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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What’s new?
11 July 2024
Carsten Heuer becomes VinylPlus New Vice-Chairman
We are pleased to announce that the General Assembly unanimously elected Carsten Heuer, Chief Executive Officer of REHAU Windows Solutions, as the new vice-chairman for the next two years as of May 22...
23 May 2024
Our Progress Report 2024 is out now!
Reporting on 2023 activities, the VinylPlus 2024 Progress Report is out.
Find out the message of our Chairman Karl-Martin Schellerer, and get all insights and PVC recycling data: in 2023 we are get...
23 April 2024
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...
20 March 2024
Press Release: European Parliament discusses the ECHA investigation report on PVC and PVC additives
On 19 March 2024, the European Parliament’s ENVI Committee discussed the ECHA Investigation Report on PVC and PVC additives. The ECHA report was published in November 2023, and, after a thorough ana...