prEN 15347-5

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-junij-2024
Polimerni materiali - Razvrščeni odpadki iz polimernih materialov - 5. del: Stopnje
kakovosti razvrščenih poli(vinilkloridnih) (PVC) odpadkov in posebne preskusne
metode
Plastics - Sorted plastics wastes - Part 5: Quality grades of sorted poly(vinyl chloride)
(PVC) wastes and specific test methods
Kunststoffe - Sortierte Kunststoffabfälle - Teil 5: Qualitätsstufen von sortierten
Polyvinylchlorid(PVC)-Abfällen und spezifische Prüfverfahren
Plastiques - Déchets de plastiques triés - Partie 5: Grades de qualité des déchets de
poly(chlorure de vinyle) (PVC) triés et méthodes d’essai spécifiques
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 15347-5
ICS:
13.030.50 Recikliranje Recycling
83.080.20 Plastomeri Thermoplastic materials
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

DRAFT
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
March 2024
ICS 13.030.50; 83.080.20
English Version
Plastics - Sorted plastics wastes - Part 5: Quality grades of
sorted poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) wastes and specific test
methods
Kunststoffe - Güteklassen für sortierte
Kunststoffabfälle - Teil 5 Polyvinylchlorid (PVC)
This draft European Standard is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee
CEN/TC 249.
If this draft becomes a European Standard, CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations
which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.

This draft European Standard was established by CEN in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other
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Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are
aware and to provide supporting documentation.

Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without
notice and shall not be referred to as a European Standard.

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Contents Page
European foreword . 3
Introduction . 4
1 Scope . 5
2 Normative references . 5
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms . 5
4 Requirements . 5
4.1 General. 5
4.2 Classification scheme . 5
4.3 PVC Building and Construction – Rigid . 6
4.4 PVC Building and Construction – Flexible . 8
Bibliography . 10

European foreword
This document (prEN 15347-5:2024) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 249 “Plastics”,
the secretariat of which is held by SIS.
This document is currently submitted to the CEN Enquiry.
This document has been prepared under a standardization request addressed to CEN by the European
Commission.
This document is one part of a series of CEN publications on Plastics Recycling, which is structured as
follows:
— EN 15342, Plastics — Recycled Plastics — Characterization of polystyrene (PS) recyclates
— EN 15343, Plastics — Recycled Plastics — Plastics recycling traceability and assessment of conformity
and recycled content
— EN 15344, Plastics — Recycled Plastics — Characterization of Polyethylene (PE) recyclates
— EN 15345, Plastics — Recycled Plastics — Characterization of Polypropylene (PP) recyclates
— EN 15346, Plastics — Recycled plastics — Characterization of poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) recyclates
— EN 15347 (all parts), Plastics — Sorted plastics wastes
— EN 15348, Plastics — Recycled plastics — Characterization of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET)
recyclates
— CEN/TR 15353, Plastics — Recycled plastics — Guidelines for the development of standards for
recycled plastics
Any feedback and questions on this document can be directed to the users’ national standards body. A
complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.
Introduction
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is broadly used in building and construction in both rigid and flexible
applications including profiles and frames, pipes and fittings, flooring, cables, and insulation materials.
The collection of this PVC waste is organized via private schemes where the waste is sent to recyclers.
Post-consumer waste may have a high content of other impurities coming from demolition waste as well
as glass or metal which will be sorted out during the first steps of the recycling process. PVC waste may
also some from pre-consumer sources during the industrial manufacturing of products.
PVC plastic waste is characterized to determine the composition and quality of the batch. A clear and
harmonized waste specification facilitates a transaction between the supplier and purchaser and
establishes standard characteristics to monitor during any sorting or preparation of waste operations.
This document complements the general characterization of waste described in EN 15347-1 and adds
additional clarification when it comes to the required and optional requirements of PVC waste.
Characteristics are defined for products part of the Building and Construction sector for both rigid and
flexible applications.
This document has been produced in accordance with the guidance produced by CEN on Environmental
Aspects and in accordance with CEN/TR 15353.
NOTE CEN/TR 15353 considers the general environmental aspects which are specific to the recycling process.

Under preparation. Current stage is: FprEN 15347-1:2024.
1 Scope
This document describes the quality grades for sorted poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) waste streams as well
as specific test methods laying out those properties for which the supplying party of the waste makes
information available to the receiving party. PVC waste quality grades are based on pre-determined sets
of characteristics, taking into account sectorial and market specificities and related information needs
and tests methods. The scheme provides for a division of information between “Required Data”, where a
statement is required, and additional “Optional Data” as agreed between the supplying and receiving
party.
This document does not cover the general characterization addressed in EN 15347-1 .
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
CEN/TR 15353, Plastics - Recycled plastics - Guidelines for the development of standards for recycled
plastics
EN 15347-1 , Plastics — Sorted plastics wastes — Part 1: General Characterisation
EN 17615, Plastics - Environmental Aspects - Vocabulary
EN ISO 1043-1, Plastics - Symbols and abbreviated terms - Part 1: Basic polymers and their special
characteristics (ISO 1043-1)
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in EN 17615, EN 15347-1 and
CEN/TR 15353 apply. The abbreviated terms related to recyclates given in EN ISO 1043-1 apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminology databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https://www.iso.org/obp
— IEC Electropedia: available at https://www.electropedia.org/
4 Requirements
4.1 General
The characteristics of a batch of PVC sorted plastics waste to be provided to the purchaser by the supplier
are given in Table 1 and Table 2, and are divided into two types:
— required characteristics: Needed to characterize plastic wastes in general and required for all
batches of sorted plastic waste;
— optional characteristics: Additional information for the characterization of plastic wastes.
4.2 Classification scheme
The supplier of a batch of PVC sorted plastics waste shall provide to the purchaser a statement of the
characteristics of the waste listed in
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