VEC TOPICS
March 16, 2016
 PVC News No.96 Issued

  Japan PVC Environmental Affairs Council (JPEC) released quarterly magazine of
PVC News #96. Please access the JPEC's website,
http://www.pvc.or.jp (Japanese only).

Major Contents:

Top News : Participation Report of “Eco Pro 2015 (Eco Products Exhibition)”

Interview with Forerunner : Kumiko Sakai, Director of Non-Profit Organization [VVV] v-craft, a social designer, Sakai tries to link the craft-production using upcycled materials and the disability aid or environmental protection.

Recycling : LINK PLANET Co., Ltd., Recycling of cable insulation materials into floor or sole plates for construction sites

PVC Front Line : Fashionable and Functional Improvement of PVC water-proofed wears

Overseas Report : PVC membranes were used in many pavilions for Expo Milano 2015 (May to October 2015). After the Expo, many of them have been taken to other sites to reassemble or reuse.

Information 1 : Exhibition Report on PVC Design Award

Information 2 : Introduction of “amiTIE,” one of PVC Design Award 2015 winners, at a fashionable bookstore in Tokyo

Information 3 : Delivery of Lecture on Plastics for Junior High School Teachers in Nara