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Recap of 2024 Vinyl Industry Fly-In

April 19, 2024
On April 9th and 10th, vinyl industry leaders visited Washington, D.C. to participate in the Vinyl Institute’s annual Congressional Fly-In. This event always provides an excellent opportunity for our organization’s […]

Legislative Update: Stricter Emissions Rules for Chemical Plants and a Busy Two Week Session for Congress

April 11, 2024
Biden Administration Enforces Stricter Emission Rules for Chemical Plants   The Biden administration finalized a rule on April 8 requiring over 200 chemical, polymer, and resin production plants to reduce […]

Vinyl Institute Welcomes Evan Tracey as Vice President of Marketing and Communications

April 5, 2024
The Vinyl Institute is extremely excited to announce that Evan Tracey has joined our marketing and communications team as its Vice President. Evan comes to our team after spending the […]

Legislative Update: VI Submits Comments for VCM Risk Evaluation, President Biden Signs Spending Package

March 28, 2024
VI Submits Comments on EPA’s TSCA Risk Evaluation of Vinyl Chloride The public comment period to file comments to Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) request for further information on the potential […]

PVC is a Solution for Water Conservation – Irrigation

March 19, 2024
Water is a finite resource. As it stands now, the U.S. wastes far too much of it. As our first article in this series on water conservation detailed, aging, rusting […]

PVC is a Solution for Water Conservation: Water Mains

March 18, 2024
Every year, the American Water Works Association estimates the United States loses more than ~2.1 trillion gallons of treated water. This is primarily due to worn-down and aging infrastructure. For […]

Legislative Update: Senate Passes Two Bipartisan Recycling Bills

March 14, 2024
Senate Passes Two Bipartisan Recycling Bills On March 13, the Senate passed two bipartisan recycling and composting bills that have been stalled since being reported out of the Senate Environment […]

VIABILITY Grant Recipients Making a Difference: Every Shelter

March 12, 2024
Our team is extremely proud of our post-consumer recycling grant program – VIABILITY. More than 1.1 billion pounds of vinyl is recycled in the U.S. and Canada annually, but we’re […]