ANN ARBOR, MI – Polyvinyl chloride or PVC is now a recyclable type of plastic after scientists at the University of Michigan discovered a way to chemically recycle the widely used material. PVC is a ...

Visa and Mastercard may be standards of payment all across the rest of the developed world, but adoption has been slow in Germany. If you want to eat or shop in smaller establishment, your best bet is ...

PVC and polyethylene pipe producers are boosting recycling efforts, with Return Polymers launching operations near Dallas and Advanced Drainage Systems expanding in Georgia. These initiatives aim to ...

A coalition of environmental organizations warned in a report Wednesday of potential health risks in replacing lead pipes with polyvinyl chloride (PVC). PVC, a low-cost plastic, is commonly used as an ...

Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) has a reputation as a problem for recyclers, but the material can and is being recycled, according to presenters at the recent 2006 Global Plastics Environmental Conference ...

Researchers have developed a way to make one type of plastic material more durable and less likely to shed dangerous microplastics. Researchers have developed a way to make one type of plastic ...

Home construction has always been a strong end market for PVC pipe. But as construction slows because of higher interest rates, pipe makers are seeing help ahead in the form of federal infrastructure ...

Sep. 14—A plastics company aiming to build a factory in the Lockport Industrial Park has dropped manufacturing of PVC pipes from its proposed operations. SRI CV Plastics Inc.'s application for tax ...

Semon eventually succeeded in discovering how to synthesize rubber in 1939, just in time for World War II. Goodrich shared Semon's invention with its competitors, the Goodyear and Firestone tire and ...