under one contract, with collections booked around your programme.

Collection from the homes

If the properties are on our routes, we collect the old frames from each home, so your fitters don't have to bring them back.

Free collection

Collecting the old windows and doors from replacement programmes and planned maintenance is free.

Five hubs

Hubs in Chester, Wigan, Haslingden, Stoke-on-Trent and Rotherham. Same or next day across the North West, Liverpool, North Wales, the Midlands and Yorkshire, and same week elsewhere.

Skip options

We supply our own containers, so there is no skip-hire company in the middle. The uPVC, the glass and the general site waste each go in their own.

12yd RoRo
uPVC frames and doors
A roll-on roll-off container for the old frames and doors from a steady programme. Placed on site and collected when full.
20yd RoRo
Larger programmes
For bigger programmes, strip-outs and demolition. It stays on site for the length of the job and we empty it on a schedule.
16yd
Glass
The glass taken out on site goes in its own skip so it can be recycled. A roll-on roll-off where the job needs one.
4–40yd
General site waste
Wood, general waste and hardcore go in separate skips. See site waste skips.

Glass from the windows

The glass comes out of the frames on site before collection, by your contractor or by us. It goes in a 16 yard skip, or a roll-on roll-off where needed, and through our glass recycling service.

Float glass and sealed units are kept in separate containers, which keeps the glass clean enough to recycle.

Reporting and paperwork

Everything you need for your duty of care and your environmental returns.

  • An electronic waste transfer note (eWTN) for every collection, emailed within 24 hours
  • Duty of care paperwork for the whole chain, from site to the final reprocessor
  • Full reporting of tonnage, waste streams and recovery rates for your environmental returns
  • Environment Agency upper tier licensed waste carrier, with licence details on request
  • Public liability, employers' liability and goods in transit insurance, with certificates on request

More in our guide to waste transfer notes.

Waste transfer noteeWTN

What is on every note

  1. Transfer date and collection address
  2. The producer's details, with the SIC code
  3. Our details as the licensed carrier
  4. Description of the waste and its EWC code
  5. Quantity collected and the container used
  6. Waste hierarchy declaration
  7. Signed off electronically by both parties

Sent to your nominated email within 24 hours of collection

What happens to the windows

The glass comes out on site. At the plant the frames are shredded, magnets take out the steel and hardware, and the uPVC is granulated and micronised for the core of new window profile.

The animation on our homepage follows each step, and our guide to what happens to old uPVC windows has the detail.

Where we collect from

Chester Cheshire, the Wirral, Liverpool, Wrexham and the North Wales coast Wigan Greater Manchester, Bolton, Preston, Warrington and St Helens Haslingden Burnley, Blackburn, Rochdale, Bury and Accrington Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire, Crewe, Telford, Wolverhampton, Birmingham and Derby Rotherham Sheffield, Doncaster, Barnsley, Chesterfield and Leeds

Common questions

Can you collect from several sites under one contract?
Yes. We work across several sites under one contract and book collections around your programme.
Do the windows need deglazing before collection?
Yes. The glass comes out on site before collection. Your contractor can do it, or we do it on site when we collect.
What size skips do you use?
For uPVC we use 12 or 20 yard roll-on roll-off containers. Glass goes in 16 yard skips, or a roll-on roll-off where needed. Wood, general waste and hardcore go in separate site waste skips.
What paperwork and reporting do we get?
An electronic waste transfer note for every collection within 24 hours, duty of care paperwork through to the final reprocessor, and full reporting of tonnage, waste streams and recovery rates for your environmental returns.
Is collection free?
Collection is free for trade loads.
Which areas do you cover?
We run five hubs, in Chester, Wigan, Haslingden, Stoke-on-Trent and Rotherham. We collect same or next day across the North West, Liverpool, North Wales, the Midlands and Yorkshire, and same week across the rest of the UK.

More answers on the FAQ page.

Talk to us about a programme

Call 0330 043 5543 or send an enquiry with the sites and the start date of the programme. Collection is free for trade loads.

Call 0330 043 5543 Send an enquiry