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VINYL ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE CENTER JUNE 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: Miscellaneous: Consultants: Federal/State Agencies: Recyclers: Scrap Vinyl Users: Municipalities: VI Members: Packagers/Retailers: Brokers: Media: Waste Handling Co.: Non-profit Organizations: 51 total calls (includes manufacturers neither producing vinyl scrap nor using vinyl scrap, sales representatives and citizens) 25 total calls (includes engineering firms, researchers, law firms, public relations firms and advertising agencies): 18 total calls 15 total calls 11 total calls 11 total calls 8 total calls 6 total calls 4 total calls 4 total calls 3 total calls 2 total calls 1 total call Total hotline calls: 164* 161 requests for the Directory of Companies Manufacturing Products From Recycled Vinyl (includes 3 requests from Plastics News' and Public Works' reader service cards and bulk requests) 34 requests for the Directory of Companies Involved in the Recycling of Vinyl (PVC) Plastics 31 requests for recycler contacts not listed in the recyclers directory (database search) 27 miscellaneous information requests (includes requests for background papers and studies, grant and loan information, environmental marketing information and recycled products manufacturers) 26 requests for the VI environmental fact kit (rebuttal to Greenpeace's "PVC: Toxic Waste in Disguise" 21 requests for the Vinyl Plastics and Solid Waste Fact Kit 17 requests for RFP information and becoming partners in promoting the use of recycled vinyl in new products 16 requests for "A World of Packaging Solutions" brochure 4 requests for technical information (includes incineration, separation technology, fire performance, etc.) 2 request to be added to Environmental Briefs mailing list 2 request for "Vinyl the Versatile Plastic: Packaging Applications" video 1 request for Vinyl the Versatile Plastic: Issues & Answers" video * Total information requests outnumber total calls because of multiple requests from single callers. || ff ff TirTTr CTLO06692