PVC ipurasitiki inoshandiswa zvakanyanya mukuvaka. Saka, haizotsiviwa kwenguva yakareba mune ramangwana, uye ichava netariro huru yekushandiswa munzvimbo dzisina kusimba mune ramangwana.
Sezvatinoziva tese, kune nzira mbiri dzekugadzira PVC, imwe ndiyo nzira yepasi rose ye ethylene, uye imwe ndiyo nzira yakasiyana ye calcium carbide muChina. Nzira ye ethylene inonyanya kushandiswa petroleum, nepo nzira ye calcium carbide inonyanya kushandiswa marasha, limestone nemunyu. Zviwanikwa izvi zvinonyanya kushandiswa muChina. Kwenguva yakareba, nzira ye calcium carbide yePVC yeChina yave iri pamberi. Kunyanya kubva muna 2008 kusvika 2014, kugona kwePVC yekugadzira nzira ye calcium carbide muChina kwave kuchiwedzera, asi kwakaunzawo matambudziko mazhinji ekuchengetedza nharaunda.