Carmarthenshire on a window mission
Every window replaced as part of the Carmarthenshire Homes Standard is recycled and made in to new.
Over 90 per cent of the materials which make up a singled glazed window unit can be recycled and used in the making of new window products.
Double glazing is being installed at more than 9,000 homes as part of a multi-million pound investment in the council’s housing stock.
Carmarthenshire County Council’s property services division, part of Technical Services department, contracts Anglian Home Improvements to carry out the replacements and a Neath-based recycling firm makes the old in to new.
Mike Clark, quality standards assistant with the property services division, said: “We have been replacing single glazed windows with double glazing since 2004 and have already replaced windows at 8,000 homes.
“With so many old windows being removed, we were keen to make sure that we recycled as much waste material as possible.
“Fortunately, we are able to recycle over 90 per cent of the materials that make up a window unit, so whilst making council homes warmer and more energy efficient, we are also able to do our bit to help the environment.”
Cllr Philip Hughes, executive board member for property services, said: “It is inevitable that whilst upgrading properties there will be waste, but as an authority we are keen that we reduce the impact on the environment wherever possible. The property services division, working with its external partners, has done a great job in ensuring that waste from the window renewal programme has been kept to a minimum.”
Pictured replacing windows at Heol Fynnon, Llanelli, is Ray Hall, Tim Williams, Darren Smith, Gary Newell and Ray Green, of Anglian Home Improvements, with Mike Clark, quality standards assistant with the council’s property services division. Pic Jeff Connell
Over 90 per cent of the materials which make up a singled glazed window unit can be recycled and used in the making of new window products.
Double glazing is being installed at more than 9,000 homes as part of a multi-million pound investment in the council’s housing stock.
Carmarthenshire County Council’s property services division, part of Technical Services department, contracts Anglian Home Improvements to carry out the replacements and a Neath-based recycling firm makes the old in to new.
Mike Clark, quality standards assistant with the property services division, said: “We have been replacing single glazed windows with double glazing since 2004 and have already replaced windows at 8,000 homes.
“With so many old windows being removed, we were keen to make sure that we recycled as much waste material as possible.
“Fortunately, we are able to recycle over 90 per cent of the materials that make up a window unit, so whilst making council homes warmer and more energy efficient, we are also able to do our bit to help the environment.”
Cllr Philip Hughes, executive board member for property services, said: “It is inevitable that whilst upgrading properties there will be waste, but as an authority we are keen that we reduce the impact on the environment wherever possible. The property services division, working with its external partners, has done a great job in ensuring that waste from the window renewal programme has been kept to a minimum.”
Pictured replacing windows at Heol Fynnon, Llanelli, is Ray Hall, Tim Williams, Darren Smith, Gary Newell and Ray Green, of Anglian Home Improvements, with Mike Clark, quality standards assistant with the council’s property services division. Pic Jeff Connell
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