Ineos’s Inovyn polyvinyl chloride (PVC) business has started up two pilot plants at its R&D center in Jemeppe-sur-Sambre, Belgium, to test a solvent dissolution process for recycling PVC. Inovyn says ...

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Wednesday rejected a petition by the Center for Biological Diversity to list discarded polyvinyl chloride as hazardous waste under federal law. The Center ...

Plastic is one of the world’s most ubiquitous materials, essential to daily life as we know it. Production is growing at a rate of 3.4 percent—three times faster than our global population growth.

Fortunately, researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed an innovative recycling technique that relies on ...

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 ...

Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is durable and holds up against moisture and corrosion. That makes it a good plastic for pipes, construction material, and medical devices. But its high chlorine content also ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Patent Landscape Report" has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. This report provides a detailed analysis of the patent landscape ...

We’ve all seen the little triangle of arrows on the bottoms of plastic bottles and other containers, intended to guide consumers to proper plastic recycling. But if you also have noticed the ...