“Rewarding best practice PVC products within the Green Star rating system will stimulate demand for best practice, responsibly-produced PVC products in Australia.”
The guidelines for PVC, or or Polyvinyl Chloride, cover the key areas of:
- Chlorine (production of materials for PVC);
- Vinyl Chloride Monomer (VCM) (production of materials for PVC);
- Waste, Water, Air and Product Emission thresholds for Ethylene Dichloride (EDC), VCM, and PVC Resin (manufacture of PVC);
- Stabilisers and Plasticisers (manufacture of PVC); and
- End of Life Product Stewardship (disposal and recycling of PVC).