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June 20, 1994 TO: VI Executive Board Issues Management Committee VIGOR Good news for a change! Pat The Vinyl Institute Mr. Robert H. Burnett AREEITSGEMEi.S'SCHAFT PVC und UMWELT * V. Pleimec(traRc 3 0-53129 Bonn Geimjny Tekfon 0228 91 783-0 T tit fix 0228 21783-90 Fax 001/201/S38-SS33 News Flash biele2.or 94 New Valuation for PVC also in Bielefeld, Germany The city of Bielefeld in Germany decided to buy again products cut of ricid PVC. Bielefeld was cr.e of the first cities in Germany whic took the decision to avoid the use of PVC-prccucts if substitutes are available. Green activists claim SO c 20.000 German cities followed the example and called ban. 87 or one a PVC Since 1987 German PVC industry did their homework and ir large sums into recycling schemes. New collection ar.d r = systems for all important products like window frames, r flooring, roofing memhrar.es ar.d packaging are installed, weltbundesamt - the German Federal Environment Protecti: Agency - and other authorities recommend PVC-Recyclir.g. sting recycling schemes are the reasons for the decisicr Bielefeld. estss cvsrv pes, xic: Restrictions on the use of PVC were already liftet in the last time by several Federal states like Mecklenburg-West Pcmarar.ia, Thuringia and even Hesse, governed by SPD and Greer. Par ty. Federal and State parliaments as well as the Conference of the Environment Ministers rejected proposals to ban PVC. Pri vate consumers and public purchasers in Germany buy mere and more PVC-products like window frames, pipes, roofing membranes and even telechone cards. Arbeitsgemeinschaft PVC und Um.welt eV (AgPU), Werner Preusker, Managing Director CTL014454