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The PVCaware.org campaign is an initiative from the British Plastics Federation’s Windows Group to promote awareness of the versatility of PVC as a material and also of PVC-U windows.

The BPF Windows Group represents the interests of all those involved in the PVC windows industry - these include raw material suppliers, additive suppliers, PVC window suppliers, fabricators and installers.

PVC is one of the worlds most versatile and sustainable materials.

PVC is found in virtually every walk of life. It is a material particularly suited to a variety of products: windows, pipes, floor coverings and cables as well as having a growing number of applications in the field of medicine. It is low in its use of resources. Its production costs are moderate. It has low maintenance requirements.

PVC, especially when used in such products as window and door frames, may be continuously recycled in a closed loop with the recycled material being used again and again in new window frames and other building products.

This web site has been created to provide an objective source of information so that people may make a reasoned and balanced judgment about the value of PVC, and particularly about its environmental credentials.

In 2007 the UK, through Recovinyl, recycled a total of 42,162tonnes of post consumer PVC products, which both rigid PVC (such as windows and doors) and also flexible PVC (such as flooring).

For details of all of the BPF Business Groups, BPF activities and also our industry directory, please see www.bpf.co.uk or contact the BPF directly on 0207 457 5000 or email bpf.co.uk