Any end product that uses waste products can be considered eco friendly.
Virgin vinyl vs recycled vinyl windows.
This type of vinyl is a byproduct of various recycled vinyl products.
This results in most durable long lasting windows that capture all the benefits of pvc as a material.
Vinyl windows come in different grades the most popular being recycled vinyl or pure virgin vinyl.
Re ground vinyl is made with vinyl resin and is everywhere from fencing to pool liners.
Not surprisingly these will also be more expensive than recycled windows.
Using all re ground vinyl resin for windows can reduce the cost but it adversely affects the quality of the product.
Re ground or recycled and virgin made from scratch.
One topic that is worth considering is whether your vinyl floor is made of pure virgin material or is recycled.
Recycled vinyl can yellow and crack.
As such there are three ways to manufacture vinyl windows.
First generation vinyl windows use no recycled material in the manufacturing process.
Recycled vinyl is made from a variety of recycled vinyl products.
We were impressed with the windows but the price was a shocker.
As you may have guessed in this scenario both types of vinyl are used.
Although the word recycled would imply a more ecological and sustainable alternative the story is more complicated.
While this can reduce the cost of the window it can also affect the durability and longevity.
But since andersen produces so few vinyl clad windows it needs to supplement with virgin vinyl.
I m told that schuco s are made with 100 virgin vinyl no recycled etc don t know about other brands.
Some vinyl is recycled from the production of andersen vinyl cladding too.
These are the strongest and most durable type of vinyl windows.
While andersen s development of fibrex benefits the company it also benefits the environment.
Virgin vinyl first generation vinyl windows include no recycled material.
Recycled tends to be not as strong can warp.
The way i understood it the 100 virgin refers to the vinyl not the whole window since our rep also said that obviously there must be adhesives and binding agents to hold it all together.
There are two different types of manufactured vinyl.
But not all vinyl is the same.
