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Vinyl 2010’s Vinylgame is a big hit at Green Week 2008 Vinyl 2010 showcased its new sustainable development based educational computer game at the European Commission's Green Week held in Brussels from 3-6 June. Read more...   Vinyl 2010 at UN CSD-16 At the beginning of May, for the third consecutive year,  Vinyl 2010 participated in the UN Partnerships  Fair, which is part of the annual Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-16) in New York Read more...   PVC industry is ‘inspired by Gaudi’ The 6th and 7th May saw representatives from across the PVC industry convening for the General Assemblies of the ECVM (European Council of Vinyl Manufacturers)and Vinyl 2010 (the European PVC industry’s 10 year voluntary commitment for sustainable development) at the Majestic Hotel in Barcelona. Read more...

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Welcome to the Vinyl 2010 Essay Competition website. In the autumn of 2007, Vinyl 2010 launched its first Essay Competition inviting young people aged 18-30 from across the European Union to answer the question ‘Are sustainable development and economic growth mutually exclusive?’ in 1000 words.  Thirty-five essays were received from fourteen different nationalities, from Poland to Spain and Finland to France.  The new EU Member States were well-represented.     The independent Judging Panel met in February 2008 to decide on the winning three essays: First prize: Maja Derčar (25),Slovenia Second prize: Daniela Jungova (21), Czech Republic Third prize: Francesco Falcone (21), Italy  Download, or read online, the Vinyl 2010 2007/08 Essay Competition book featuring all the entries in one volume.  >>> Vinyl 2010 and all the academic, media and NGO’s competition partners would like to congratulate the winners as well as all of the other participants.  Details of a planned 2008/2009 Vinyl 2010 Essay Competition will be published on this website soon. Meanwhile, please feel free to read, rate and comment all submitted essays. In Partnership with: