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02-11-2009: Medical devices under pressure in Danish Chemical Action Plan



11-12-2007: Danish world record of PVC membrane for biological gas
28-08-2007: Danish Natural Science Festival informing pupils about water and PVC
09-08-2007: Big International Phthalate Conference in Copenhagen 20 September 2007



05-12-2006: The PVC Information Council DK criticises Greenpeace and Radio Denmark
28-09-2006: Unique PVC design exhibition now to be seen in Copenhagen area
10-08-2006: Easily understood, professional and unprejudiced information on phthalates available on the net
02-05-2006: Exciting PVC design from around the world to be exhibited in Denmark from May 16
03-03-2006: Prize winning PVC designs made by design students of the Architect Academy of Aarhus



05-12-2005: Small tape producer wins law-suit on PVC taxes in the National Income Tax Tribunal
01-12-2005: PVC and PE pipes are not contaminating the drinking water, the Danish EPA states
02-09-2005: Vinyl 2010 publishes its fifth Progress Report on environmental achievements
25-08-2005: Minister for Health replies to new questions about phthalates in medical devices
21-03-2005: The Minister for Health replies to question about Phthalates in Medical Devices
24-02-2005: World famous Brazilian designers exhibit PVC design in Copenhagen
15-02-2005: PVC profiles decorating Central Park in New York for 16 days
24-01-2005: Danisco developed Alternative to Phthalates
05-01-2005: Deselection of PVC in building is not the way to go, an independent report from USA reads



01-10-2004: The Ministry of the Environment issues State of the Knowledge on Phthalates
10-09-2004: Increasingly more rigid PVC recycled in Denmark
06-09-2004: No Need for Interventions against Phthalates in Flooring, the Environment Minister says
11-08-2004: Danish Asthma-Allergy Organization makes Reservations to new Report on Phthalates
07-07-2004: EPA does not any longer consider Phthalates as one big problematic Group of Substances
04-06-2004: The EU Commission Publishes Comparative Life Cycle Report on PVC
18-05-2004: Architect informs about PVC in Building in new Publication
01-03-2004: PVC Council DK present in Public Funded Education Material on Phthalates
26-02-2004: The Danish Parliament now Finally Decides to Remove Taxation on Rigid PVC
12-02-2004: The Minister for Taxation gives thirty Replies to Removal of PVC-Taxation
04-02-2004: PVC Taxation Bill ready for its second Reading in the Danish Parliament
12-01-2004: The Environment Minister agrees with WUPPI A/S on Action Plan
09-01-2004: Danish Ministry of Taxation comments on the PVC Information Council view on PVC



11-12-2003: Hearing on PVC Taxation divides the Stakeholders into two Parties
05-12-2003: The Danish EPA presents its View on PVC during a Conference on Plastics
21-11-2003: Reply to PVC tax hearing from industry and NGO´s
13-11-2003: The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration define its Position on Phthalates
10-11-2003: The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration issues report on Phthalates
10-11-2003: Bill on Lifting Taxation on All Rigid PVC Products now in Hearing
24-10-2003: No general Risk to Human Health from the Plasticizer DEHP
24-09-2003: The Company of RGS 90 now Receives PVC Waste for Recycling
10-09-2003: The PVC Council DK publishes datasheet with 10 short facts on PVC
02-09-2003: The Minister put a preliminary full stop for this summer’s PVC Debate
18-08-2003: The Danish EPA publishes report on Alternatives to Phthalates in Waterbeds
18-08-2003: The Danish EPA publishes Report on Alternatives to Phthalates for Textiles
15-08-2003: The Danish EPA publishes Report on Alternatives to Phthalates in Medical Devices
04-08-2003: The Danish Ministry of the Environment releases Status Report on Phthalates
19-06-2003: The PVC Industry proves Progresses with sustainable Initiative
19-06-2003: The EU financially supports PVC Recycling Plant with 3 million Euro
07-04-2003: PVC4Pipes – a New Organization to promote PVC Pipes
07-04-2003: Increased Sales of PVC means Building of a new Chlorine Plant at Hydro’s



28-10-2002: Commission Experts evaluate the hazardous of DEHP in Medical Devices
18-09-2002: The PVC Information Council Denmark at the Building Exhibition in Herning
09-09-2002: The Council is attending the building show in Herning – HI Building & Trade 2002
30-08-2002: The EU Commission wants comparing analysis of PVC and alternatives
23-05-2002: The latest knowledge about PVC in waste incineration
12-04-2002: The PVC Information Council Denmark exhibiting at the Danmiljø 2002
28-02-2002: The Vinyloop process: a breakthrough in PVC recycling



05-12-2001: Illegal phthalate content in PVC toys
31-10-2001: Minister commends Danish PVC recycling technologies
03-09-2001: EPA Director Steen Gade praises Danish PVC manufacturers
29-08-2001: US PVC industry criticises Greenpeace campaign against PVC in construction
04-04-2001: The European Parliament makes a decision on PVC
02-03-2001: The Environmental Protection Agency assesses alternatives to phthalates



04-12-2000: Minister Svend Auken: “A general phase-out of PVC is not the way to go”
14-11-2000: Svend Auken has now signed the Statutory Order on Lead
01-05-2000: Problems with substituting DEHP in PVC blood bags causes debate
29-02-2000: The World’s leading authority on cancer changes opinion on phthalates



20-12-1999: PVC taxes adopted by the Folketing
21-06-1999: PVC report and phthalate action plan finally published
02-02-1999: Risk of Cancer eliminated through improved Working Environment

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