A structured survey of existing Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) identified the available information to create a comprehensive picture of the available environmental information on life-cycle related topics within the market segment of PVC products. The authors conclude that it becomes obvious that PVC is an individual material - like other polymers and materials - with individual environmental advantages and disadvantages. It is a matter of the (effective or ineffective) use of the materials within individual and innovative applications. Therefore from a LCA point of view there is no reason why PVC should be treated different than other materials. And the EU Commission considers on the Integrated Product Policy (IPP, 2003) that LCAs provide the best framework for assessing the potential environmental impacts of products currently available.