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The House passed a $78 billion tax bill on January 31 that boosts the child tax credit and reinstates business deductions that were rescinded during the Trump administration, sending the bipartisan, bicameral legislation to the Senate for consideration.  In a bid to secure a legislative...

January is National Blood Donor Month. Given this, we think it’s an opportune time to highlight some of the unsung technology behind the scenes of blood donation and blood storage—vinyl blood bags. While the act of donating blood is widely recognized as a noble and...

Congress Seeks to Avoid a Government Shutdown with a Third Continuing Resolution Congressional leaders are in a race against time and a potential D.C. snowstorm as they work to reach an agreement for a stopgap bill to prevent a government shutdown.   The Senate leaders...

With the New Year comes the opportunity for new resolutions and the optimism to achieve new goals. Advancing vinyl recycling, while not a new goal, continues to be an important focus of the Vinyl Institute. The industry has already committed time and money to innovating...

2023 was a busy and successful year for many industries – and the world of vinyl was no different. We thought it would be a good idea to highlight the Vinyl Institute’s 2023 in Review. As we begin another calendar year and plan for the...

Think of it, in the U.S., millions of Americans don’t have access to safe, clean water in their homes. Working with our partners Water Well Trust, H2 Alabama and Jet Stream, the piping division of General Shale who are donating 15,000 feet of PVC pipe...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced that vinyl chloride (VC) will be one of the five new chemicals prioritized for risk evaluation under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). VC is a vital component in the production of PVC products, that go on...

EPA Lists Vinyl Chloride Among Five Chemicals for TSCA Prioritization The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on Dec. 14 that it has identified vinyl chloride–the main component in the manufacturing and processing of plastic materials and polyvinyl chloride (PVC)–and four other substances as candidates for...