When incinerated, does PVC produce acid rain?
No. All municipal solid waste (MSW) produces corrosive hydrogen chloride when burned, whether PVC is present or not. Current MSW incinerators are designed for the highly corrosive conditions of combustion, including the presence of hydrogen chloride among the many other acid gases produced by burning MSW. The incineration of MSW containing PVC does not cause unique problems of dioxin formation, since MSW contains no PVC, but still produces comparable levels of dioxins when it burns.
