This life cycle assessment of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resin was commissioned and funded by the American Chemistry Council (ACC) Plastics Division and is a revised version (published in 2013) of the original data in the 2011 report, Cradle-to-Gate Life Cycle Inventory of Nine Plastic Resins and Found Polyurethane Precursors, as well as the U.S. LCI plastics database.
The report was made possible through the cooperation of ACC member companies, who provided data for the production of olefins and PVC resin.