{"id":6549,"date":"2022-08-24T08:33:47","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T06:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/develop.com2-c.de\/?p=6549"},"modified":"2023-03-22T15:26:43","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T14:26:43","slug":"print-media-made-of-pvc-pose-a-danger-to-the-environment-and-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.p-t3qy0p.project.space\/en\/druckmedien-aus-pvc-gefahr-fuer-umwelt-und-gesundheit\/","title":{"rendered":"PVC print media: Danger to the environment and health"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Plastic waste, microplastics, plasticizers - the consequences of our gigantic consumption of plastics are serious and cannot yet be foreseen in every detail. Plastics are rightly criticized and are already being successfully replaced in some places.<\/span><\/p>

Nevertheless, plastic is light, versatile and inexpensive to produce. If you look closely and do the math, plastic even beats the supposedly greener alternative in some places, for example in the battle between paper bags and plastic bags or glass bottles and plastic bottles.<\/span><\/p>

Plastic is absolutely indispensable in digital large format printing.\u00a0<\/span>In addition to printing machines and polymer inks, the focus here is on consumables and print media, which are based on various plastics: PET, PP, PVC, PE, PES, ...<\/span><\/p>

But plastic is not just plastic.<\/b> PVC (polyvinyl chloride) is particularly heavily criticized. What's the deal with PVC bashing? Is PVC really that dangerous? Where can we use PVC-free print media?<\/span><\/p>

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We go into detail and take a closer look at the mass-produced plastic PVC.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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On my own behalf:<\/h3>

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Honest and transparent: com2C also has PVC-based print media in its range. Alternatives are still too expensive for some applications. Or the sometimes complex development of alternatives is not yet complete. However, our declared goal is to make our range \u201cgreener\u201d. PVC is the most harmful of the common plastics and the first that we want to replace completely. However, we still need some time to develop alternatives in some areas. We look forward to every PVC-free print media offer that we can make you today. Currently, 64% of our digital print media already have environmentally friendly properties.\u00a0More on this<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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History: PVC over time<\/h3>

Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is a thermoplastic polymer. The French chemist Henri Victor Regnault had already produced polyvinyl chloride in 1835. However, he did not realize the importance of his discovery. In 1913, Fritz Klatte patented the "polymerization of vinyl chloride and use as a substitute for horn, as films, artificial threads and for paints" after he had laid the foundation for PVC production at the chemical factory Griesheim-Elektron a year earlier.<\/span><\/p>

Finally, the lack of raw materials during and after the First World War led to an increasing use of PVC as a substitute. Polyvinyl chloride has been manufactured in large-scale plants since 1928. However, it was not until the discovery that a waste product from the chemical industry could be used to manufacture PVC that it finally became a cheap mass-produced product.<\/span><\/p>

The raw material chlorine is a by-product of the production of caustic soda. Since caustic soda is one of the most commonly used laboratory and industrial chemicals, PVC has become even cheaper to produce.<\/span><\/p>

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PVC \u2013 the facts:<\/h3>

PVC is easy to color and hardly absorbs any water. It is resistant to some acids and alkalis and conditionally resistant to ethanol, oil and petrol. Polyvinyl chloride is attacked by acetone, diethyl ether, tetrahydrofuran (THF), benzene, chloroform and concentrated hydrochloric acid, among other things.<\/span><\/p>

Trade names for PVC were and are Ekadur, Decelith, G\u00f6lzalith, Vinidur, Trovidur, Hostalit, Lucalor, Corzan, Glastoferan (PVC-C) and Ekalit, Dekelith, Mipolam, Barrisol (soft PVC for stretch ceilings), Igelit (soft PVC) and Piviacid (GDR's fibrous PVC).<\/span><\/p>

PVC is divided into hard PVC and soft PVC:<\/span><\/p>