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12 Aug 2025
Fact Sheet on Flexible PVC in sports
Flexible PVC in sports
Plastics, and PVC in particular, have become one of the most widely used materials in offices, households and buildings, playing a vital role in our everyday life. In sports...
12 Aug 2025
Fact Sheet on Flexible PVC in wire and cable
Flexible PVC in wire and cable
Wire and cable are the largest application sector for flexible PVC in Europe. They are widely used to power countless appliances and electrical equipment. From fridges,...
12 Aug 2025
Fact Sheet on Risk vs Hazard
Risk vs Hazard
Are risk and hazard synonyms? When does a hazard become a risk? How can risks be minimised and avoided?
These two terms are often used to describe the same or similar things, but th...
12 Aug 2025
Fact Sheet on Flexible PVC in Fashion
Vinyl fashion. From haute couture to protecting lives.
PVC is a thermoplastic often known in its flexible forms and its colourful applications, such as flooring and decorative wallpaper. Besides some...
12 Aug 2025
Fact Sheet on Flexible PVC in outdoor uses
The secret ingredient behind everyone's summer
From trekking in the rainy highlands of Scotland to beaches and barbecues in the torrid south of Spain, each European country has its own set of traditi...
29 Jan 2025
European Plasticisers’ recommendations on grouping approach for the ortho-phthalates
European Plasticisers supports a balanced approach to assessing ortho-phthalates by using all available data and strict rules for filling gaps. This ensures science and data-driven evaluations for the...
22 Jan 2025
Safe use of DINP – As identified by the U.S. EPA
The U.S. EPA has confirmed the safety of Diisononyl Phthalate (DINP) in 97% of its assessed applications, including key uses in automotive and construction. European Plasticisers acknowledges this pos...
15 Jan 2025
US EPA Risk Evaluation on DIDP
European Plasticisers took notice of recent US EPA publication on risk evaluation of DIDP. We share the concerns of the American Chemical Council on that matter.
Here is our official reaction on the...
01 Mar 2024
Vinyl Plus comments on the ECHA investigation report on PVC and PVC additives
VinylPlus has published its comments on the ECHA investigation report on PVC and PVC additives. As founding members of VinylPlus®, we support their position. The report includes:
An executi...
01 Dec 2023
The European Chemicals Agency published its report on PVC and its additives.
As founding members of VinylPlus®, we support their position in light of the publication of ECHA’s investigation report on PVC and its additives. We strongly believe that hazard and risk assessmen...
31 Aug 2023
DINP listed in US TRI by EPA
On 13 July 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalised a rule that adds a diisononyl phthalate (DINP) including branched alkyl di-esters of 1,2 benzenedicarboxylic acid in which alk...