Axion Consulting, Bramhall, United Kingdom, has reported that more than 1 million unplasticized polyvinyl chloride (PVC-U) post-consumer window frames are being recycled in the U.K. every year through ...

Vinyl products are everywhere — from the pipes that deliver drinking water to the discs spinning on turntables to floors, windows, siding, roofing membranes, toys and hospital supplies. However, when ...

Chicago-based Azek Co. Inc. will begin using PVC scrap from construction and demolition (C&D) waste in its outdoor building products through a partnership with Bothell, Wash.-based DTG Recycle. DTG ...

Recycling polyolefin plastics is inefficient and costly because their strong bonds make them hard to break down and require tedious pre-sorting. The future of plastic recycling may soon get much less ...

ANN ARBOR – PVC, or polyvinyl chloride, is a prevalent plastic in the United States and is the third highest plastic produced in the world by volume. We encounter PVC every day, since numerous ...

In a scene from “Plastic Wars,” correspondent Laura Sullivan, left, surveys plastic waste that can’t be recycled. With plastic production growing during COVID, environmentalists fear waste is also on ...

“The world’s commitment to ending plastic pollution is clear and undeniable,” said Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), when the fifth negotiation session for an ...