PVC eSolution

Almost everything you need to know about PVC!

Functions and content

PVC A-Z

  • Extensive lexicon
  • More than 3694 entries

Collection of PVC books

Collection of PVC books in electronic form:

  • PVC Handbook
  • PVC Additives
  • Plastics Handbook

Comfortable reading

  • Easy navigation through chapters
  • Convenient content presentation
  • Trusted content, written by experts
  • Books fully searchable with built-in search function

Intelligent search function

  • Fast search
  • Live search suggestions
  • Ranking of search results by relevance
  • Results filter

Intelligent search function

  • Fast search
  • Live search suggestions
  • Ranking of search results by relevance
  • Results filter

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  • 12 months access to all contents
  • simultaneous access for multiple users
  • Prices for corporate licenses are based on the number of users in a company or research institution
  • For campus licenses, the price is based on the number of FTE (full time equivalent) at a university

Further information

Includes the full content of several of Hanser's major works covering sustainability topics, including

  • "Recycling of Plastics",
  • "Recycling of Plastics",
  • "Understanding Plastics Recycling",
  • "Ecodesign",
  • "Sustainable Packaging Materials",
  • "Plastics Handbook" (for background information on plastics technology),


The Plastics Sustainability eSolution provides a broad range of answers to the typical questions that arise.

  • What are the key aspects of a life cycle assessment?
  • How is PVC recycled?
  • Is chemical recycling an important technology?
  • What legislation is important for ecodesign?
  • What is the most sustainable packaging material for my product?

All these and many, many more are answered in detail by Hanser's expert authors, with a wealth of experience in industry and academia.

The Plastics Sustainability eSolution is designed for user-friendliness and daily use. Its extensive content base is augmented by powerful, unified search functionality across all sources, to facilitate fast access to the topic of interest. Regular updates with additional content build on the solid base to expand the scope further and provide the latest information for the key topics. A useful note-taking tool allows annotation of the content, helping users to adapt it to their specific needs. Furthermore, it is possible to change the language of the text from English to German (machine translation) with just a click.