January 2010 - 2k Manufacturing signs a consolidated Master Flat Sheet licence with licensee Environmental Recycling Technologies.

2K Manufacturing Ecosheet update March 2009

Winner Building Magazine sustainability award Nov 2007

Eco-sheet has been developed as a solution to the increasing demand within the construction industry for sustainable products, that both re-use and reduce waste streams.

Eco-sheet is made by 2K at its Manufacturing plant in Luton, using its innovative Powder Impression Moulding Technology. More...

Eco-sheet is made from a mix of recycled polymers and other recycled materials including Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment. More...

At the end of its useful life Eco-sheet can be recycled rather than go to landfill.

Eco-sheet is very well placed to take advantage of the opportunity created by the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations (WEEE Directive) due to be implemented in 2007. This directive aims to make producers of Electrical Equipment responsible for the environmental impact of their products, especially when they become waste. More...

LATEST NEWS:

Guardian on line - 5th March 2009 - EcoSheet, a recycled alternative to plywood

The Guardian names "Ecosheet" as one of "five great ideas from the world's biggest green building show (Ecobuild) to quote: "Flogging a plywood substitute to the construction industry might score low on eco-chic, but this recycled plastic sheeting, made entirely from old mixed pvc free plastic, is something of a wonder product. It's tough, lighter than ply, impermeable to water, ideal for hoardings and concrete formworks and at the end of it's useful life makers 2K Manufacturing will come and pick it up, turn it into new boards and offer a rebate on future orders. Still not wowed? You can paint on it, cut it using standard carpentry tools and it boosts much-maligned plastic recycling schemes."

12th January 2009 - 2K Manufacturing is pleased to announce a multi-stage funding agreement with Foresight Group, a leading environmental investor, to support a multi-site rollout of plastics recycling facilities. The company will manufacture an environmentally friendly plywood substitute board for the construction industry. Foresight has supported a £5million funding package to open the first facility during 2009 as part of a larger framework agreement with Foresight to support rapid expansion of the company.

20th November 2007 - Building Magazine Sustainability Awards Winner for Innovative Technology - Contractor Bovis Lend Lease is not content with driving up standards of waste minimisation and site efficiency. It has pressed ahead with creating a really smart way of recycling a commonly used site material – plywood. The category’s winning concept Re-Plas – short for Recycled Plastic Board - is the sustainable replacement to the traditional five million sheets of plywood hoardings used on constructions sites across the UK per year.

More at Building Magazine web site .......

26th September 2007 - RePlas (eco-sheet) wins Green Innovation in Construction Materials Award for Bovis Lend Lease. The award was jointly presented by Dr Peter Bonfield, Chief Executive of the BRE and sustainability advisor to the Olympic Delivery Authority and Tim Smit CBE, founder of the Eden Project. Andrew Kinsey of the Sustainability Group of Bovis Lend Lease received the award. It recognises the achievement of Bovis Lend Lease in helping to develop the product with ERT and St. David's Partnership (Land Securities/Capital Shopping Centres). In the final paragraph of the award report (see pdf file below) the Judges were said to be "impressed by the innovative and practical work between client, developer and manufacturer and believe RePlas has the potential to create a big market."