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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...

Dr. William P. Murphy Jr. is a name you likely are not familiar with, but his contributions to the world have had massive impacts. Dr. Murphy, along with his colleague Dr. Carl W. Walter, created the vinyl blood bag in 1949-50. Dr. Murphy joined the...

Vinyl Industry Attends Third Round of UN Talks on a Global Plastic Pollution Treaty  From Nov.13-19, international negotiators convened for the third round of talks addressing plastic production and waste management on a global scale. Delegates from 170 nations, including Ned Monroe, Vinyl Institute (VI)...

The team at the Vinyl Siding Institute has received grants from our VIABILITY recycling grant program in both the first and second rounds of funding. Their team has been hard at work to build out their recycling program – known as the Revinylize™ Recycling Collaborative...