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PVC to Deliver Sustainable Housing and Construction in Europe
PVC or vinyl products are essential to Europe’s construction and infrastructure, widely used in windows, flooring, cables and piping systems. They deliver durable, cost-effective and low-maintenance...
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PVC: A Journey from Manufacturing to Recycling
Explore here a handy version of our infographic From Manufacturing to Recycling: bring it to your meetings, conferences, and show in a colourful and schematic way the journey of PVC from its productio...
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VinylPlus 2025 Infographic
The infographics highlights the achievements of VinylPlus in the past year, and achievements of the 2030 Commitment....
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Transforming PVC Waste Through ARCUS Greencycling Technologies’ Pyrolysis Technology
ARCUS Greencycling and VinylPlus® have demonstrated at industrial scale that PVC can be considered as a pyrolysis feedstock when processed by the pyrolysis technology of ARCUS Greencycling...
Progress Reports
VinylPlus at a Glance 2025
VinylPlus at a Glance 2025 summarises the content of the Progress Report 2025 in a handful of pages with key infographics and information. Consult and download all the available languages below:...
Progress Reports
Progress Report 2025
The VinylPlus Progress Report 2025 outlines the achievements of the European PVC industry’s sustainability programme in its fourth year of the 2030 Commitment. It highlights progress in circularity,...
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The VinylPlus 2030 Commitment: State of Play
Launched on 17 June 2021, VinylPlus 2030 is the Commitment of the European PVC industry to Sustainable Development towards 2030. It builds upon a track record of more than 20 years of progress and ac...
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Executive Summary: Industry Risk Management Option Analysis for PVC additives
An industry Risk Management Option Analysis (i-RMOA) has been conducted on different chemical substances that are used as additives in the production of Polyvinyl chloride (PVC), following a request f...
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FLEX-ID Digital Passport: Committed to Transparency and Traceability
This whitepaper explores the Flex-ID project, an innovative initiative focusing on the development of Digital Product Passports (DPPs) within the European PVC industry. In alignment with the EU Green...
Factsheets & Infographics
Full version – PVC: From Manufacturing to Recycling
A closer, detailed look at the positive environmental impact and strategic importance of PVC, from the chloralkali process to the contribution to society and recycling....
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VinylPlus 2024 Infographic
The infographics highlights the achievements of VinylPlus in the past year, and achievements of the 2030 Committment....
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Is PVC a Problematic Plastic?
From production to use to waste management: everything you need to know about polyvinyl chloride, also known as PVC or vinyl....
Progress Reports
VinylPlus at a Glance 2024
VinylPlus at a Glance 2024 summarises the content of the Progress Report 2024 in a handful of pages with key infographics and information....
Progress Reports
Progress Report 2024
Reporting on 2023 activities, the VinylPlus 2024 Progress Report is out. You will find out the new message of our Chairman Karl-Martin Schellerer and our new Managing Director Charlotte Röber, an...
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Position Paper: Proposals for a Global Plastic Treaty that boosts circularity and sustainability to eliminate plastic pollution
In the context of the fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution held in Ottawa, Canada, VinylPlus publi...
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VinylPlus responds to the ECHA investigation report on PVC and PVC additives
Today, VinylPlus publishes its comments on the ECHA investigation report on PVC and PVC additives. The response comprises of: An executive summary Detailed technical comments following the...
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VinylPlus® PharmPack
Leading PVC film manufacturers, recyclers and VinylPlus® have come together in the joint project VinylPlus® PharmPack for the sustainable development of PVC pharma blisters packaging. In...
Factsheets & Infographics
PVC: Advancing EU’s Green Ambitions Infographic
Through VinylPlus®, the European PVC industry has been at the forefront of the circular economy and sustainable development in the plastics sector both in Europe and worldwide for more than two decad...
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Flexible PVC in Our Daily Life
In 2020, VinylPlus and PVC Information Council Denmark commissioned Ramboll Denmark to conduct a study on flexible PVC. The aim was to find out why plastic converters choose flexible PVC for specific...
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VinylPlus 2023 Infographic
The infographics highlights the achievements of VinylPlus in the past year, and the first achievements of the 2030 Committment....
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Summary of VinylPlus Contributions to the ECHA Investigation on PVC and its Additives
The Commission (DG GROW and ENV) mandated ECHA to conduct a comprehensive investigation on the use, exposure, life cycle, and waste management of PVC and its additives. The investigation report aims t...
Progress Reports
VinylPlus at a Glance 2023
VinylPlus at a Glance 2023 summarises the content of the Progress Report 2023 in a handful of pages with key infographics and information....
Progress Reports
Progress Report 2023
Reporting on 2022 activities, the VinylPlus 2023 Progress Report is out! Read the message of our Chairman Karl-Martin Schellerer, and get all insights and PVC recycling data: in 2022 we have explo...
Factsheets & Infographics
VinylPlus® Med Partners One-Pager
VinylPlus® Med gathers Raff Plastics as the recycler, Renewi as the waste management company and VinylPlus® for the European PVC industry. All Belgian partners are located within a radius of 200 km,...
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VinylPlus® Med One-Pager
VinylPlus® Med brings together hospitals, adult day care centers, waste management companies, recyclers, and the PVC industry to recycle discarded single-use PVC medical devices, with the aim to acce...
Factsheets & Infographics
PVC in Healthcare One-Pager
PVC is the most used plastic in life-saving disposable medical devices, and it will remain the material of choice in the years to come. Discover key applications in our one-pager....
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PVC Goes Full Circle: From Disposable Medical Devices to Durable Hospital Wall Covering
The 1st anniversary of VinylPlus® Med, showcasing how a successful partnership between hospitals, waste management companies, recyclers and plastic converters can turn hospital plastic waste into dur...
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VinylPlus 2022 Infographic
The infographics highlights the achievements of VinylPlus in the past year, and the first achievements of the 2030 Committment....
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VinylPlus at a Glance 2022
VinylPlus at a Glance 2022 summarises the content of the Progress Report 2022 in a handful of pages with key infographics and information....
Progress Reports
Progress Report 2022
The Progress Report 2022 details VinylPlus’ achievements in increasing the sustainability performance and use of PVC, as a material fit for a circular economy, and towards the targets set for the en...
Webinars
Webinar: ASF® Introduction
On 9th December 2021, VinylPlus held an introductory webinar on the Additive Sustainability Footprint (ASF®), attended by around 140 delegates from 19 countries. Despite being a minor part of PVC ar...
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How to recycle medical PVC
Here you will find video tutorials and posters on how to correctly recycle medical PVC. The below videos are shown to help the persons in charge of removing the non PVC parts from the single use de...
Factsheets & Infographics
VinylPlus 2021 Infographic
The infographics highlights the achievements of VinylPlus in the past 10 years....
Our Commitments to Sustainable Development
VinylPlus 2030 Commitment
VinylPlus 2030 is the next 10-year Commitment of the European PVC industry to Sustainable Development. With its renewed Commitment, VinylPlus aims to contribute proactively to addressing the global su...
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Showing the Path for a Circular Economy
With the Circular Economy Action Plan, European decision makers have the immediate opportunity to stimulate growth, innovation and investment in the recycling sector. That is what VinylPlus is al...
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PVC Recycling in Action
Recovinyl was set up by VinylPlus in 2003 to simulate PVC waste collection and recycling. It acts as an industry-wide recycling platform, gathering recyclers and converters from all over Europe. Recov...
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Recycled PVC – Today’s Applications
This leaflet showcases which main applications recycled PVC is used in....
Progress Reports
VinylPlus Progress Report 2021
The Progress Report 2021 highlights the 2020 activies and summarises the key achievements of the past 10 years in each of the five key sustainability challenges identified for the European PVC industr...
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VinylPlus at a Glance 2021
VinylPlus at a Glance 2021 summarises the content of the Progress Report 2021 in a handful of pages with key infographics and information....
Progress Reports
VinylPlus Progress Report 2020
Reporting on 2019 activities, this report summarises VinylPlus’ progress and achievements in the past year in each of the five key sustainability challenges identified for the European PVC industry...
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VinylPlus at a Glance 2020
VinylPlus at a Glance 2019 summarises the content of the Progress Report 2019 in a handful of pages with key infographics and information....
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From Building Waste to Building Gardens
This booklet showcases how the PVC Information Council Denmark has examined the possibilities in exploiting the resources inherent in PVC building waste, by using the waste as the basic element in cit...
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VinylPlus at a Glance 2019
VinylPlus at a Glance 2019 summarises the content of the Progress Report 2019 in a handful of pages with key infographics and information....
Progress Reports
VinylPlus Progress Report 2019
Reporting on 2018 activities, this report summarises VinylPlus’ progress and achievements in the past year in each of the five key sustainability challenges identified for PVC on the basis of The Na...
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VinylPlus supports the SDGs
With the VinylPlus® sustainability programme the European PVC industry has taken responsibility for product life cycles, thus contributing to save energy and resources and minimise emissions, w...
Progress Reports
VinylPlus Progress Report 2018
This Report summarises VinylPlus’ progress and achievements in 2017 in each of the five key sustainability challenges identified for PVC in the Voluntary Commitment of the European PVC industry on t...
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Vinyl in European Stadiums
A journey from the splendid theatres of Ancient Greece to present-day sports complexes where the use of vinyl combines environmental responsibility and architectural greatness....
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European Plastics Industry voluntary commitments
With these Voluntary Commitments, the signatories are advancing the plastics industry’s role to a next level of engagement. Recognizing that this transformation will only take place through the impl...
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PVC recycling technologies
One of the five sustainability challenges that are at the heart of the VinylPlus initiative is the challenge of controlled-loop management: the more efficient use and control of PVC throughout its l...
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Looking Back at She Runs – Active Girl’s Lead 2019
This booklet is a visual guide to our partnership with the International School Sport Federation for the event She Runs – Active Girls’ Lead and showcasing material circularity to the sport commu...
Progress Reports
Progress Report 2016
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The Ongoing Progress of VinylPlus
How the European PVC value chain managed to take the journey from being severely criticised to become a role model for how industry can achieve sustainable change. PVC, also known as vinyl, is...
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PVC Production and Waste Incineration dioxins eliminated PVC Production and Waste Incineration dioxins eliminated
The recent history of dioxins, at least in the industrialised world, is actually much more positive. One could go as far as to call it a success story. Since the emission of dioxins from industria...
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How Acid Gases from PVC Energy Recovery are Neutralised
With good reasons, proper waste management stands central in countries that can allocate the necessary resources. In short, humans and environment suffer when waste is disposed of improperly. Back...
Progress Reports
Progress Report 2015
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Impact of lead restrictions on the recycling of PVC
The use of lead-based stabilizers in the production of PVC articles is decreasing fast. This is a result of the voluntary commitment of the PVC industry to replace lead based stabilizers before the en...
Progress Reports
Progress Report 2014
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The recycling of PVC waste in Europe (2004)
The study performed by AJI-EUROPE on behalf of Vinyl 2010 between September 2005 and January 2006 has three main objectives: • Prepare a quantitative inventory of post-consumer PVC waste curre...
Progress Reports
Progress Report 2013
The Progress Report is VinylPlus's annual review of action towards the concrete and measurable targets set out in the Voluntary Commitment. Commitment, cooperation, effectiveness. I belie...
Progress Reports
Progress Report 2012
VinylPlus' scope is wider than Vinyl 2010's, introducing new work areas such as energy and resources efficiency, climate change and sustainability awareness, and covering all PVC waste streams,...
Our Commitments to Sustainable Development
Voluntary Commitment
VinylPlus is the new ten-year Voluntary Commitment of the European PVC industry. It is built on the achievements of the Vinyl 2010 programme and takes the next important steps in tackling the sust...
Progress Reports
Progress Report 2011
Vinyl 2010 is the organisation set up to implement the Voluntary Commitment of the European PVC industry. This is a 10-year plan to progress the PVC industry towards sustainability by minimisi...
Progress Reports
Progress Report 2010 – Executive Summaries
The Voluntary Commitment of the European PVC industry was signed in 2000. It is a 10-year plan to ensure and improve product stewardship across the lifecycle of PVC, within a context of sustainabl...
Progress Reports
Progress Report 2009
Vinyl 2010 is the European PVC industry’s 10-year Voluntary Commitment for sustainable development and product stewardship across the life cycle of PVC. The Voluntary Commitment was set up in 20...
Progress Reports
Progress Report 2008
Sustainable Development and product stewardship across the life cycle of PVC have inspired the approach of the European PVC industry’s Voluntary Commitment since its origin in 2000. Vin...
Progress Reports
Progress Report 2007
The Progress Report is Vinyl 2010’s annual review of progress towards the targets set out in the Voluntary Commitment of the European PVC industry. The Voluntary Commitment was signed...
Our Commitments to Sustainable Development
The Voluntary Commitment of the PVC Industry
The PVC industry (PVC manufacturers, PVC additive producers and PVC converters as represented by their European associations ECVM, ECPI3, ESPA, EuPC4) have united voluntarily to meet the challe...
Progress Reports
Progress Report 2005
Vinyl 2010 shows the commitment of the PVC industry to present and future generations and aims at ensuring high levels of economic dynamism, environmental protection and social welfare as part of...
Progress Reports
Progress Report 2004
Four years have passed since the establishment of Vinyl 2010 and once again I am pleased to report steady progress toward our long-term goals of sustainability. The challenges we set fo...
Publications
PVC Recovery Options Executive Summary
April 2003, Europe: PVC Recovery Options, Concept for Environmental and Economic System Analysis, commissioned by VINYL 2010 : English version PVC Recovery Options Executive Summary Options Enviro...
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PVC Recovery Options
April 2003, Europe: PVC Recovery Options, Concept for Environmental and Economic System Analysis, commissioned by VINYL 2010 : English version PVC Recovery Options Final Report Concept for Environ...
Progress Reports
Progress Report – 2003
World leaders last year in Johannesburg declared sustainable develop- ment a "central element of the international agenda". Together as Vinyl 2010, the European PVC production and converting ch...
Progress Reports
Progress Report 2002
This second report on the Voluntary Commitment of the PVC industry fulfils our promise to publish an annual progress review. Public reporting is a key element of our voluntary approach and it dem...
Progress Reports
Progress Report 2001
The signature of our VoluntaryCommitment in March last year broke new ground for the industry by setting out a partnership approach involving each part of the PVC supply chain to deliver commi...
Our Commitments to Sustainable Development
Voluntary commitment of the PVC industry
Voluntary commitment of the PVC industry Vinyl 2010 – The Voluntary Commitment of the PVC industry is a 10 year programme, including mid-term revision of targets in 2005 and definition of new...
Our Commitments to Sustainable Development
Voluntary commitments from the PVC industry
This paper describes actions being undertaken by the EU PVC industry to ensure that its product is compatible with sustainable development. A review of product stewardship activities is presented at a...
