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22 June 2017
Recognition as “Highly Commended” entry by The Circulars
The Circulars, the world’s premier circular economy award programme, is an initiative of the World Economic Forum and the Forum of Young Global Leaders, and gives recognition to those businesses, or...

17 May 2017
Vsf 2017: Towards Circular Economy
The PVC industry is making real progress towards sustainability and a positive contribution to the circular economy through a united industry approach, delegates heard at the 5th VinylPlus Sustainabil...

25 April 2017
VinylPlus: nearly 600,000 tonnes of PVC recycled in 2016
The recycling of PVC has reached a new high with 568,696 tonnes recycled in 2016 through the framework of VinylPlus, the European PVC industry sustainable development programme. The latest results wer...

08 February 2017
PVC in the New Plastics Economy report
The World Economic Forum report from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation on The New Plastics Economy published on 16 January 2017 recommends a “fundamental redesign” in plastics packaging including a r...

03 February 2017
Exciting expert speaker line-up for Vsf 2017
Organised by VinylPlus, the European PVC industry sustainability programme, this year’s forum will revolve around ‘Towards Circular Economy’ and explore the many growing opportunities for the in...

01 February 2017
IdentiPlast 2017
The theme of IdentiPlast 2017 is the “Circular Economy and Plastics: Opportunities and Challenges”. We are delighted to have drawn international interest from toplevel speakers from policymaking i...

26 January 2017
The Plastics Strategy: an opportunity
VinylPlus welcomes the Roadmap for a Strategy on Plastics in a Circular Economy published today by the European Commission. The roadmap should pave the way towards a good Strategy, which will allow fo...

05 December 2016
‘Towards Circular Economy’ is the theme of Vsf 2017
Taking the theme of ‘Towards Circular Economy’, the fifth VinylPlus Sustainability Forum will examine the key sustainability challenges for PVC when representatives from the entire industry value...