Usually, poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) is processed with various different additives. Among these, heat-stabilisers for PVC contain metals, in the past mainly heavy metals. For the recycling of PVC along with the identification the quantitative analysis of the present metals is of interest. Different methods (complexometric titration, capillary electrophoresis and atom absorption spectroscopy) can be used to analyse the content of heavy metals in PVC. For all investigated methods the metals must be separated from the polymer and transfered into an aqueous phase. The classic titration gives rather good results of the metal content in the samples without large apparative equipement, whereas capillary elecrophoresis and atom absorption spectroscopy have several advantages compared with chemical methods.