PVC ni ubwoko bwa pulasitiki ikoreshwa cyane mu bikoresho by'ubwubatsi. Kubwibyo, ntabwo izasimburwa igihe kirekire mu gihe kizaza, kandi izagira amahirwe menshi yo gukoreshwa mu turere tudateye imbere mu gihe kizaza.
Nkuko twese tubizi, hari uburyo bubiri bwo gukora PVC, bumwe ni uburyo mpuzamahanga bwa ethylene busanzwe, ubundi ni uburyo bwihariye bwa karubone ya calcium mu Bushinwa. Inkomoko y'uburyo bwa ethylene ahanini ni peteroli, mu gihe amasoko y'uburyo bwa karubone ya calcium ahanini ari amakara, limestone n'umunyu. Ubu butaka bwiganjemo cyane cyane mu Bushinwa. Kuva kera, uburyo bwa PVC bwa karubone ya calcium mu Bushinwa bwari ku mwanya wa mbere. Cyane cyane kuva mu 2008 kugeza 2014, ubushobozi bwa PVC mu Bushinwa bwo gukora karubone ya calcium bwagiye bwiyongera, ariko byanazanye ibibazo byinshi byo kurengera ibidukikije.