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Table 2. Raw materials and energy consumed in the production of one metric tonne of PVC resin

Source: Figures (for Tables 2&3) adapted from Polyvinylchloride: Environmental Aspects of a Common Plastic. Walter Tötsch and Hans Gaensslen. 1992 Elsevier Science Publishers Ltd., London and New York.

1. Co-product credits assume some of the resources and energy can be attributed to the useful by-products of the process.

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