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PVC FutureSummer 2015 / Issue 4

INEOS ChlorVinyls Limited, Runcorn Site HQ, South Parade, PO Box 9Runcorn, Cheshire. WA7 4JE United Kingdom www.ineos.com

VinylPlus Going from Strength to Strength The European Vinyl Industry has transformed itself since the launch of its new industry voluntary commitment in 2011. 02

PVC piping helping to preserve water following Nepal earthquake This report demonstrates the many benefits of PVC piping that we perhaps all take for granted. 05

Making a significant contribution to a low carbon economy In the build-up to COP21 it is timely to consider the significant contribution that the PVC industry is making towards this goal. 06

Food packaging’s Non Intentionally Added Substances (NIAS) Today’s analytical tools are demonstrating that the monomers and additives used in food packaging are not contaminating our foods. 09

Go Run for Fun™ celebrates its 50,000th runner This spring has seen the INEOS Go Run for FunTM initiative exceed-ing the halfway point in its ambition to get 100,000 children running. 11

Runcorn Energy from Waste plant is helping to ensure that PVC hits its 2020 energy reduction targets PAGE 8

Picture: Roger Mottram

Attendees were left in no doubt how substantial the European Vinyl Industry has transformed itself since the launch of the new commitment in 2011. It has clearly be-come a landmark example of the European Commission’s Vision for a Circular Economy. Furthermore, the United Nations spokesperson indicated that the PVC Indus-try is well positioned to integrate the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals into concrete actions.

There was increasing understanding that to remain com-petitive, Europe must not be isolated and solutions need to be found to ensure binding regulations take on a global perspective. For this reason the eyes of the world will be watching the developments of the next Climate Change Summit in Paris, to be held on 30th November to 11th December 2015, where it is hoped that a global deal on climate change will be achieved (see Roger Mottram’s Low Carbon Economy article on page 6).

The event itself was a great success in selling the strapline that ‘More Vinyl means Less Carbon’ – literally. Our own CEO, Chris Tane demonstrated that compared to other thermoplastics, PVC stacked up pretty well with just 38% carbon within its backbone compared to Polystyrene at 92% and Polyethylene at 86%. His presentation also illustrated the fact that PVC products save energy in use through light-weighting and providing thermal insulation whilst there is a growing number of PVC products used in construction for the supply of renewable energy from transparent pipes for photobioreactors to PVC used in the construction of wind turbine blades

Other key highlights included the launch of the latest Vi-nylPlus Progress Report that can be downloaded from the following link:

http://www.vinylplus.eu/resources/publications/progress-report

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Going from Strength to Strength

Jason Leadbitter [email protected]

Cannes, France was the latest setting for the 4th Sustainability Summit of the VinylPlus Voluntary Commitment under the theme ‘More Vinyl, Less Carbon’. Over 100 delegates converged on the red carpet of the 2015 Forum representing all sectors of the PVC supply chain and including representatives from the UN, European Commission, Government bodies and academia

The summit comprised of 4 key themes including;1. Climate Protection and the Circular Economy2. VinylPlusVoluntary Commitment – progress to date3. Converters’ Contribution4. Reducing our footprint, increasing the handprint and looking forward

More Vinyl, Less Carbon30 April 2015, Cannes France

Picture: VinylPlus


The conference provided an ideal opportunity to update on the progress made during 2014 and a quick snap-shot of some of the key achievements was provided by Dr Brigitte Dero, General Manager of VinylPlus and summa-rised below.

Challenge no 1 Controlled Loop Management

Recycling volumes continue to grow under the care-ful guidance and scrutiny of Recovinyl. 2014 saw yet an-other step increase in reported volumes with an audited 481,018 tonnes of PVC recycled from 5 key reporting sectors including cables, rigid films, pipes and fittings, flex-ible PVC and window profile. The volumes inch ever closer to the half million mark and remain on track towards the 800KT per annum set for 2020.

Whilst nearly all European countries have im-proved their performance, it is fair to say that the growth rate of recycled flooring in France combined with the consolidation of the French and Polish PVC profile recycling schemes were two key outstanding performers.

Whilst all this is very positive news both the recyclers and converters have growing concerns over the interpreta-tion of relevant European Regulations and in particular the Waste Framework Directive. There is a real possibil-ity that some waste streams could be classified as hazard-ous because they could contain certain legacy additives. For this reason much time has been devoted in providing reassurance that recycling is the best option for our products at end-of-life and by providing scientific evidence that there are no risks from migration of such additives during the recycling of discarded PVC.

Challenge no 2 Organochlorine Emissions

Safety within the chemicals industry remains our highest priority. And INEOS ChlorVinyls along with the other members of the European Council of Vinyl

Manufacturers is pleased to report that there were no transport accidents with VCM in 2014. Ensuring that organochlorine emissions are minimised is a key pri-ority for the vinyls industry and there is now a wider appreciation that certain persistent compounds are at lev-els that are extremely small especially when compared against other industries. However, we do recognise that from time to time such issues can emerge that require attention. For this reason PVC Futures would be keen to assist should any of our readers pick up on the issue of PVC and dioxins. Additionally a new article outlining the his-tory on this issue is available from the freelance writer Tobias Johnsen based in Denmark:

http://pvcmed.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Dioxins_final.pdf

Challenge no 3 Sustainable Use of Additives

2015 is a landmark year for VinylPlus. In 2000, the European Stabiliser Producers Association (ESPA) committed to replace all lead-based stabilisers by the end of 2015 across all EU countries. At the time this was a huge commitment with over 120KT of lead-based stabilisers used in PVC formulations. This commitment was also was well ahead of regulation; REACH was a term that had not even been invented. This was a bold commitment but one which was the right decision no matter how chal-lenging. For this reason, ESPA members should be congrat-ulated for their vision and converters for their perseverance and adoption of the Calcium/Zinc and Calcium Organic ® based systems. In 2014 substitution of lead had increased to 86% in the period from 2007 – 2014.

Yet the challenge is for a complete phase-out of the

remaining 14% by the end of 2015. On that basis PVC Futures urges those of our customers who may still be using lead stabilisers to make the switch.

If you visit the EPSA website1 the countdown clock is ticking and our Technical Service team would be pleased to help any of our customers who still are using lead to assist in their substitution plans.

PVC recycled in 2014: 481kt SOURCE: VINYLPLUS PROGRESS REPORT 2015

1http://www.stabilisers.eu


Challenge no 4 Sustainable Use of Energy

and Raw MaterialsWe are pleased to report that INEOS along with the

other resin producers within ECVM have made good pro-gress in our target to reduce energy consumption by 20% by 2020. In 2012, a study was undertaken including an energy benchmark from 2009 (for energy consumption in 2007-2008) and compared to the energy consumption data for 2013. The key finding was a collective 10.2% reduction in energy consumption which clearly demon-strates that we are on track for the 2020 target. Each year our plant operations set themselves targets to reduce energy, it is therefore rewarding to see that incremental improve-ments can make a substantial contribution.

There are no shortage of further improvements indeed the new Runcorn Energy from Waste facility (see our over-view on page 8) – which is really a once in a generation opportunity will at some point translate through to further savings and ensure that once again our industry delivers.

Challenge no 5 Sustainability Awareness

The challenge of ensuring that our Sustainability message is communicated beyond our own supply chain remains as pressing today as it’s ever been. We don’t have to stretch too far to find that VinylPlus is an unknown word to the rest of the world. Yet we have a powerful message to convey and in ensuring that our achievements are recog-nised and in winning over the hearts and minds. That said a tremendous job has been achieved with our Regulators most notably within the European Commission and now through the engagement with the United Nations.

A key milestone for Challenge No 5 includes the launch of the VinylPlus Product Label presented in Cannes by Stefan Eingartner, Deputy General Manager, VinylPlus. The label scheme was developed in close cooperation with the Building Research Establishment – Global, The Natural Step and key representatives from the Vinyl Industry Sectors.

The label provides the first real opportunity to rubber stamp Vinyl products as a hallmark of how well they have been respon-sibly manufactured. It could be argued that this also goes beyond responsible sourcing since companies wishing to adopt the label are required to demonstrate their performance against the 5 key sustainability chal-lenges.

Several companies from the pipe, window and floor-ing industries have now expressed an interest in becoming the first to adopt the label and are now preparing for their audits. In the years ahead we trust that the label design above will have become a recognised household label to be trusted.

2007-2013: 10.2 % energy decrease to produce 1t PVC

Download a copy of the 2015 VinylPlus

Progress Report

www.vinylplus.eu/documents/35/68/Progress-Report-2015


Following the devasta-tion of the earthquake in Nepal, the BBC reported on the tremendous work that the charity WaterAid is providing in delivering essential aid. The statistics are alarming and there remains a very difficult situation, where, even before the earth-quake struck it was report-ed that 1 in 8 of Nepalese do not have access to clean water and 2 out of every 3 do not have basic access to clean sanitation. Clearly the situation to-day is far more difficult. As far as water piping is concerned one positive sign to emerge as report-ed by the BBC through their interview with Ms Carolynne Wheeler from WaterAid on the 14th May was as follows: “I was able to visit programmes around some of the most of the affected districts and what we saw is really just incredi-ble scenes of devastation, entire villages had just fallen down. It is not start-ing entirely from scratch we have seen in communities a little bit father from the epicentre in many cases the water supplies are still there. The pipes are flexible PVC piping so they shake when the earth shakes some of those supplies are still intact. But the focus in now on quality and restoring supplies and sani-tation to avoid the outbreak of disease”.

Clearly what this report demonstrates are the many benefits of PVC piping that we perhaps all take for granted. It should not then be a surprise that if we visit the Wateraid website we learn through the history lessons on pipelines that PVC is seen as the 21st Century Material. Should any of our readers wish to donate to WaterAid details can be found from the following link:

http://tinyurl.com/puycaa6

Wateraid – PVC a 21st Century Material

“Times have changed in the pipingworld. We have just discovered that in-

stead of using copper to make pipes (which is getting more expensive), we can now use PVC plastic which is much cheaper and

really flexible. It is now really easy to makesure that every home and building has a

supply of clean and safe water.”

http://tinyurl.com/o2s56dg

Nepal Earthquake CrisisPVC piping helping to preserve water supply in

region devastated by earthquake

Jason Leadbitter [email protected]

“in many cases the water supplies are still there. The pipes are flexible PVC piping so they shake when the earth shakes”


PVC is a low Carbon material

PVC itself is a low carbon material. Only 38% of the molecular weight of PVC is carbon. 57% of the molecular weight is chlorine derived from common salt – a vastly abundant natural resource. 5% of the molecular weight is hydrogen. Other commonly used plastics have more than double the carbon content of PVC.

PVC ProduCts haVe low

Carbon footPrints

As a consequence of the low carbon content, PVC also has a relatively small carbon footprint compared to other plas-tics and requires less primary energy for manufacture. The relatively low primary energy requirement for PVC as compared to rival materials feeds through into a low carbon footprint for PVC products. There has been a proliferation of carbon foot-print calculations for products, including food products. It is therefore possible to compare the carbon footprints that have been calculated for PVC products with carbon footprints that have been calculated using the same methodology for alterna-

tive products and for other items – such as popular foods. This makes for some interesting comparisons. For example, which has the lowest carbon footprint – an average sized domestic PVC window frame, an aluminium window frame of the same size, or a 2Kg joint of roast lamb? A study published in ‘Buildings 2012’ (ISSN 2075-5309) ‘Carbon Footprint versus per-formance of window frames’ shows that the PVC window frame has the lowest carbon footprint at 51Kg CO2 equiva-lent, the same sized Aluminium window frame has a carbon footprint of 97Kg CO2 equivalent. A separate study by the Univer-sity of Manchester shows that 2Kg of roast lamb has a carbon footprint of 54Kg CO2 equivalent. However, the roast lamb can be eaten by a hungry family in 30 minutes, whereas the window frames under normal conditions would have an expected service life of at least 35 years1.

1 http://tinyurl.com/p2f8d4r

PVC Futures has previously reported on a bespoke carbon footprint calculator developed by the University of Manchester and our readers are reminded of the hot-

link shown below:http://www.ccalc.org.uk/pvcsustainability.php

PVC ProduCts saVe energy during ProduCt use

After manufacture of the PVC prod-ucts there is even more scope for energy savings (and associated greenhouse gas emissions savings) as many PVC products deliver massive energy savings during their use phase as compared to using rival prod-ucts.

Cars typically have many PVC components – from car body underseals, to interior trim parts, seating, mats, cable harnesses, liners and fascia panels. The use of PVC parts helps to reduce vehicle weight with corresponding reductions in vehicle emissions.

The vast majority of window systems achieving the highest energy efficiency ratings have PVC frames. PVC window frame technology continues to improve to enable lower U values (U values are a meas-ure of heat loss) and tighter seals.

PVC pressure pipes maintain a smooth internal wall surface throughout their ser-vice life, and have lower tendency towards

Making a significant contribution to a low carbon economy Roger Mottram [email protected]

PVC consumes less primary energy in its production than any of the other commodity

plastics

SOURCE: Software GaBi 4 Database – PE Europe

The United Nations Climate Change Conference will be held in Paris from 30th November to 11th December 2015. This will be the 21st yearly session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 21) to the United Nations Framework Conven-tion on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The overarching goal of the Convention is to achieve a low carbon global economy, hence reducing greenhouse gas emissions to limit global temperature increases. In the build-up to COP21 there is much discussion about how best to achieve the goal of a low carbon global economy – it is therefore timely to consider the significant contribution that the PVC industry is already making towards this goal.

Graphic: Alpha RA

failure/leakage than rival pipe materials. Maintaining the smooth flow of water through the pipes is important to reduce pumping energy requirements in large water pipe networks. Pumping water ac-counts for up to 7% of total electricity con-sumption in developed countries. Studies by Professor Karney at the University of Toronto have concluded “Using hydrauli-cally efficient plastic pipes makes dramatic energy and CO2 savings”.

PVC tensile fabrics provide a unique combination of high heat reflectivity and good thermal insulation. These thermal properties (combined with good acoustic properties and recyclability) were key fac-tors in the selection of over 140,000 square metres of PVC fabric for London 2012 Olympic venues. According to the Lon-don 2012 ‘Learning Legacy’ document “Functional properties of PVC makes it the most appropriate material in certain circumstances.”

PVC ProduCts are used in renewable energy teChnologies

The use of transparent PVC pipes for photobioreactor systems is patented and previously reported in PVC Futures Issue 3. It is possible to use other transpar-ent pipes (e.g. glass pipes) but costs are much higher. Furthermore, the PVC pipes are not prone to breakage and PVC pipes can be rigid or flexible as required.

Over 400 geothermal projects have been completed in Europe over the last 25 years. PVC pipes transport cold water deep underground (up to 750 metres deep). Heated water is pumped back to the surface in PVC pressure pipes.

Biogas plants ferment biomass to pro-duce flammable gas for energy generation. PVC pipe systems can withstand high pressures generated in the system.

The Vinyl Institute in the States has reported on Photovoltaic cells which have been incorporated into reflective, flexible PVC roofing membranes. This product has the dual benefit of reflecting heat from the building (helping to keep the building cool), whilst generating solar electricity- see

http://tinyurl.com/oonsdug

Not all wind turbine blades are made

from PVC, however rigid, cellular PVC blades are a lightweight and strong option that is preferred by some turbine manufac-turers. PVC blades are also becoming an increasingly popular choice for domestic wind turbines.

Solar ponds are a low cost solar electric-ity option used in developing nations with warm climates. The ponds are artificially created using large PVC pond liners (like a temporary reservoir). The solar pond works by using thermal gradient in the wa-ter (between the surface and the bottom of the pond) to drive Rankine-cycle engines for electricity generation.

some sPeCifiC measures from ineos to enhanCe our Contribution towards a low

Carbon eConomy All ECVM members are making re-

ductions in greenhouse gas emissions as part of our collective VinylPlus commit-ment (VinylPlus progress report on pages 2-4). INEOS ChlorVinyls is no exception, however as well as looking at process effi-ciency improvements we are also looking at some fundamental measures in terms of energy and raw material sources which could make a step change in further reduc-ing greenhouse gas emissions.

We believe that one of the most im-portant measures will be the develop-ment of shale gas in Europe. We have

already seen how the development of shale gas in the US has helped to lower greenhouse gas emissions. Since 2005 energy-related CO2 emissions have fallen faster in the US than emissions reduc-tion across the whole of Europe. US carbon emissions are now at the lowest for 20 years.

It seems counter-intuitive that the development of shale gas lowers green-house gas emissions, however the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change has published a report “Poten-tial Greenhouse Gas emissions associ-ated with shale gas extraction and use” which showed that shale gas develop-ment in the UK would displace imported Liquefied Natural Gas, and would reduce coal burning for electricity gen-eration. As a result there would be a significant net decrease in greenhouse gas emissions. Shale gas, in combination with, and as an essential back-up to renewable energy provides the best possible route to-wards greenhouse gas reductions.

INEOS ChlorVinyls has some beneficial ‘green energy’ options at major production sites. In Scandinavia we have the benefit of renewable energy in the form of hydroelectric power. At Runcorn a new Energy from Waste (EfW) facility (described on page 8) is now providing a significant proportion of our site energy needs. The EfW plant is able to process up to 850,000 tonnes of refuse derived fuel (RDF) per annum, converting it into en-ergy comprising approximately 70 MW of electricity and 51 MW of thermal energy in the form of steam. The facility supplies the INEOS ChlorVinyl’s site at Runcorn, reducing our reliance on fossil fuels.

ConClusion

Whatever is agreed at the United Nations Climate Change Conference this December it is clear that PVC products will need to play an important and grow-ing role in moving the global economy towards a low carbon future.



An overview of Runcorn’s Greater Manchester Energy from Waste plant

• £452 million total investment• Approximately 70 MW of electrical power provided to Runcorn Site• 64 tonnes per hour of steam for direct use• As much as 90% reduction in the volume of waste disposed to landfill• Reduces greenhouse gas emissions from landfills, and releases energy

from the waste materials burned

Picture: Roger Mottram

Graphic: Keppel Seghers


Food packaging’s Non Intentionally Added Substances (NIAS): knowing more and more about less and lessChris Howick [email protected]

You can imagine the scene in a crime thriller: a forensic scientist, dressed head to toe in a white suit, peels away some scotch tape from a table and victim’s body and tells the detec-tive that they think there is the chance of isolating some DNA that belongs to a suspect. Two materials – A and B - contact each other and, for a time, we can find evidence of the presence of B on the surface of A and evidence of A on the surface of B. We marvel at the ability of science to deliver these break-throughs in evidence. We also enjoy a good detective story.

Great! Science helps bring criminals to justice: long may this continue. The

great advances in analytical chemistry are feeding stories elsewhere, however. Whilst some people have a near obses-sion with crime stories we also have, to a greater or lesser extent, a deep concern about the food we put into our mouths. Huge amounts of column inches, face-book sites, twitter feeds and blogs are dedicated to promotions of safe food, healthy lifestyles and “free from” food ranges. Turn those same analytical tools that can find a few micrograms of DNA on a piece of furniture to the analysis of food and you will find a whole host of things that were unknown twenty years ago. The things were there, it’s just that we could not see them.

This includes food packaging. Food contacts a plastic surface for hours or days so even minute amounts of the polymer’s ingredients can transfer to food (and vice versa, although no one worries about this). It’s easy to create a scare story: “chemicals from plas-tic packaging found in food”. If the chemical in question is toxic at high levels – even if the levels are thousands of times higher than any exposure from food – then it’s “highly toxic chemicals from plastic packaging found in food” and the story can be put on the front page. However – and this is frequently missed in such scare stories - the regula-tions in this area are extremely strong.

Picture: ALPHA RA


We can only use monomers and addi-tives in such packaging that have been approved by European authorities. Gaining such an approval requires the submission of an extensive dossier. For even minor components, toxicity test-ing, migration testing and other safety assessments are needed and as an ex-ample a recent INEOS dossier ran to five hundred pages of data and details, even requiring the radio labelling of the component since the migration was so low that it could not be measured us-ing standard techniques. However now think of the power of chemical analysis in 2015 – the same techniques that are celebrated in the CSI programmes. It is recognised that other components, be-yond those added intentionally, can po-tentially be detected. These are at such low levels that they could probably not be detected ten or fifteen years ago. We are in the range of ten to one hundred parts per billion. This is the same order of taking around ten to a hundred steps compared with walking to the moon: it’s a vanishingly low level. At this level we can detect, in theory, fragments of initiators, decomposition products or even low level impurities of the ap-proved additives. In the key regulation for food contact plastics – EU regula-tion 10/2011 – one article lays out the obligation to assess such substances.

Since there is some commonality for all PVC producers in this area, it was decided to approach this through ECVM since if there were common factors to all producers but the pro-gramme needs to retain the ability for each company to be the only one seeing results on its own samples. The project began in 2014 and has divided applications along general food con-tact PVC types. These include both

rigid and flexible applications and, importantly, samples derived from both S- and E-PVC resins. The fabrica-tion of samples was made under strict conditions whereby the same process-ing line and the same batch of addi-tives was always used and the samples made at the same time for each of the different resins, thereby minimis-ing any variability from manufacture. The samples were then been placed in contact with the common food

simulants such as aqueous ethanol, acetic acid and olive oil. Typical contact time is for ten days at 600C. At present the solutions are now being extracted and analysed by some of the most sensitive instrumentation available at the well-respected Smithers PIRA labo-ratories in Leatherhead in the UK. The last time such analysis was performed, the benefits of PVC-U as a packag-ing material were clearly seen: the rate of migration of packaging ingredients into food was so low that virtually no transfer of ingredients could be detect-ed. Not only did this show the superior properties of PVC-U but also showed that PVC-U could be regarded as a functional barrier, that is a near imper-

vious layer that can be used to sepa-rate two layers from one another and actually act as a barrier to migration. The key to this NIAS work is to check that this is still the case with improved powers of detection of 2015.

PVC-P presents a different situation and from the purposes of this study PVC-P and PVC-U can be regarded as different materials. What often dictates migration of ingredients from PVC-P is not necessarily the migration of

the ingredients per se but the level of migration of the plasticiser phase and then the respective solubility of ingre-dients in that plasticiser phase. Once more the increased levels of detection available to us will enable us to study this in greater detail than before.

However let us not forget the mag-nitude we are talking about. It’s a short walk down the road compared with a walk to the moon. The result of the walk – the monomers and additives - has been shown to be safe. All the attention is now focussed on this in-credibly small amount of material. Our new fascination really is on the lowest percentage of food yet.

Picture reproduced with the kind permission of BPF


PVC Future is published by INEOS ChlorVinyls Limited. All content is the intellectual property of INEOS ChlorVinyls Limited unless otherwise listed. All rights reserved. Forwarding or reproduction of this publication or parts thereof, regardless of reason or form, is not permitted without the explicit written authorisation of INEOS.

Editorial team: Chris Howick ([email protected]); Jason Leadbitter ([email protected]);Roger Mottram ([email protected]); Craig Welsh ([email protected])

At a time when childhood obesity is high on the agen-da, this spring saw over 1,500 children from local primary schools from the Runcorn, Widnes and Aycliffe areas tak-ing part in events at Phoenix Park, Runcorn, Victoria Park, Widnes and the Oakleaf Sports Complex at Newton Aycliffe. According to Public Health England it has been shown that over 50% of primary schoolchildren are not getting enough exercise and approximately one third of children aged 10-11 are overweight or obese. The GO Run For Fun campaign, which aims to encourage kids to get off the couch, give the TV a rest and get active, is backed by a number of sporting heroes, including former 60m hurdles world champion & world record-holder Colin Jackson and British Olympians, Lord Coe and Brendan Foster.

Earlier in the year European 400m hurdle champion, Perri Shakes-Drayton, and 2014 English Fell Running Champion, Vic-toria Wilkinson, joined children in Darlington for the first 2km GO Run For Fun challenge of 2015.

British track and field sprinter, Richard Kilty, who recently won the European 60m indoor gold medal for Great Britain, was present at the Runcorn and Widnes events to cheer the children on, and said: “I am delighted to support GO Run For Fun in everything the campaign is trying to achieve. It’s great to see so many people here today. Getting children to embrace sport in a fun way when they are young is the best way to encourage a healthy lifestyle.” At the Aycliffe event, with the INEOS ChlorVinyls PVC plant as a back-drop, the children were cheered on by local Teesside hero, British long-jumper Chris Tomlinson. INEOS ChlorVinyls staff volun-teers were on-hand at all events to help to make the days a complete success.

With more than 100 events and 65,000 runners already un-der its belt, the GO Run For Fun® campaign has an ambition to get 100,000 children running by 2016 - making it the biggest chil-dren’s running initiative in the world. The event is now global in-cluding France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and the USA and it achieved the halfway point in its ambition at Runcorn with its 50,000th runner. The GO Run For Fun series is the idea of Jim Ratcliffe, owner of INEOS, who announced a £1.5m donation spread over three years to establish a new charitable foundation to

encourage children to run for fun.Jim Ratcliffe said: “I’m passionate about getting as many chil-

dren running as possible as early as possible. The idea is simple – to get children out of the house having fun. It is not rocket sci-ence. Running is the basis of so many great sports. If our children can catch the running bug early, they’re more likely to stick to it, and this can only lead to them having more active and healthier lifestyles in the future.”

Events like GO Run For Fun are a great way to get children to keep fit and enjoy sport with their friends, in a fun and relaxed envi-ronment. For further details go to: www.gorunforfun.com

GO Run For FunTM celebrates its 50,000th runner Over 1,500 local children run at Widnes & Aycliffe

Having fun running with the Aycliffe INEOS ChlorVinyls plant in the background. Picture by Jason Leadbitter

The starting line up at Widnes included over 700 schoolchildren from local primary schools. Picture courtesy of Gardiner Richardson

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