Roof Tiles Will Soon be Made from Recycled Nappies
Roof tiles will soon be made from recycled nappies when the Birmingham Knowaste plant opens August 6, 2009
Read the article on-line at: www.edie.net/news/news_story.asp?id=16802
Knowaste, the recycling specialist, will open the plant next year and the roofing products will be made by Mailbox Mouldings and distributed by Knowaste's spin-off company Small Planet Building Products. Until the plant is up and running, the tiles will use recycled plastic from a variety of sources. The roof tiles will be available in black, green, grey, red and brown.
The recycling process turns the waste into plastic and cellulose organic residue for green energy. The plastic will also be used for decking and cladding.
Roy Brown, president and chief executive of Knowaste, said: "More than 750,000 tonnes of nappy waste is disposed of in the UK each year - a figure that highlights the importance of developing alternative uses for post-consumer nappies.
"There is an obvious potential for synergy between the material waste produced by industry and householders and the raw materials required to produce construction products."
Source: BMJ
- New Sustainable Roofing Company Launched
- New Plant Will Make Roof Tiles from Nappies
- 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
- Disposable nappy Recycling in the UK
- Recycled Tiles Made from Nappies is not a Bum Deal
- Poop Scoop
- Knowaste
- From Nappy to Roof Tile
- Nappies on the Roof!!?!!

Back