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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...

In the first round of our VIABILITY grant program, our team chose to award funding to a research team led by Assistant Professor Konstantinos Goulas of the School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering at Oregon State University. Professor Goulas answered some of our questions...

House Passes Interior-Environment Appropriations with Amendment to Curb EPA’s Flawed Chemical Risk Assessment Program The House passed (213-203) its Interior-Environment bill (HR 4821) on Nov.3 with an important amendment restricting funds to be used under EPA’s Integrated Risk Information System.   The Vinyl Institute had issued a...

Part 1 – Mechanical Recycling Companies in every industry are working to lower their environmental impact and divert as much waste from landfills as possible, and the vinyl industry is no different. Contrary to what some may believe, there are a handful of ways to...

House GOP Chooses Mike Johnson as Speaker Amidst Leadership Shuffle The House of Representatives elected Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) as the 56th Speaker in a unanimous 220-209 vote.  The decision comes after a three-week halt in the House’s legislative agenda, during which Republicans made multiple...

For the fifth year in a row, the Vinyl Institute has provided grants to undergraduate and graduate students to attend Vinyltec – the leading technical conference pertaining to vinyl in North America. We’re proud to say that this year, we received the most applications we’ve...