VinylPlus, Committed to Sustainable Development

VinylPlus® is the European PVC industry’s commitment to sustainable development, working to improve the sustainability performance of PVC. PVC is one of the most widely used plastics in the world with a wide range of long-life applications such as window frames, pipes, flooring, cables, sport equipment, furniture and a range of lifesaving medical devices. PVC can be recycled multiple times, and VinylPlus works to do just this!

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Progress Report 2022

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PVC goes full circle: From medical devices to hospital wall covering
13 February 2023

PVC goes full circle: From medical devices to hospital wall covering

The 1st anniversary of VinylPlus® Med showcased how a successful partnership between hospitals, waste management companies, recyclers and plastic converters can turn hospital plastic waste into durab...
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1 year of medical PVC recycling with VinylPlus® Med
09 February 2023

1 year of medical PVC recycling with VinylPlus® Med

VinylPlus® Med celebrates 1 year of activity with 10 Belgian hospitals and around 1 tonne of PVC recycled. One year ago, VinylPlus®, the sustainable development program of the European PVC industry...
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18 January 2023

European Parliament position on the waste shipment regulation risks undermining EU circular economy

On 17 January 2023, the European Parliament adopted its position on the Waste Shipment Regulation. The text significantly diverges from the European Commission’s proposal on a critical aspect: the r...
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22 November 2022

VinylPlus Statement: Second ECHA Call for evidence on PVC and additives

Published on 2 November 2022, link: https://echa.europa.eu/calls-for-comments-and-evidence/-/substance-rev/71301/term VinylPlus® welcomes the opportunity to provide validated information to ECHA...
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VinylPlus @VinylPlus_EU ·
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♻️6,500,000 tonnes of #PVC recycled since 2000
🌳13,000,000 tonnes of CO2 saved from release in the atmosphere

It's only a small part of our results.

More at 🌐http://vinylplus.eu

#InternationalDayofForests @UN

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VinylPlus @VinylPlus_EU ·
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📣The VinylPlus®Med family keeps expanding!

♻️@ChrSambreMeuse will start collecting discarded medical #PVC applications for recycling, thanks to our programme.

💪We now have 1️⃣2️⃣ hospitals participating to the collection.

http://vinylplusmed.eu

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VinylPlus @VinylPlus_EU ·
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📝 We signed the new Flemish #GreenDeal on #Sustainable #Healthcare, defining which materials are fit for Flemish #hospitals, in function of their #circularity potential 🔄💪 showing how #PVC is perfectly suitable for #recycling in VinylPlus® Med

🌐 http://vinylplusmed.eu

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VinylPlus @VinylPlus_EU ·
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🥬Europe’s food grows in PVC greenhouses

👀Discover how:

👉Covers
👉Growing gutters
👉Window profiles
👉Flooring

and other PVC greenhouse applications help make @EU_Commission's #FarmtoFork Strategy come true

https://www.vinylplus.eu/sustainability/versatile-vinyl/food

#foodsafety

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VinylPlus @VinylPlus_EU ·
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From farm to fork with safe and hygienic PVC conveyor belts🍓

Discover how safe conveyor belts and other PVC applications can help make @EU_Commission's #FarmtoForkStrategy come true:

https://www.vinylplus.eu/sustainability/versatile-vinyl/food

#foodwaste #foodsecurity

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Kirsi Ekroth-Manssila Head of Unit, DG GROW, European Commission

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Carlos Alvarez Pereira – Club of Rome and UNESCO Chair on Global Understanding for Sustainability

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