PVC is recyclable and is being recycled in many different locations around Europe.  Vinyl 2010 is also investing heavily in technologies to find the best solutions for treating PVC products at end-of-life.  PVC waste can be:

• Mechanically recycled and re-used for production of the same or similar applications. However, mechanical recycling makes ecological and economic sense only where sufficient quantities of homogeneous, separated and sorted waste are available.
• Feedstock recycled, which is particularly well suited to mixed plastics waste. This technology is based on the principle of breaking down PVC into its chemical components, which can then be recovered for re-use within a range of industrial processes to manufacture new products.
• Incinerated with energy recovery to ensure that the calorific value of oil used in PVC production is recovered. Incorporating PVC waste in controlled municipal incinerators reduces the need for additional fuel.