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This news article was originally written in Spanish. It has been automatically translated for your convenience. Reasonable efforts have been made to provide an accurate translation, however, no automated translation is perfect nor is it intended to replace a human translator. The original article in Spanish can be viewed at La industria del PVC avanza en sostenibilidad

Reduces the consumption of stabilizers of lead by 15 per cent

The PVC industry advances in sustainability

María Escribano15/09/2005

Vinyl 2010, the association representing the European PVC industry voluntary commitment, has launched its fifth progress report, focused on the commitment of this industry with the environment and which emphasizes especially the reduction a year in advance of the use of stabilizers of lead by 15 percent.

Vinyl 2010 recently submitted its fifth report, which highlights three main milestones; compliance with, a year in advance as provided for in the timetable, the goal of reducing the consumption of stabilizers of lead by 15 per cent; the forthcoming completion of a plant with a capacity for recycling 50,000 tonnes per year in Stigsnaes (Denmark); and, finally, the launch of a scheme of economic incentives, called Recovinyl, which supports the collection of PVC products of the construction at the end of its useful life, such as pipes, window profiles and the shutters.

While progress is constant, Vinyl 2010 has detected a paradoxical challenge for waste management. "The technology of recycling is already a reality set up thanks to the research, careful planning and major investment", according to Jean-Pierre of Grève, Secretary general of Vinyl 2010. "However, the challenge is the availability of waste due to the cost involved in collecting them, to increase the reuse of products used as window frames and the growing demand for waste from Asia," says De Grève.

To achieve continuous sources of PVC waste destined for recycling, Vinyl 2010 has launched two new projects collection EU in 2004: Roofcollect, an initiative of collection and recycling of membranes for roof at the end of its useful life; and Recovinyl, a scheme to provide financial incentives to support the collection of PVC products at the end of its useful life as a pipe, window profiles and shutters.

Vinyl 2010 is the non-profit association based in Brussels which brings together all the European PVC industry - producers of resin, manufacturers of stabilizers, plasticizers and transformers - manufacturers for carrying out the voluntary commitment signed by them in March 2000. This voluntary commitment is a program to ten years to meet the challenges of sustainable development and the continuous improvement of the environment across the European PVC industry.

Vinyl 2010 met a year ahead of the objective which it had set itself in stabilizers

Ciclotub

In Spain, the system of collection and recycling of construction waste called Ciclotub has continued to make progress. In 2004, as well as pipes and Windows, the waste collection has extended to PVC blinds in our country this type of product is widely used and therefore there are significant amounts of waste.

"The whole PVC industry is committed to the search for new systems to promote the availability of waste that can then be recycled", says Beatriz Meunier, general Secretary of the Iberian Forum of PVC, "To achieve this objective it is essential to both companies and associations and public institutions to work together in order to achieve the best results", concludes Meunier.

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