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VINYL ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE CENTER AUGUST 1992 REPORT OF INQUIRIES The following is a summary of the activities of the Vinyl Environmental Resource Center's hotline for the month of August 1992. To provide a more detailed description of caller affiliation, the categories below represent how they are classified in the VERCE database. Scrap vinyl sources: 29 total calls Recyclers: 9 total calls Scrap vinyl users: 8 total calls Consultants: (includes engineering firms, researchers, law firms, public relations firms and advertising agencies): 7 total calls Miscellaneous: 6 total calls Municipalities: 5 total calls State/Federal Agencies: 5 total calls Brokers: 4 total calls Sister Organizations/Associations: 2 total calls Non-profit organizations: 2 total calls Media: 2 total calls Waste Handling Companies: 1 total call TOTALS Total hotline calls: 80* 35 miscellaneous information requests (includes requests for background papers and studies, grant and loan information, environmental marketing information, and recycled products manufacturers) 25 requests for the Directory of Companies Involved in the Recycling of Vinyl (PVC) Plastics 19 requests for the Vinyl Plastics and Solid Waste Fact Kit CTL007062 VINYL ISSUES MANAGEMENT PROGRAM MEDIA MONITORING AUGUST 1992 A total of 105 anicles were reviewed. The following is an analysis of the articles which were clipped by Bacon's Clipping Service, retrieved from Mead Data's Nexis/Lexis system or gleaned from in-house monitoring. TONE 88 percent positive 0 percent neutral 12 percent negative TOPICS Vinyl uses, qualities, etc. References to VI, etc. Technology of plastics recycling Technology of vinyl recycling Economics of recovery/re-use Vinyl and the environment 69.5 percent 12.0 percent 9.5 percent 4.0 percent 3.0 percent 2.0 percent PRIMARY PUBLICATION AUDIENCE Other trades Opinion leaders, general public Plastics industry Packagers, retailers Waste collectors, recyclers Environmentalists Scientists, researchers Government solid waste managers Legislators, regulators 37.0 percent 37.0 percent 12.0 percent 8.0 percent 6.0 percent 0.0 percent 0.0 percent 0.0 percent 0.0 percent CONCLUSIONS The media's coverage of vinyl remains favorable, with 88 percent of the anicles receiving positive coverage. News clips on vinyl's uses and qualities remain the largest percentage of overall coverage, with stories ranging from the usual - the use of vinyl in the construction industry -- to the unusual -- the invention of a Surf Chair, a wheelchair made from lightweight vinyl tubing and balloon tires. The "other trades" category, with publications such as Floor Covering Weekly and Fenestration, and the "opinion leaders/general public" category were the most prevalent publication audiences. CTL007064 VI Coverage this month included: Life-Cycle Analysis Plastics Engineering, July 1992 Clearvue Resource Management/Vinyl Institute Agreement Recycling Times, July 14, 1992 Plastics Technology, July 1992 Directory of Companies Manufacturing Products from Recycled Vinyl Bottled Water Reporter, August/September 1992 Packaging, August 1992 Vinyl Packaging Council's Packaging Competition Bottled Water Reporter, July 1992 Plastics Engineering, August 1992 Editorial on Environmental Image of Plastics Plastics Technology, July 1992 Post-Consumer Vinyl Recycling In The U.S. Food Merchants Advocate, June 1992 Packaging, August 1992 Vinyl Institute Presents Safety and Environment Awards Plastics News, August 24, 1992 Vinyl - World's Leading Electrical Material Electrical Apparatus, July 1992 Pipe Resource Organization Newsletter Plastics in Buiiding Construction, July 1992 Ufr4illt!k CTL007065