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 === PET recycling ===
-[[File:Symbol Resin Code 1 PETE.svg|50px|1-PETE]]
+[[File:Symbol Resin Code 1 PETE.svg|100px|1-PETE]]
+'''[[w:Polyethylene terephthalate]]''' ('''PET''' or '''PETE''') is the most common type of plastic.
 * [[w:PET bottle recycling]]
 * [[w:Polyethylene terephthalate#Polyester recycling industry|Polyester terephalate recycling industry in the Wikipedia article on Polyethylene terephthalate]]
 === HDPE recycling ===
-[[File:Symbol Resin Code 2 HDPE.svg|50px|2–HDPE]]
+[[File:Symbol Resin Code 2 HDPE.svg|100px|2–HDPE]]
-HDPE stands for [[w:High-density polyethylene]]
+'''[[w:High-density polyethylene]]''' ('''HDPE''')
+=== PVC recycling ===
+[[File:Symbol Resin Code 3 V.svg|100px|3-PVC|PVC]]
+'''[[w:Polyvinyl chloride]]''' ('''PVC''') is not accepted in normal consumer plastics recycling bins. But industrial PVC waste may be reprocessed.
+'''[[w:Polyvinyl chloride#Sustainability|Wikipedia on sustainability of PVC]]''' states that recycled PVC is broken down into small chips, impurities removed, and the product refined to make pure white PVC. It can be recycled roughly '''seven times''' and has a lifespan of around '''140 years'''.
+Another method is the '''[[w:VinyLoop]]''', a proprietary physical plastic recycling process for polyvinyl chloride (PVC). It is based on dissolution in order to separate PVC from other materials or impurities. The solvent is in a closed loop, hence the name.
 == Information about plastics on Wikipedia ==