Competitive Implications of Environmental Regulation of Chlorinated Organic Releases in the Pulp and Paper Industry
Subtitle: The Polyvinyl Chloride (Pvc) Industry
Publisher: World Resources Institute
Published: August 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781569731888
Subjects: Science/Mathematics
First sentence: Since its early commercial production in the 1940s, vinyl (polyvinyl chloride or PVC) became increasingly inseparable from everyday life.  Over the decades, vinyl was substituted in many applications for wood, glass, metal, paper and other plastics.
Notes: INDUSTRY  STRUCTURE 
Product Description
Product Application
Market Size
Threat of New Entrants
Leading Supplying Nations
Industry Segmentation
Competing Technologies

ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH & SAFETY PRESSURES
Environmental Risk Analysis   
Production  
Usage 
Disposal  
Regulation 
Anticipated/Potential Regulation 
PVC Bans  
Chlorine Ban  
Nature and Focus of Regulation 

INNOVATION IN RESPONSE TO ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURES 
Flexible Wrapping 
Bottling  
Additives 
Medical Equipment
Automotive Uses  
Recycling Technologies 
Bio-Plastics  

EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATION ON INDUSTRY 

Cost Structure 
National and World Markets  
Country Competitiveness   
Substitution Rate of Technology 
Ripple Effect 

SUMMARY
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