http://www.upvcwindows.info/national-window-scrappage-scheme-will-it-save-the-planet/2009/11/ uPVC Windows | Replacement Windows & Doors | Double Glazing Windows Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:22:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.upvcwindows.info/national-window-scrappage-scheme-will-it-save-the-planet/2009/11/comment-page-1/#comment-543 Alex Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:01:46 +0000 http://www.upvcwindows.info/?p=126#comment-543 You refer in your article to post-consumer waste, but what about the environmental impact of production, namely the manufacturing processes, related energy use and unsustainable resources??! If the industry was genuinely interested in the environment, they would be advising people to retain and adapt existing wooden windows or at a push, replace them with double glazed versions of the same. I suspect that the same sales people who have been misadvising people to replace perfectly fine wooden windows with inappropriately styled uPVC (and therefore negatively changing the face of our heritage buildings and conservation areas across the country), will also be advising consumers that they are morally obliged to replace their windows for the sake of the planet. Sounds more like jumping on the environmental bandwagon to me, for the sake of directors profits. You refer in your article to post-consumer waste, but what about the environmental impact of production, namely the manufacturing processes, related energy use and unsustainable resources??! If the industry was genuinely interested in the environment, they would be advising people to retain and adapt existing wooden windows or at a push, replace them with double glazed versions of the same. I suspect that the same sales people who have been misadvising people to replace perfectly fine wooden windows with inappropriately styled uPVC (and therefore negatively changing the face of our heritage buildings and conservation areas across the country), will also be advising consumers that they are morally obliged to replace their windows for the sake of the planet. Sounds more like jumping on the environmental bandwagon to me, for the sake of directors profits.

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