SIST EN 18066:2025
(Main)Plastics - Design for recycling of PVC based profiles for construction products
Plastics - Design for recycling of PVC based profiles for construction products
This document applies to unplasticized poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC-U) profiles that are intended to be used for the fabrication of windows and doors in accordance with the EN 14351 series or EN 16034, shutters according to EN 13659 and other construction profiles in accordance with the EN 13245 series. Furthermore, this document is also applicable for profiles used in other PVC-U products, which can include recyclates. This document gives references and specifies general and product-specific design for recycling principles.
NOTE 1 In this document, the term “PVC-U profiles” is used to refer to construction profiles made from PVC-U, PVC-UE, and PVC-U-based natural fibre composites (NFC).
NOTE 2 For editorial reasons in this document the term window is used for window/door.
Criteria for the use of materials, process conditions, and recyclability are defined, which are considered during the design process.
This document defines principles to
- obtain the highest possible share of recyclability of the PVC-U part in the profile, and
- increase the share of PVC-U recyclate in the profile,
while complying with requirements for the final product, where existent and defined elsewhere. This document establishes flowcharts which help to assess, (i) how recyclability is evaluated and (ii) whether inclusion of rPVC-U is possible.
The following components of the final PVC-U construction product are considered in this document:
- profiles;
- reinforcements;
- gaskets;
- insulations;
- coverings.
This document specifies only the technical connection of the profile to other components (such as glazing or hardware) and their impact on the recyclability of the PVC-U profiles. The recyclability of the other components (e.g. glazing, aluminium cover, hardware) is excluded from this document.
NOTE 3 Examples for profiles included in this document and their intended use can be found in Figure 1.
Figure 1 - Examples for profiles included in this document and their intended use (frame and sash profile with reinforcements, window, door, cladding and shutter box with shutter)
Kunststoffe - Recyclingorientierte Gestaltung von PVC-basierten Profilen für Bauprodukte
Dieses Dokument gilt für Profile aus weichmacherfreiem Polyvinylchlorid (PVC U), die für die Herstellung von Fenstern und Türen nach der Normenreihe EN 14351 oder nach EN 16034, Abschlüssen nach EN 13659 und anderen Bauprofilen nach der Normenreihe EN 13245 vorgesehen sind. Darüber hinaus gilt dieses Dokument ebenfalls für Profile, die in anderen Produkten aus PVC U verwendet werden, bei denen Rezyklate enthalten sein können. Dieses Dokument enthält Verweisungen und legt die allgemeinen und produktspezifischen Prinzipien für die recyclingorientierte Gestaltung (en: design for recycling) fest.
ANMERKUNG 1 In diesem Dokument wird der Begriff „PVC U-Profil“ in Bezug auf Bauprofile aus PVC U, PVC UE und Naturfaserverbundwerkstoffen (NFC, en: natural fibre composites) auf PVC U-Basis verwendet.
ANMERKUNG 2 Aus redaktionellen Gründen wird in diesem Dokument die Benennung „Fenster“ für Fenster/Tür angewendet.
Für die Verwendung von Werkstoffen, Verfahrensbedingungen und die Recyclingfähigkeit werden Kriterien festgelegt, die während des Gestaltungsverfahrens berücksichtigt werden.
Dieses Dokument legt Prinzipien fest, um
- das größtmögliche Maß an Recyclingfähigkeit des Bauteils aus PVC U im Profil zu erhalten und
- den Anteil an PVC U-Rezyklat im Profil zu erhöhen,
wobei Anforderungen für das Endprodukt, sofern vorhanden und an anderer Stelle festgelegt, erfüllt werden. Dieses Dokument enthält Flussdiagramme, die dabei helfen zu bewerten, (i) wie die Recyclingfähigkeit beurteilt wird und (ii) ob die Einbeziehung von rPVC U möglich ist.
Die folgenden Bauteile des fertigen Bauprodukts aus PVC U werden in diesem Dokument berücksichtigt:
- Profile;
- Verstärkungen;
- Dichtungen;
- Isolierungen;
- Abdeckungen.
Dieses Dokument legt nur die technische Verbindung des Profils mit anderen Bauteilen (wie Verglasung oder Beschlägen) sowie deren Auswirkung auf die Recyclingfähigkeit des Profils aus PVC U fest. Die Recyclingfähigkeit der anderen Bauteile (z. B. Verglasung, Aluminiumabdeckung, Beschläge) wird in diesem Dokument nicht berücksichtigt.
ANMERKUNG 3 Beispiele für die in diesem Dokument berücksichtigten Profile und ihre bestimmungsgemäße Verwendung sind in Bild 1 zu finden.
Bild 1 — Beispiele für die in diesem Dokument berücksichtigten Profile und ihre bestimmungsgemäße Verwendung (Rahmen und Flügelprofil mit Verstärkungen, Fenster, Tür, Verkleidung und Rollladenkasten mit Rollladen)
Plastiques - Conception en vue du recyclage des profilés à base de PVC pour les produits de construction
Le présent document s’applique aux profilés en poly(chlorure de vinyle) non plastifié (PVC-U) qui sont destinés à être utilisés pour la fabrication de fenêtres et de portes conformément à la série EN 14351 ou à l’EN 16034, de fermetures conformément à l’EN 13659 et d’autres profilés de construction conformément à la série EN 13245. En outre, le présent document est également applicable aux profilés utilisés dans d’autres produits en PVC-U qui peuvent inclure des recyclats. Le présent document fournit des références et spécifie des principes de conception générale et spécifique des produits en vue du recyclage.
NOTE 1 Dans le présent document, le terme « profilés en PVC-U » désigne les profilés de construction en PVC U, en PVC UE et les composites fibres d’origine naturelle à base de PVC U (NFC).
NOTE 2 Pour des raisons éditoriales, le terme « fenêtre » est utilisé dans le présent document pour désigner la fenêtre ou la porte.
Les critères d’utilisation des matériaux, les conditions de traitement et la recyclabilité, qui sont pris en considération pendant le processus de conception, sont définis.
Le présent document définit des principes visant à :
— obtenir la proportion la plus élevée possible de recyclabilité de la partie en PVC-U du profilé, et
— augmenter la proportion de recyclat de PVC-U dans le profilé,
tout en respectant les exigences du produit final, lorsqu’elles existent et sont définies ailleurs. Le présent document établit des logigrammes qui aident à évaluer (i) comment la recyclabilité est évaluée et (ii) si l’inclusion de rPVC-U est possible.
Les composants suivants du produit de construction en PVC-U final sont pris en considération dans le présent document :
— profilés ;
— renforts ;
— joints ;
— isolants ;
— revêtements.
Le présent document spécifie uniquement la liaison technique du profilé à d’autres composants (tels que le vitrage ou la quincaillerie) et leur impact sur la recyclabilité des profilés en PVC-U. La recyclabilité des autres composants (par exemple vitrage, capot en aluminium, quincaillerie) est exclue du présent document.
NOTE 3 La Figure 1 fournit des exemples de profilés inclus dans le présent document et leur utilisation prévue.
Figure 1 — Exemples de profilés inclus dans le présent document et leur utilisation prévue (profilé de cadre et vantail avec renforts, fenêtre, porte, bardage et coffre de volet roulant avec volet)
Polimerni materiali - Oblikovanje za recikliranje profilov na osnovi PVC za gradbene izdelke
General Information
Standards Content (Sample)
SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-julij-2025
Polimerni materiali - Oblikovanje za recikliranje profilov na osnovi PVC za
gradbene izdelke
Plastics - Design for recycling of PVC based profiles for construction products
Kunststoffe - Recyclingorientierte Gestaltung von PVC-basierten Profilen für
Bauprodukte
Plastiques - Conception en vue du recyclage des profilés à base de PVC pour les
produits de construction
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 18066:2025
ICS:
83.080.01 Polimerni materiali na Plastics in general
splošno
83.140.99 Drugi izdelki iz gume in Other rubber and plastics
polimernih materialov products
91.060.50 Vrata in okna Doors and windows
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
EN 18066
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
June 2025
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 83.140.99; 91.060.50
English Version
Plastics - Design for recycling of PVC based profiles for
construction products
Plastiques - Conception en vue du recyclage des Kunststoffe - Recyclingorientierte Gestaltung von PVC-
profilés à base de PVC pour les produits de basierten Profilen für Bauprodukte
construction
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Contents Page
European foreword . 3
Introduction . 4
1 Scope . 5
2 Normative references . 6
3 Terms and definitions . 6
3.1 Material definitions. 6
3.2 General definitions . 7
4 Design for recycling . 8
4.1 General. 8
4.2 Assessment scheme for the design process considering the recyclability of the profile . 9
4.2.1 Process of assessment . 9
4.2.2 Choice of material concerning the recyclability . 11
4.2.3 Separability into recyclable components . 11
5 Requirements for use of rPVC-U . 12
5.1 General. 12
5.2 Materials used for manufacturing of profiles . 14
5.3 Extrusion: Process conditions and tool design . 14
5.4 Interaction of components and rPVC-U containing profiles . 14
6 Determination of recycled content . 14
6.1 Determination for a company or production site by means of mass balance . 14
6.2 Determination for a profile . 14
7 Summary: Design process regarding recyclability and use of recyclate . 15
8 Reporting . 16
Annex A (informative) Circular-ready attributed groups, rationale, and objectives - applicability
to M/584 . 17
Annex B (informative) State-of-the-art recycling technologies . 21
Annex C (normative) Assessment of design for recycling . 22
C.1 Non-exhaustive list of properties and supporting questions for the assessment of design
for recycling . 22
C.1.1 Ability to disassemble . 22
C.1.2 Separability/Sorting of materials for recycling . 22
C.1.3 Recyclability of the profile . 23
C.1.4 Optimization of use of rPVC-U . 23
Annex D (informative) Typical rPVC-U allocation . 25
Bibliography . 28
European foreword
This document (EN 18066:2025) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 249 “Plastics”, the
secretariat of which is held by SIS.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by December 2025, and conflicting national standards shall
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Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland,
Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North
Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and the United
Kingdom.
Introduction
An important step to achieve circularity in the plastics industry is to pave the way for more use of recycled
materials in plastic products. To this aim, unplasticized poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC-U) window system
suppliers commit to raise the uptake of PVC-U recyclate (rPVC-U) in window profiles and related building
products. Above all, this can be realized by improving the design of plastic products in two directions:
first, to make them recyclable and second, to increase the content of recycled plastics.
There are already existing standards addressing the circular designs of products. This document takes as
reference EN 45560, Method to achieve circular designs of products, which proposes a method to achieve
circular-ready designs of products. EN 45560:2024, Table A.1, contains a list of circular-ready attributes
including rationale and objectives. This standard takes the attributes linked to design for recycling.
The attributes of circularity not related to recycling are excluded in this standard. However, it should be
noted that achieving good recyclability can conflict with other circular economy strategies. To achieve
the best overall result from a circular economy perspective, a holistic assessment is required, considering
the entire life cycle, including production.
Although not within the scope of this document, the installation of the frame and its dismantling can
impact the quality of the recyclate or recyclability itself.
Regardless of normative or legislative requirements for the use of recyclate (e.g. REACH, additives), its
availability in a quality suitable for the production of the profiles within this scope is limited at the time
of publication of this document.
1 Scope
This document applies to unplasticized poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC-U) profiles that are intended to be used
for the fabrication of windows and doors in accordance with the EN 14351 series or EN 16034, shutters
according to EN 13659 and other construction profiles in accordance with the EN 13245 series.
Furthermore, this document is also applicable for profiles used in other PVC-U products, which can
include recyclates. This document gives references and specifies general and product-specific design for
recycling principles.
NOTE 1 In this document, the term “PVC-U profiles” is used to refer to construction profiles made from PVC-U,
PVC-UE, and PVC-U-based natural fibre composites (NFC).
NOTE 2 For editorial reasons in this document the term window is used for window/door.
Criteria for the use of materials, process conditions, and recyclability are defined, which are considered
during the design process.
This document defines principles to
— obtain the highest possible share of recyclability of the PVC-U part in the profile, and
— increase the share of PVC-U recyclate in the profile,
while complying with requirements for the final product, where existent and defined elsewhere. This
document establishes flowcharts which help to assess, (i) how recyclability is evaluated and (ii) whether
inclusion of rPVC-U is possible.
The following components of the final PVC-U construction product are considered in this document:
— profiles;
— reinforcements;
— gaskets;
— insulations;
— coverings.
This document specifies only the technical connection of the profile to other components (such as glazing
or hardware) and their impact on the recyclability of the PVC-U profiles. The recyclability of the other
components (e.g. glazing, aluminium cover, hardware) is excluded from this document.
NOTE 3 Examples for profiles included in this document and their intended use can be found in Figure 1.
Figure 1 — Examples for profiles included in this document and their intended use (frame and
sash profile with reinforcements, window, door, cladding and shutter box with shutter)
2 Normative references
The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are
indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated
references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
EN 12608-1:2016+A1:2020, Unplasticized poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC-U) profiles for the fabrication of
windows and doors — Classification, requirements and test methods — Part 1: Non-coated PVC-U profiles
with light coloured surfaces
EN 12608-2, Unplasticized poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC-U) profiles for the fabrication of windows and doors —
Classification, requirements and test methods —Part 2: PVC-U profiles covered with foils bonded with
adhesives
EN 12608-4, Unplasticized poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC-U) profiles for the fabrication of windows and doors —
Classification, requirements and test methods — Part 4: PVC-U profiles with thermo-laminated foils
EN 17508, Plastics — Unplasticized poly(vinyl c
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