Recycling of PVC: Dissolution Precipitation Method

The increasing amount of PVC waste nowadays has gained increasing importance in the public discussion especially in the ways how it is being disposed. This is due to
hazard associated with the chlorine contain in the PVC waste which will cause harm to the environment, people as well as to the equipment involve in handling it. Several
ways of disposing PVC waste such as landfilling, incineration, mechanical recycling and chemical recycling techniques are practiced nowadays. Among the techniques,
chemical recycling is the most environmental friendly method with the least degree of pollution. However due to the lack of research and high cost of current chemical
recycling techniques available, only a small amount of chemical recycling plant can be found worldwide. This paper presents a new economic environmentally sustainable
technique for chemical recycling of PVC waste by the means of dissolution and precipitation method.