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Links
PVC Sites (European)
ECVM: European Council of Vinyl Manufacturers
The Brussels-based European Council of Vinyl Manufacturers (ECVM) represents the interests of Europe's PVC producing companies. It is a division of the Association of Plastics Manufacturers in Europe (APME)EuPC: European Plastics Converters
"EuPC's mission is to create a good trading environment
for plastics processors in Europe"PVC Sites (National)
UK: British Plastics Federation
Stabilisers
Tin: ORTEPA
Metals
Eurometaux: EUROMETAUX is the Brussels-based association which represents the European non-ferrous metals industry.
Lead: Lead International
"LEAD International’s guiding philosophy is rooted in the ethical value of caring for our planet and all life that it sustains now and into the future."
Lead and Zinc: The International Lead and Zinc Study Group (ILZSG) is an intergovernmental organisation which regularly brings together twenty-eight member countries in an international forum to exchange information on lead and zinc
Zinc: Zinc World
"www.zincworld.org" is dedicated to providing the public and the professional user with detailed information about zinc and its many uses.
EUPHEMET: The primary objective of EUPHEMET is to evaluate the appropriateness of EU heavy metals policy to the real human and environmental risks, especially considering third countries indirectly affected by EU policy. (this site has a number of links to metal-related organisations)
Tin: International Tin Research Institute (ITRI)
See page about PVC Stabilisers.
PVC Advocacy Groups
Chlorophiles section on PVC and Additives
Famous multi-lingual site about PVC issues. The Chlorophiles home page contains several links to other Chlorophile sites in Spain, the United States and Japan as well as other PVC related sites. An independent initiative to disseminate carefully researched facts about PVC.
Greenpeace's views about PVC: enter "pvc" in search section.