Document 2qkRgJ4LzvLvdqDQM6KYK30Gr

VINYL ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE CENTER JULY 1993 REPORT OF INQUIRIES The following is a summary of the activities of the Vinyl Environmental Resource Center's hotline for the month of June 1993, with calls classified as they are stored in the VERCE database. Scrap vinyl sources: 33 total calls Miscellaneous: (includes manufacturers neither producing vinyl scrap nor using vinyl scrap, sales representatives and citizens) 27 total calls Municipalities: 14 total calls Consultants: (includes engineering firms, researchers, law firms, public relations firms and advertising agencies): 11 total calls Recyclers: 9 total calls Federal/State Agencies: 8 total calls Packagers/Retailers: 7 total calls Media: 6 total calls VI Members: 3 total calls Scrap Vinyl Users: 2 total calls Brokers: 2 total calls Non-profit Organizations: 2 total calls National/State Associations: 2 total calls Waste Handling Co.: 1 total call Environmental Groups: 1 total call Sister Organizations: 1 total call TOTALS Total hotline calls: 130* 155 requests for the Directory of Companies Manufacturing Products From Recycled Vinyl (includes 51 requests from Plastics News' and Public Works' reader service cards and bulk requests) 72 requests for the Directory of Companies Involved in the Recycling of Vinyl (PVC) Plastics 44 requests for recycler contacts not listed in the recyclers directory (database search) 29 requests for the VI environmental fact kit (rebuttal to Greenpeace's "PVC: Toxic Waste in Disguise" 19 miscellaneous information requests (includes requests for background papers and studies, grant and loan information, environmental marketing information and recycled products manufacturers) 19 requests for the Vinyl Plastics and Solid Waste Fact Kit 9 requests for "A World of Packaging Solutions" brochure 4 requests for RFP information and becoming partners in promoting the use of recycled vinyl in new products 4 requests for technical information (includes incineration, separation technology, fire performance, etc.) * Total information requests outnumber total calls because of multiple requests from single callers. CTL006583