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 ...

Instead of treating plastic purely as waste, new research shows that it can be transformed into something useful — acetic ...

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado – PVC pipe is not accepted at the Glenwood Springs Recycle Center. But that doesn’t mean that South Canyon Landfill Superintendent Doug Oliver doesn’t find it stuck in the ...

Program Expands Company’s Recycling Efforts to Include a PVC Return Program Adding to the 300+ Million Pounds of Waste AZEK is Helping Keep Out of Landfills Annually A professional-focused approach, ...

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

The AZEK Company Inc. (NYSE: AZEK) ("AZEK" or the “Company”), an industry-leading manufacturer of beautiful, low-maintenance, and sustainable residential and commercial building products, was recently ...

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 ...

Experts identify multiple interlinked reasons why recycling is failing: Inefficient recycling plants – Processes such as cleaning produce microplastics, generating waste even within the system. High ...

VinylPlus builds upon the achievements of the European industry's Vinyl 2010 program. The regional scope of the program is the EU-27 plus Norway and Switzerland, with plastic and additives suppliers, ...

Canadian plastic pipe supplier Soleno of McAdam, New Brunswick, has acquired Plastiques VPC, a startup recycler specializing in the recovery of oil-contaminated plastics. In a May 12 news release, ...

As good citizens, we diligently fill the recycling bins provided by our local authorities with all manner of plastic trays, boxes, bottles and bags. But as these bins fill up quicker and quicker each ...