Through the R-PVC Hub we want to create an avenue of ‘collaboration’ between all the actors in PVC recycling: those who collect waste, those who process it and those who produce articles containing quality PVCr (recyclates).
The association PVC Forum Italia, together with VinylPlus and Recovinyl, wants to make a contribution to the training of stakeholders by informing them about national and European rules on PVC waste and about technological innovation in terms of waste sorting and management and the definition of by-products, waste and secondary raw materials (end-of-waste)
Within the R-PVC hub, the WREP project was set up in 2016 with the objective of defining the quantities of PVC available for recycling in Italy, assessing the quantities currently recycled and defining pilot collection schemes to improve the collection and recycling of PVC waste.
VinylPlus 2030 is the European PVC industry’s new 10-year voluntary commitment to sustainable development.
It builds on over 20 years of progress and concrete achievements by the European PVC industry (through Vinyl 2010 and VinylPlus®).
With its renewed Commitment, VinylPlus wants to actively contribute to addressing global sustainability challenges and priorities.
VinylPlus 2030 covers the EU-27, Norway, Switzerland and the UK.
Three ‘pathways’ and 12 ‘action areas’ have been identified covering the circularity of the PVC value chain, its progress towards carbon neutrality, minimising the environmental footprint of PVC production processes and products, as well as working with stakeholders and global alliances.
All targets will undergo a mid-term review this year to take into account technological progress and changing socio-economic, regulatory and environmental contexts.
Recovinyl was initially given the objective of facilitating the construction of collection and recycling systems, while it now has the task of consolidating and making more and more PVC available for recycling, to meet the demand for recycled PVC that it itself helped to create. Recovinyl’s task is also to certify the tonnages recycled which are then formalised through the annual VinylPlus Progress Report.