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I OM.19000 "tv 11 "l ....I * X^Kv -*- +-`. +. ---- x.a.^-.n, - - rt&WM Omr.*, - -: Dr- A. E. Ardis X. M. Luettgens^y^ Assonet New Haven ^POLYVINYL CHLORIDE - CURRENT AWARENESS ,, tralrs To-ti Supplement62 to NHTI3 09-15 Project Oogg-OOl $J^AjL+n+i*A- - CLi<4*^a_ &*io*a*rU/i-d (Y't- *` DAT^january 12, 1970^) copy to D. Goodman _____ M. Lapkin C. W. MacMuUen __________ R. E._ Maizell____ A. E. Poison D. Ryker TRC (h)t/ -Attached are abstracts on the above subject from the following sources: 1. PLASTICS INDUSTRY NOTES 3, nos. 1*7 & 28, December 29 and --January 5, 1970. 2. P&S INDEX OP CORPORATIONS AND INDUSTRIES 10, nos. JO and 51, ` December 23 & 30, 1969. ' - Also attached are the following news items: ;' ` r 1970 1. CHEMICAL WEEK January 7, 1970. U.S.Bureau of Standards ex- .......... pected to bring pressure on more cities to switch performance --....... standards in building codes. 2. CHEMICAL WEEK January 7, 1970. Crown Zellerbach's plastic paper. 3- OIL, PAINT & DRUG REPORTER January 5, 1970. PVC Bottle Compounds, lu PLASTICS & RUBBER WEEKLY November 28, 19^9 Burning PVC not a - major hazard. ' -------------- ----------------- 5. WESTERN PLASTICS November 19&9* Plasticized PVC sheeting used for lake lining. 6. WESTERN PLASTICS November 19&9* Abstracts on plastic, pipe." We are attaching the following pages from PLASTICS IN CONSTRUCTION, Predicasts ___ _Plastic Trends Number 16, issued December 1969. t(2-k;12-2k;30, 36, 1*2,-Jt8, Jl*-62) Please advise if you wish copies of any of the abstracted articles. FEB tnwutt.w,|wn y ~rJ Prepared by : V. M. Luettgens Accepted by R. E. Maizell OLI 7566 Y FICE THIS COFYf tr YOU MUST RETAIN IT. SFECIFT A DEFINITE .rrturi ,f PLASTICS & RUBBER WEEKLY NOVEMBER 28,1969 (v-.r.-x- rr sxrr^r.'.rin.- r.r p. -1*. t lv:J No. 304 T. if. I1T.*v2.`Tt * | O\ tn o> The report also takes into account that pvc will only form a small percentage of coIleeled waste which is incinerated, and allows for the increasing use of pvc into the 1080s. The report is, of course, . prepared on the usage of pvc in Sweden which ran at about 60,000 ton (metric) 1 during 1968, and forecast to rise in Jm--300,000 ton in 1080. The Royal Academy esti mated that during 1968 6,000 ion of pvc went to waste, of which 1,020 ton was burnt. ' * forecast for 1980 suggests that 30,000 ton will come up as waste, of which 12,000 ton of this pvc will be burnt. from these tonnages. It is deduced that 600 ton of hydrochloric acid was pro duced in the atmosphere in : 1968, a figure which will rise ; to 7,000 in 1980. j The final conclusion is that ; the amount of pollution due j to burning pvc will only represent 0.5 per cent of the j . total from other sources in ' 1980 and that in 1968 the * figure was 0.05 per cent. By BRIAN WILLIAMSON THE incineration of pvc among other waste products will present no major health hazard into the 1930's -- this is the main conclusion of v/hat will be the most controversial paper delivered at the Scanpiant 69 conference which ran concurrently with the exhibition in Gothen burg, Sweden, this week. However, the findings will carry great weight as it is the work of a completely Independent body. It is the work of IVA, the Royal Academy of Engineering Sciences. The academy celebrated its 50Ih anniversary during October this year. The findings do not ignore the fact that incinera tion of pvc causes pollution of the atmosphere, but does suggest that the amount of hydrochloric acid formed is insignificant when compared with the amount or sulphuric acid which is formed due to burning oil -- for central heating installations, for | example.