World
PVC Production/Capacity 1980-1998
|
Region |
Production/Capacity in 1,000
tons/year |
|
1980b |
1985b |
1990b |
1995c |
1998d |
|
World capacity |
16,000 |
17,000 |
20,700 |
26,400 |
~27,000 |
|
Production |
11,750 |
14,200 |
18,300 |
|
|
|
North America total |
3,200 |
3,390 |
4,700 |
6,070 |
|
|
Suspension and mass |
2,810 |
2,990 |
|
|
|
|
Vinyl acetate copolymer |
200 |
210 |
|
|
|
|
Emulsion |
190 |
190 |
|
|
|
|
Western Europe total |
3,900 |
4,330 |
4,800 |
5,750 |
~5,600 |
|
Suspension and mass |
33,350 |
3,700 |
|
|
|
|
Vinyl acetate copolymer |
130 |
130 |
|
|
|
|
Emulsion |
420 |
500 |
|
|
|
|
Eastern Europe |
925 |
1,100 |
1,200 |
2,700e |
|
|
Soviet Union |
370 |
700 |
760 |
|
|
|
Japan |
1,400 |
1,550 |
2,070 |
8,200f |
|
|
Southeastern Asia |
330 |
600 |
900 |
|
|
|
People's Republic of China |
150 |
400 |
790 |
|
|
|
South America |
400 |
540 |
780 |
|
|
|
Rest of World |
1,075 |
1,590 |
2,300 |
3,680 |
|
|
aApproximate VC
production/capacity.
bAllsopp MW, Vianello G. Poly(vinyl)chloride.
In: Ullmann's
Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry:
Plastics, Properties and Testing to
Polyvinyl Compounds,
5th ed, Vol A21 (Elvers B, Hawkins S, Schulz G, eds).
Weinheim, Germany: VCH Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, 1992;717-742.
cRehm T, Werner R. Polyvinylchloride [in German].
Kunststoffe
86:1474-1476 (1996).
dPersonal communication, European Council of Vinyl
Manufacturers
eIncluding former Soviet Union
fTotal for Asia
Source:
Kielhorn, Janet, C.Melber, U.Wahnschaffe, A.Aitio, and
I.Mangelsdorf.
Vinyl Chloride: Still a Cause for Concern.
Environmental Health Perspectives v. 108, n. 7, July 2000
|
According to the
American Plastics Council's post-consumer recycling rates study,
approximately 9.5 million pounds of post-consumer vinyl were recycled
in 1995. In 1995, the world production capacity of VC was 26,400,000
tons. This translates to .0179% being recycled, or less than 2
hundredths of a percent recycled. |
