EPD-IES-0033199:001
Etinox® PVC (polyvinyl chloride) resins 610, 630, 630P, 631 and 650
Etinox® PVC resins (grades 610, 630, 630-P, 631 and 650) are suspension polyvinyl chloride resins supplied in powder form, intended for use as intermediate materials in a wide range of industrial applications, particularly in the construction sector. They are transformed through processes such as extrusion, injection moulding or calendaring into final products including pipes, profiles, cables and other plastic components. Each grade is produced with specific formulation and operating conditions to meet the corresponding technical requirements of downstream applications.
General information
| EPD Owner | ERCROS SA |
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| Registration number | EPD-IES-0033199:001 |
| EPD type | EPD of multiple products based on a representative product |
| Status | Valid |
| Version date | 2026-07-29 |
| Validity date | 2031-07-28 |
| Standards conformance | ISO 14025:2006, EN 15804:2012+A2:2019/AC:2021 |
| Geographical scope | Spain |
| An EPD may be updated or depublished if conditions change. This is the latest version of the EPD. | |
Programme information
| Programme | International EPD System |
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| Address | EPD International AB Box 210 60 SE-100 31 Stockholm Sweden |
| Website | www.environdec.com |
| support@environdec.com |
Product category rules
| CEN standard EN 15804 serves as the Core Product Category Rules (PCR) | |
| Product Category Rules (PCR) | 2019:14 Construction products (EN 15804+A2) (version 2.0.1) 2.0.1 |
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| PCR review was conducted by | The Technical Committee of the International EPD System. See www.environdec.com for a list of members. Review chair: Rob Rouwette (chair), Noa Meron (co-chair). The review panel may be contacted via the Secretariat www.environdec.com/support. |
Verification
| Independent third-party verification of the declaration and data, according to ISO 14025:2006, via | |
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| Third-party verifier | Lorena Pereda (CTME) |
| Approved by | The International EPD® System |
| Procedure for follow-up of data during EPD validity involves third party verifier | |
| *EPD Process Certification involves an accredited certification body certifying and periodically auditing the EPD process and conducting external and independent verification of EPDs that are regularly published. More information can be found in the General Programme Instructions on www.environdec.com. | |
Ownership and limitation on use of EPD
Limitations
EPDs within the same product category but published in different EPD programmes, may not be comparable. For two EPDs to be comparable, they shall be based on the same PCR (including the same first-digit version number) or be based on fully aligned PCRs or versions of PCRs; cover products with identical functions, technical performances and use (e.g. identical declared/functional units); have identical scope in terms of included life-cycle stages (unless the excluded life-cycle stage is demonstrated to be insignificant); apply identical impact assessment methods (including the same version of characterisation factors); and be valid at the time of comparison.
Ownership
The EPD Owner has the sole ownership, liability, and responsibility for the EPD.
Information about EPD Owner
| EPD Owner | ERCROS SA |
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| Contact person name | Sandra Reverté |
| Contact person e-mail | sreverte@ercros.es |
| Organisation address | Av diagonal 593-595 08080 Barcelona Spain |
| LCA Practitioner | hdleiva@fcirce.es, hdleiva@fcirce.es |
Description of the organisation of the EPD Owner
Ercros, S.A. is a Spanish industrial company specialized in the production and commercialization of chemical and pharmaceutical products, with a strong presence in the European market. The company structures its activities into different divisions, notably chlorine derivatives, intermediate products and pharmaceutical products used in a wide range of industrial applications. Ercros operates several production plants in Spain, implementing management systems focused on efficiency, innovation and compliance with environmental regulations. Within its sustainability strategy, the company promotes continuous improvement of its processes and transparent communication of the environmental performance of its products.
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Product information
| Product name | Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resin - Etinox® 631 |
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| Product identification | Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resin - Etinox® 631 |
| Product description | Etinox® PVC resins (grades 610, 630, 630-P, 631 and 650) are suspension polyvinyl chloride resins supplied in powder form, intended for use as intermediate materials in a wide range of industrial applications, particularly in the construction sector. They are transformed through processes such as extrusion, injection moulding or calendaring into final products including pipes, profiles, cables and other plastic components. Each grade is produced with specific formulation and operating conditions to meet the corresponding technical requirements of downstream applications. |
| Product information from external sources | https://www.ercros.es/en/products/product-portfolio/polyvinyl-chloride-s-pvc |
| Technical purpose of product | Etinox® PVC resins are intended for use as intermediate raw materials in the construction sector and other industrial applications. They are processed by downstream users through extrusion, injection moulding or calendaring to manufacture end products such as pipes, fittings, window and door profiles, cables, films, flooring and other plastic components requiring durability, mechanical performance and resistance to environmental conditions. |
| Manufacturing or service provision description | Etinox® PVC resins are manufactured at the ERCROS S.A. Vila-seca II plant (Tarragona, Spain) through a fully integrated production process. Ethylene and chlorine are processed via direct chlorination and oxychlorination to produce 1,2-Dichloroethane (EDC), which is subsequently purified and thermally cracked to obtain vinyl chloride monomer (VCM). The HCl generated during cracking is internally recycled to the oxychlorination section. The VCM is then polymerised by suspension polymerisation to produce PVC resin, which is stripped, dried and conditioned to obtain the finished product in powder form. |
| Material properties | Bulk density: 434 kg/m3
Volumetric mass density: 1400 kg/m3 Bulk density: 434 kg/m3 Volumetric mass density: 1400 kg/m3 |
| Manufacturing site | ERCROS S.A. Vila-seca II Ctra. de la Pineda, Km 1 43480 Vila-seca Spain |
| UN CPC code | 34730. Polymers of vinyl chloride or other halogenated olefins, in primary forms |
| Geographical scope | Spain |
| Geographical scope description | The production processes covered by this EPD (modules A1–A3) are representative of the ERCROS S.A. manufacturing plant located in Vila-seca II (Tarragona, Spain). The raw materials are sourced from European suppliers. |
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Content declaration
| Content declaration of multiple products | The content declaration represents the declared unit of 1 kg of PVC resin including its packaging, corresponding to the representative product grade 631 (Etinox® 631). The values declared are applicable to all five grades covered by this EPD (610, 630, 630-P, 631 and 650), as the product composition and packaging materials are equivalent across grades. Variations in packaging quantities between grades are reflected in the data variability table included in the environmental performance section. |
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| Hazardous and toxic substances | The product does not contain any substances from the SVHC candidate list in concentrations exceeding 0.1% of its weight. |
Product content
| Content name | Mass, kg | Post-consumer recycled material, mass-% of product | Biogenic material, mass-% of product | Biogenic material1, kg C/declared unit |
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| PVC resin | 0.99 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Additives and other auxiliary materials | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Note 1 | 1 kg biogenic carbon is equivalent to 44/12 kg of CO2 | |||
Packaging materials
| Material name | Mass, kg | Mass-% (versus the product) | Biogenic material1, kg C/declared unit |
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| Packaging bag | 0.00041665 | 0.0417 | 0.000162 |
| Reconditioned wooden pallet | 0.00543824 | 0.544 | 0.00187909 |
| Woven polyethylene bag | 0.000603 | 0.0603 | 0 |
| Plastic film | 0.00002732 | 0.0027 | 0 |
| Polyethylene protective cover | 0.00023346 | 0.0233 | 0 |
| Total | 0.00671867 | 0.672 | 0.00204109 |
| Note 1 | 1 kg biogenic carbon is equivalent to 44/12 kg of CO2 | ||
LCA information
| EPD based on declared or functional unit | Declared unit |
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| Declared unit and reference flow | Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resin - Etinox® 631 Mass: 1 kg |
| Conversion factor to mass | 1 |
| Are infrastructure or capital goods included in any upstream, core or downstream processes? | |
| Do infrastructure and capital goods contribute more than 10% to the A1-A3 (A1-A5 for services) results of any environmental impact indicator declared in the EPD? | |
| Datasources used for this EPD | ecoinvent database (general) ecoinvent 3.11 database |
| LCA Software | SimaPro 10.2 |
| Additional information about the underlying LCA-based information | Environmental burdens associated with shared processes across the five resin grades have been distributed based on their specific raw material consumption, in line with ISO 14044. Infrastructure and capital goods have been excluded from the system boundary in accordance with the cut-off criteria of EN 15804:2012+A2:2020 and PCR 2019:14, with the following exceptions: the infrastructure associated with steam generation (boiler plant) and the infrastructure associated with electricity supply (power plant construction) have been included within the system boundary, in accordance with the requirements of PCR 2019:14 Section 4.3.6. For the primary energy use indicators (PERE, PERM, PERT, PENRE, PENRM, PENRT), Option A of Annex 3 of PCR 2019:14 v2.0.1 has been adopted. Since modules A5 and C are not declared, the inherent energy of the product and packaging is recorded as an input in modules A1-A3 and balanced by an equivalent virtual output within the same modules, resulting in PERM = 0 and PENRM = 0. Biogenic carbon stored in packaging materials (paper bags and wooden pallets) has likewise been balanced in modules A1-A3, as modules A5 and C are not declared within the system boundary. |
| Version of the EN 15804 reference package | EF Reference Package 3.1 |
| Characterisation methods | The environmental impact indicators have been calculated using the EN 15804+A2 impact assessment method, which is aligned with the Environmental Footprint (EF) 3.1 reference package from the EC-JRC. Climate change (fossil, biogenic, LULUC and total) is assessed using the IPCC 2021 baseline model at 100 years; for biogenic carbon, the characterisation factors applied are: Carbon dioxide biogenic (emission) = +1 kg CO₂ eq./kg, Methane biogenic (emission) = +29.8 kg CO₂ eq./kg, and Carbon dioxide biogenic (resource) = -1 kg CO₂ eq./kg. Ozone depletion is assessed using WMO 2014 steady-state ODPs. Acidification and terrestrial eutrophication use the Accumulated Exceedance method (Seppälä et al. 2006, Posch et al. 2008). Freshwater and marine eutrophication use the EUTREND model (Struijs et al. 2009b, ReCiPe). Photochemical ozone formation uses LOTOS-EUROS (Van Zelm et al. 2008, ReCiPe). Abiotic resource depletion uses CML 2002 (Guinée et al. 2002, Van Oers et al. 2002). Water use uses AWARE (Boulay et al. 2016). Particulate matter emissions use SETAC-UNEP (Fantke et al. 2016). Ionising radiation uses Frischknecht et al. 2000 (update of Creicer et al. 1995). Freshwater ecotoxicity and human toxicity (cancer and non-cancer) use USEtox version 2. Land use uses the SQP index based on LANCA v2.5. Normalisation and weighting factors correspond to EF 3.1, published July 2022 (Andreasi Bassi et al., 2023, JRC130796). Life cycle inventory indicators are calculated in accordance with EN 15804+A2. Primary energy use as raw material (PERM, PENRM) is calculated using lower heating values (LHV) from www.phyllis.nl. PERT is calculated from Cumulative Energy Demand (CED) LHV renewable indicators and PENRT from CED LHV non-renewable fossil and nuclear indicators. Waste categories are calculated using EDIP 2003. |
| Technology description including background system | Etinox® PVC resins (grades 610, 630, 630-P, 631 and 650) are suspension polyvinyl chloride resins produced at the ERCROS S.A. Vila-seca II plant (Tarragona, Spain) through a fully integrated manufacturing process. The main raw materials are ethylene and chlorine, which are processed via direct chlorination and oxychlorination to produce 1,2-Dichloroethane (EDC). The EDC is purified and thermally cracked to obtain vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) and hydrochloric acid (HCl), which is internally recycled to the oxychlorination section. The VCM is subsequently polymerised by suspension polymerisation and the resulting resin is stripped, dried and conditioned to obtain the finished product in powder form. The five grades differ in their K-value and bulk density, reflecting different molecular weight distributions suited to specific downstream processing applications such as extrusion, injection moulding and calendaring. Background system data are modelled using the Ecoinvent v3.11 database. Modules A4, A5, B1–B7, C1–C4 and D are not declared, as PVC resin is an intermediate product whose downstream use and end-of-life scenario depend entirely on the downstream user. |
| Scrap (recycled material) inputs contribution level | Less than 10% of the GWP-GHG results in modules A1-A3 come from scrap inputs |
Data quality assessment
| Description of data quality assessment and reference years | Primary data for modules A1–A3 were collected for the reference year 2024 and provided by ERCROS S.A., covering all input and output materials at the Vila-seca II plant, including raw material consumption, energy use (electricity, steam and natural gas), water consumption, waste generation and direct air and water emissions. A one-year data collection period was applied, which is considered representative of normal operating conditions at the plant. The life cycle assessment was carried out using SimaPro Craft v10.2.0.1 and the Ecoinvent v3.11 database, applying the Environmental Footprint (EF) 3.1 characterisation method. Secondary data from Ecoinvent v3.11 were used to model upstream processes, including raw material production, transport and waste management. Primary data were sourced from ERCROS S.A. internal records, including production monitoring systems, utility consumption meters, waste management records and direct emission monitoring data. The electricity supply data were provided by ERCROS S.A. and its energy supplier ENDESA ENERGÍA S.A.U., distinguishing between renewable energy procured through Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) and conventional grid supply. Data quality was assessed using the semi-quantitative Data Quality Rating (DQR) methodology in accordance with EN 15804:2012+A2:2020, obtaining an overall DQR of 1.73, corresponding to very good data quality. |
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Data quality assessment
| Process name | Source type | Source | Reference year | Data category | Share of primary data, of GWP-GHG results for A1-A3 |
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| Electricity consumption from certified renewable electricity supply | Collected data | EPD Owner & Ecoinvent 3.11 | 2024 | Primary data | 0.23% |
| Electricity consumption from the Spanish residual grid mix | Collected data and Database | EPD Owner & Ecoinvent 3.11 | 2024 | Primary data | 5.16% |
| Generation of steam used in manufacturing of product | Collected data | EPD Owner | 2024 | Primary data | 5.27% |
| Direct air emissions (EDC section) | Collected data | EPD Owner | 2024 | Primary data | 0.12% |
| Direct aire emissions (VCM section) | Collected data | EPD Owner | 2024 | Primary data | 12.06% |
| Direct air emissions (polymerization section) | Collected data | EPD Owner | 2024 | Primary data | 3.4% |
| Direct water emissions | Collected data | EPD Owner | 2024 | Primary data | 0% |
| Manufacturing of raw materials | Collected data | EPD Owner & Ecoinvent 3.11 | 2024 | Secundary data | 0% |
| Manufacturing of auxiliary materials and additives | Collected data | EPD Owner & Ecoinvent 3.11 | 2024 | Secundary data | 0% |
| Manufacturing of packaging materials | Collected data | EPD Owner & Ecoinvent 3.11 | 2024 | Secundary data | 0% |
| Transport of raw materials and auxiliary materials to the plant | Collected data | EPD Owner & Ecoinvent 3.11 | 2024 | Secundary data | 0% |
| Waste management and treatment | Collected data | EPD Owner & Ecoinvent 3.11 | 2024 | Secundary data | 0% |
| Total share of primary data, of GWP-GHG results for A1-A3 | 26.24% | ||||
| The share of primary data is calculated based on GWP-GHG results. It is a simplified indicator for data quality that supports the use of more primary data to increase the representativeness of and comparability between EPDs. Note that the indicator does not capture all relevant aspects of data quality and is not comparable across product categories. | |||||
| Comment on the data sources and other information in the table | Primary data from ERCROS S.A. (2024) cover electricity, steam, transport and direct emissions. Raw material production uses Ecoinvent v3.11. Infrastructure for electricity and steam generation is included per PCR 2019:14 Section 4.3.6. Total primary data share of GWP-GHG for A1–A3 is 26.24%, concentrated in module A3. |
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Electricity data
| Electricity used in the manufacturing process in A3 (A5 for services) | ||
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| Type of electricity mix | Specific electricity mix as generated, or purchased from an electricity supplier, demonstrated by a contractual instrument | |
| Energy sources | Hydro | 38.04% |
| Wind | 42.28% | |
| Solar | 19.67% | |
| Biomass | 0% | |
| Geothermal | 0% | |
| Waste | 0% | |
| Nuclear | 0% | |
| Natural gas | 0% | |
| Coal | 0% | |
| Oil | 0% | |
| Peat | 0% | |
| Other | 0% | |
| GWP-GHG intensity (kg CO2 eq./kWh) | 0.02 kg CO2 eq./kWh | |
| Method used to calculate residual electricity mix | No applicable. |
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Electricity data
| Electricity used in Manufacturing process in A3 | ||
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| Type of electricity mix | Residual electricity mix on the market | |
| Energy sources | Hydro | 0% |
| Wind | 1.48% | |
| Solar | 0.19% | |
| Biomass | 0% | |
| Geothermal | 0% | |
| Waste | 0% | |
| Nuclear | 35.56% | |
| Natural gas | 43.35% | |
| Coal | 2.54% | |
| Oil | 1.98% | |
| Peat | 0% | |
| Other | 14.9% | |
| GWP-GHG intensity (kg CO2 eq./kWh) | 0.39 kg CO2 eq./kWh | |
| Method used to calculate residual electricity mix | The residual electricity mix for Spain has been modelled using the Ecoinvent v3.11 dataset "Electricity, high voltage {ES}| electricity, high voltage, residual mix | Cut-off, U", complemented with individual Spanish electricity production datasets weighted by their respective shares in the national generation mix. The residual mix reflects the electricity remaining in the market after the allocation of guarantees of origin, in accordance with the RE-DISS project methodology. The resulting weighted GWP-GHG intensity of the residual mix is 0.39 kg CO₂ eq./kWh. As previously stated, the infrastructure associated with electricity generation (power plant construction) has been included within the system boundary in accordance with the requirements of PCR 2019:14 Section 4.3.6, which establishes that at least the construction of the power plant shall be included for electricity datasets used in manufacturing processes in module A3. |
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System boundary
| Description of the system boundary | d) Cradle to gate (A1-A3). |
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| Excluded modules | Yes, there is an excluded module, or there are excluded modules |
| Justification for the omission of modules | The scope of this EPD is cradle-to-gate (modules A1–A3). Modules A4, A5, B1–B7, C1–C4 and D are not declared, as PVC resin is an intermediate product whose downstream transport, installation, use and end-of-life scenarios cannot be defined representatively by the manufacturer, in accordance with the three conditions established in EN 15804:2012+A2:2019 and PCR 2019:14. |
Declared modules
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| Modules declared | X | X | X | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Geography | Europe | Europe | Spain | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Share of specific data | 26.24% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Variation - products | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Disclaimer | The share of specific/primary data and both variations (products and sites) refer to GWP-GHG results only. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description of the process flow diagram(s)
The diagram shows the system boundary of this EPD. Modules A1–A3 (product stage) are included, covering raw material extraction and production (A1), transport to the manufacturing site (A2), and the full integrated manufacturing process at the ERCROS Vila-seca II plant (A3), which comprises oxychlorination and direct chlorination, EDC purification, thermal cracking to VCM, suspension polymerisation, and final drying and conditioning. All remaining modules (A4, A5, B1–B7, C1–C4 and D) are not declared. No reused, recycled or recovered energy flows cross the system boundary within the declared scope.
Process flow diagram(s) related images
Default scenario
| Name of the default scenario | Cradle-to-gate scenario |
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| Description of the default scenario | Description of the default scenario: The default scenario represents the cradle-to-gate production of Etinox® PVC resins (grades 610, 630, 630-P, 631 and 650) at the ERCROS Vila-seca II plant (Tarragona, Spain), based on site-specific primary data collected for the reference year 2024. The declared system boundary covers modules A1–A3, including raw material extraction and production, transport of raw materials to the manufacturing site, and the full integrated manufacturing process. The environmental performance results declared correspond to grade 631 as the representative product of the family. |
Environmental performance
The estimated impact results are only relative statements, which do not indicate the endpoints of the impact categories, exceeding threshold values, safety margins and/or risks.
Mandatory environmental performance indicators according to EN 15804
| Impact category | Indicator | Unit | A1-A3 | A4 | A5 | B1 | B2 | B3 | B4 | B5 | B6 | B7 | C1 | C2 | C3 | C4 | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Climate change - total | GWP-total | kg CO2 eq. | 1.93E+0 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| Climate change - fossil | GWP-fossil | kg CO2 eq. | 1.91E+0 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| Climate change - biogenic | GWP-biogenic | kg CO2 eq. | 1.88E-2 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| Climate change - land use and land-use change | GWP-luluc | kg CO2 eq. | 1.93E-3 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| Ozone depletion | ODP | kg CFC-11 eq. | 3.17E-7 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| Acidification | AP | mol H+ eq. | 4.35E-3 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| Eutrophication aquatic freshwater | EP-freshwater | kg P eq. | 5.47E-5 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| Eutrophication aquatic marine | EP-marine | kg N eq. | 1.13E-3 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| Eutrophication terrestrial | EP-terrestrial | mol N eq. | 1.05E-2 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| Photochemical ozone formation | POCP | kg NMVOC eq. | 8.01E-3 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| Depletion of abiotic resources - minerals and metals | ADP-minerals&metals1, 2 | kg Sb eq. | 1.36E-7 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| Depletion of abiotic resources - fossil fuels | ADP-fossil1 | MJ, net calorific value | 5.19E+1 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| Water use | WDP1 | m3 world eq. deprived | 9.78E-1 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| Acronyms | GWP-fossil = Global Warming Potential fossil fuels; GWP-biogenic = Global Warming Potential biogenic; GWP-luluc = Global Warming Potential land use and land use change; ODP = Depletion potential of the stratospheric ozone layer; AP = Acidification potential, Accumulated Exceedance; EP-freshwater = Eutrophication potential, fraction of nutrients reaching freshwater end compartment; EP-marine = Eutrophication potential, fraction of nutrients reaching marine end compartment; EP-terrestrial = Eutrophication potential, Accumulated Exceedance; POCP = Formation potential of tropospheric ozone; ADP-minerals&metals = Abiotic depletion potential for non-fossil resources; ADP-fossil = Abiotic depletion for fossil resources potential; WDP = Water (user) deprivation potential, deprivation-weighted water consumption | ||||||||||||||||
| Disclaimer 1 | The results of this environmental impact indicator shall be used with care as the uncertainties of these results are high or as there is limited experience with the indicator | ||||||||||||||||
| Disclaimer 2 | The results of the impact categories abiotic depletion of minerals and metals may be highly uncertain in LCAs that include capital goods/infrastructure in generic datasets, in case infrastructure/capital goods contribute greatly to the total results. This is because the LCI data of infrastructure/capital goods used to quantify these indicators in currently available generic datasets sometimes lack temporal, technological and geographical representativeness. Caution should be exercised when using the results of these indicators for decision-making purposes. | ||||||||||||||||
Additional mandatory environmental performance indicators
| Impact category | Indicator | Unit | A1-A3 | A4 | A5 | B1 | B2 | B3 | B4 | B5 | B6 | B7 | C1 | C2 | C3 | C4 | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Climate change - GWP-GHG | GWP-GHG1 | kg CO2 eq. | 1.91E+0 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| Acronyms | GWP-GHG = Global warming potential greenhouse gas. | ||||||||||||||||
| Disclaimer 1 | The GWP-GHG indicator is termed GWP-IOBC/GHG in the ILCD+EPD+ data format. The indicator accounts for all greenhouse gases except biogenic carbon dioxide uptake and emissions and biogenic carbon stored in the product. As such, the indicator is identical to GWP-total except that the CF for biogenic CO2 is set to zero. | ||||||||||||||||
Additional voluntary environmental performance indicators according to EN 15804
| Impact category | Indicator | Unit | A1-A3 | A4 | A5 | B1 | B2 | B3 | B4 | B5 | B6 | B7 | C1 | C2 | C3 | C4 | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Particulate matter emissions | PM | Disease incidence | 2.42E-8 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| Ionizing radiation - human health | IRP1 | kBq U235 eq. | 8.39E-2 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| Eco-toxicity - freshwater | ETP-fw2, 3 | CTUe | 1.26E+1 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| Human toxicity - cancer effects | HTP-c2, 3 | CTUh | 3.73E-9 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| Human toxicity - non-cancer effects | HTP-nc2, 3 | CTUh | 5.77E-9 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| Land-use related impacts/soil quality | SQP2, 3 | Dimensionless | 1.80E+0 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| Acronyms | PM = Potential incidence of disease due to particulate matter emissions; IRP = Potential human exposure efficiency relative to U235; ETP-fw = Potential comparative toxic unit for ecosystems; HTP-c = Potential comparative toxic unit for humans; HTP-nc = Potential comparative toxic unit for humans; SQP = Potential soil quality index. | ||||||||||||||||
| Disclaimer 1 | This impact category deals mainly with the eventual impact of low dose ionizing radiation on human health of the nuclear fuel cycle. It does not consider effects due to possible nuclear accidents, occupational exposure nor due to radioactive waste disposal in underground facilities. Potential ionizing radiation from the soil, from radon and from some construction materials is also not measured by this indicator. | ||||||||||||||||
| Disclaimer 2 | The results of this environmental impact indicator shall be used with care as the uncertainties of these results are high or as there is limited experience with the indicator. | ||||||||||||||||
| Disclaimer 3 | The results of the impact categories land use, human toxicity (cancer), human toxicity, noncancer and ecotoxicity (freshwater) may be highly uncertain in LCAs that include capital goods/infrastructure in generic datasets, in case infrastructure/capital goods contribute greatly to the total results. This is because the LCI data of infrastructure/capital goods used to quantify these indicators in currently available generic datasets sometimes lack temporal, technological and geographical representativeness. Caution should be exercised when using the results of these indicators for decision-making purposes. | ||||||||||||||||
Resource use indicators according to EN 15804
| Indicator | Unit | A1-A3 | A4 | A5 | B1 | B2 | B3 | B4 | B5 | B6 | B7 | C1 | C2 | C3 | C4 | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PERE | MJ, net calorific value | 2.23E+0 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| PERM | MJ, net calorific value | 0.00E+0 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| PERT | MJ, net calorific value | 2.23E+0 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| PENRE | MJ, net calorific value | 5.60E+1 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| PENRM | MJ, net calorific value | 0.00E+0 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| PENRT | MJ, net calorific value | 5.60E+1 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| SM | kg | 0.00E+0 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| RSF | MJ, net calorific value | 0.00E+0 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| NRSF | MJ, net calorific value | 0.00E+0 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| FW | m3 | 2.25E-2 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| Acronyms | PERE = Use of renewable primary energy excluding renewable primary energy resources used as raw materials; PERM = Use of renewable primary energy resources used as raw materials; PERT = Total use of renewable primary energy resources; PENRE = Use of non-renewable primary energy excluding non-renewable primary energy resources used as raw materials; PENRM = Use of non-renewable primary energy resources used as raw materials; PENRT = Total use of non-renewable primary energy re-sources; SM = Use of secondary material; RSF = Use of renewable secondary fuels; NRSF = Use of non-renewable secondary fuels; FW = Use of net fresh water. | |||||||||||||||
Waste indicators according to EN 15804
| Indicator | Unit | A1-A3 | A4 | A5 | B1 | B2 | B3 | B4 | B5 | B6 | B7 | C1 | C2 | C3 | C4 | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HWD | kg | 1.58E-3 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| NHWD | kg | 1.55E-2 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| RWD | kg | 6.48E-5 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| Acronyms | HWD = Hazardous waste disposed; NHWD = Non-hazardous waste disposed; RWD = Radioactive waste disposed. | |||||||||||||||
Output flow indicators according to EN 15804
| Indicator | Unit | A1-A3 | A4 | A5 | B1 | B2 | B3 | B4 | B5 | B6 | B7 | C1 | C2 | C3 | C4 | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRU | kg | 0.00E+0 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| MFR | kg | 0.00E+0 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| MER | kg | 0.00E+0 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| EEE | MJ, net calorific value | 0.00E+0 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| EET | MJ, net calorific value | 0.00E+0 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| Acronyms | CRU = Components for re-use; MFR = Materials for recycling; MER = Materials for energy recovery; EEE = Exported electrical energy; EET = Exported thermal energy. | |||||||||||||||
Information related to EPDs of multiple products
| Justification for why this is representative | PVC resin grade 631 has been selected as the representative product of the family on the basis that it represents the highest production volume at the ERCROS Vila-seca II plant during the reference period (2024). |
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Abbreviations
PVC: Polyvinyl Chloride
EDC: 1,2-Dichloroethane
VCM: Vinyl Chloride Monomer
PPA: Power Purchase Agreement
SVHC: Substances of Very High Concern
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Version history
2026-07-29, Original version of the EPD.