Editing Polyvinyl chloride (section)

====Industry initiatives====
In Europe, developments in PVC waste management have been monitored by Vinyl 2010,<ref>[http://www.vinyl2010.org Home – Vinyl 2010 The European PVC industry commitment to Sustainability] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725200810/http://www.vinyl2010.org/ |date=25 July 2013 }}. Vinyl2010.org (22 June 2011). Retrieved on 6 October 2011.</ref> established in 2000. Vinyl 2010's objective was to recycle 200,000 tonnes of post-consumer PVC waste per year in Europe by the end of 2010, excluding waste streams already subject to other or more specific legislation (such as the European Directives on [[End of Life Vehicles Directive|End-of-Life Vehicles]], Packaging and Waste Electric and Electronic Equipment).{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}

Since June 2011, it is followed by VinylPlus, a new set of targets for sustainable development.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20141120080145/http://www.vinylplus.eu/en_GB/about-vinylplus/our-voluntary-commitment Our Voluntary Commitment]. vinylplus.eu</ref> Its main target is to recycle 800,000 tonnes per year of PVC by 2020 including 100,000 tonnes of "difficult to recycle" waste. One facilitator for collection and recycling of PVC waste is Recovinyl.<ref>[http://www.recovinyl.com Incentives to collect and recycle] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119005124/https://www.recovinyl.com/ |date=19 January 2022 }}. Recovinyl.com. Retrieved on 28 January 2016.</ref> The reported and audited mechanically recycled PVC tonnage in 2016 was 568,695 tonnes which in 2018 had increased to 739,525 tonnes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vinylplus.eu/uploads/images/ProgressReport2019/VinylPlus%20Progress%20Report%202019_sp.pdf|title=VinylPlus Progress Report 2019|access-date=22 September 2019|archive-date=14 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200214043955/https://vinylplus.eu/uploads/images/ProgressReport2019/VinylPlus%20Progress%20Report%202019_sp.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

One approach to address the problem of waste PVC is also through the process called [[Vinyloop]]. It is a mechanical recycling process using a solvent to separate PVC from other materials. This solvent turns in a closed loop process in which the solvent is recycled. Recycled PVC is used in place of virgin PVC in various applications: coatings for swimming pools, shoe soles, hoses, diaphragms tunnel, coated fabrics, PVC sheets.<ref>[http://www.solvayplastics.com/sites/solvayplastics/EN/vinyls/vinyloop/Pages/VinyloopHome.aspx Solvay, asking more from chemistry] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120101172817/http://www.solvayplastics.com/sites/solvayplastics/EN/vinyls/vinyloop/Pages/VinyloopHome.aspx |date=1 January 2012 }}. Solvayplastics.com (15 July 2013). Retrieved on 28 January 2016.</ref> This recycled PVC's primary energy demand is 46 percent lower than conventional produced PVC. So the use of recycled material leads to a significant better [[ecological footprint]]. The [[global warming potential]] is 39 percent lower.<ref>[http://www.solvayplastics.com/sites/solvayplastics/SiteCollectionDocuments/VinyLoop/The%20VinyLoop%20Eco-Footprint%20Study.pdf Solvay, asking more from chemistry] {{Webarchive|url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20160516130930/http://www.solvayplastics.com/sites/solvayplastics/SiteCollectionDocuments/VinyLoop/The%20VinyLoop%20Eco-Footprint%20Study.pdf |date=16 May 2016 }}. Solvayplastics.com (15 July 2013). Retrieved on 28 January 2016.</ref>