1977 to 2007 – 30 years of Recycling the Kaliko Way

Kaliko PVC-P roofing membranes remain as flexible today as the day that they were laid and are likely to remain so for the foreseeable future therefore our recycling programme contributes a relatively small proportion of material to the PVC-P membrane that we manufacture.

Kaliko D & Kaliko SF waterproofing membranes can contain up to 8% of in house recycled PVC, depending on the amount of material available during each production run, the exact proportion of recycled material in each membrane depends on the overall thickness of the finished product.

The recycled PVC-P, which is used only in the underside of the sheet, is made up of:

• Production waste
• Excess unreinforced membrane either over ordered or no longer current stock
• Unreinforced and reinforced membrane from the start and end of production runs.

Production waste is recycled hot in a continuous loop linked to the calendar

Excess unreinforced membrane from stock is heated processed and fed into production

Reinforced membrane is divided into 2 categories:

• Unusable membrane
• Useable membrane with minor imperfections

Unusable membrane is shredded and processed to remove any polyester reinforcement then heated and fed into production

Useable membrane, sold by many manufacturers as seconds, is used to produce the Flex-Fix discs used in our mechanical fixing system.

Overall our 'green' credentials are impeccable.

• Kaliko PVC-P is a proven long life product making effective use of natural resources
• Heavy metals have been eliminated from the product allowing us to recycle in house
• The Flex-Fix fixing system makes use of the majority of sub standard membrane
• What little remains is routinely recycled.