Johannesburg, Gauteng, SA – In the grand scheme of things, PVC faces an existential threat from a global environmental lobby which seeks to ban it altogether, or restrict its use.The rationales relate to threats to human health and environmental harm caused by toxic ingredients in PVC and other plastics, and PVC and polystyrene are ...more

Johannesburg, Gauteng, SA - The Southern African Vinyls Association’s inaugural “Innovation in PVC” conference will take place on Wednesday, 30 August 2023, at Sasol Place in Sandton. The programme and speakers are available here: programmeThe conference brings together industry leaders, experts, and stakeholders to disc ...more

Five members of the Vinyl Institute of the United States represented SAVA and fellow members of the Global Vinyl Council at the United Nations negotiations on a binding global agreement on plastic waste last week. During ten days in France, the PVC team met with more than 50 national delegations, trade associations, al ...more

This is the era of environmentalism – the vital, the misguided, the rational, the emotional, but overall, the way the world must go. Domestic markets in poor countries are sheltered to some extent because for them, price is the main determinant. But when they become exporters, they must follow the rules of their target nations.Two p ...more