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'''PVC''' ([[wikipedia:Polyvinyl chloride | Polyvinyl Chloride]]) is a plastic often used in window frames and is captured as [[Plastic|PVC (3)]] in WikiWaste.

'''PVC''' ([[wikipedia:Polyvinyl chloride|Polyvinyl Chloride]]) is a plastic often used in window frames and is captured as [[Plastic|PVC (3)]] in WikiWaste.

[[Category:Tonnage & Waste Types]][[Category:Acronym]]

[[File:Symbol Resin Code 03 PVC.svg|left~~|150px~~]]

[[File:Symbol Resin Code 03 PVC.svg|150px|left]]

[[wikipedia:Polyvinyl chloride|Polyvinyl Chloride]] ([[PVC (3)]]) is one of the most widely used polymers in the world. Due to its versatile nature, [[PVC (3)]] is used extensively across a broad range of industrial, technical and everyday applications including widespread use in building, transport, packaging, electrical/electronic and healthcare applications<ref name="BFP">[https://www.bpf.co.uk/plastipedia/polymers/pvc.aspx/ British Plastics Federation]</ref>.

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The first patent for a polymerisation process to manufacture PVC was granted to German inventor Friedrich Klatte in 1913 and PVC has been in commercial production since 1933. The material now accounts for about 20% of all plastic manufactured world-wide, second only to [[Wikipedia:Polyethylene|polyethlene]] ([[PET (1)]])<ref name="BFP" />.

[[PVC (3)]] is not recyclable in normal kerbside collection systems.

File:Double glazed Units.JPG|Double glazed Units

File:Vinyl Einmalhandschuhe.JPG|Vinyl Gloves

File:Table mat.jpg|none|Table mats<ref>aliexpress.com</ref>

File:Cable sleeving.jpg|none|10mm PVC Cable sleeving<ref>Cablecraft.co.uk</ref>

</gallery >

====Properties====

:Versatility, ease of blending, strength, toughness

====Applications====

:Stretch wrap for non-food items, sometimes blister packaging. Non-packaging uses include electrical cable insulation, rigid piping and vinyl records.

:Stretch wrap for non-food items, sometimes blister packaging. Non-packaging uses include electrical cable insulation, uPVC window frames and doors, rigid piping and vinyl records.

==References==

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-'''PVC''' ([[wikipedia:Polyvinyl chloride | Polyvinyl Chloride]]) is a plastic often used in window frames and is captured as [[Plastic|PVC (3)]] in WikiWaste.
+'''PVC''' ([[wikipedia:Polyvinyl chloride|Polyvinyl Chloride]]) is a plastic often used in window frames and is captured as [[Plastic|PVC (3)]] in WikiWaste.
 [[Category:Tonnage & Waste Types]][[Category:Acronym]]
-[[File:Symbol Resin Code 03 PVC.svg|left|150px]]
+[[File:Symbol Resin Code 03 PVC.svg|150px|left]]
 [[wikipedia:Polyvinyl chloride|Polyvinyl Chloride]] ([[PVC (3)]]) is one of the most widely used polymers in the world. Due to its versatile nature, [[PVC (3)]] is used extensively across a broad range of  industrial, technical and everyday applications including widespread use in building, transport, packaging, electrical/electronic and healthcare applications<ref name="BFP">[https://www.bpf.co.uk/plastipedia/polymers/pvc.aspx/ British Plastics Federation]</ref>.
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 The first patent for a polymerisation process to manufacture PVC was granted to German inventor Friedrich Klatte in 1913 and PVC has been in commercial production since 1933.  The material now accounts for about 20% of all plastic manufactured world-wide, second only to [[Wikipedia:Polyethylene|polyethlene]] ([[PET (1)]])<ref name="BFP" />.
+[[PVC (3)]] is not recyclable in normal kerbside collection systems.
 <br clear="all" />
+<gallery widths=300px heights=200px perrow=4 caption="PVC Examples">
+File:Double glazed Units.JPG|Double glazed Units
+File:Vinyl Einmalhandschuhe.JPG|Vinyl Gloves
+File:Table mat.jpg|none|Table mats<ref>aliexpress.com</ref>
+File:Cable sleeving.jpg|none|10mm PVC Cable sleeving<ref>Cablecraft.co.uk</ref>
+</gallery >
 ====Properties====
 :Versatility, ease of blending, strength, toughness
 ====Applications====
-:Stretch wrap for non-food items, sometimes blister packaging. Non-packaging uses include electrical cable insulation, rigid piping and vinyl records.
+:Stretch wrap for non-food items, sometimes blister packaging. Non-packaging uses include electrical cable insulation, uPVC window frames and doors, rigid piping and vinyl records.
 ==References==
 <references />