UK ventilation manufacturer, Domus Ventilation, has announced that its ventilation ducting will now be manufactured primarily from recycled plastic.
The company already uses 100% recycalate on its rectangular ducting and has now progressed to manufacturing its entire ducting range primarily from recycled plastic.
Commenting on this latest development, Domus Ventilation Product Manager, Paul Williams, said: “the built environment accounts for approximately 30% of annual carbon emissions in the UK. Whilst the lion’s share is generated in the day-to-day operation of buildings, carbon emissions embodied into buildings during manufacturing and construction are significant. As a manufacturer in the building sector, we fully accept our responsibilities in regard to this. Using plastic that is destined for landfill, recycling it, and using it in our ducting is just one way in which we are making our products – and our manufacturing – more sustainable.
“One aspect I would like to reassure customers on is the quality of our ducting, which will not be affected by this. Whilst colour variation is to be expected due to the nature of the recycalate, the form, fit, function and quality remains.”
