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 ...

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 ...

About 70 percent of PVC goes to building and construction uses such as pipes, cables, siding, window and door profiles, flooring, fencing, decking and roofing. The low-cost, easy-to-install products ...

Processing polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe presents challenges, but Central States Reprocessing LLC (CSR), located in Nebraska in the Midwestern United States, has used ...

Plastic has a habit of staying around long after its useful life has ended. Some materials can be collected and recycled with relative ease, while others prove far more stubborn. Polyvinyl chloride, ...

It turns out that the black plastic lid atop your coffee cup has a superpower. And the Stache Lab at Princeton Chemistry, which uncovered it, is exploiting that property to recycle at least two major ...