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TL;DR: Vinyl packaging plays a crucial role in keeping our food fresh, safe, and protected from farm to table. This blog explores how food safe vinyl helps reduce food waste, extend shelf life, and provide reliable, sustainable packaging solutions. Vinyl offers superior barrier protection against oxygen,...

TL;DR: Post-consumer recycling is helping the vinyl industry reduce waste by recovering materials like flooring, siding, and PVC pipes and turning them into new products. These recycling initiatives support sustainability goals, conserve raw materials, and promote a more circular economy in construction and manufacturing. PVC...

TL;DR Vinyl recycling helps reduce waste and conserve natural resources by allowing PVC materials to be reused multiple times without losing their essential properties. From construction materials to everyday items, recycling vinyl keeps valuable materials in circulation and supports a more sustainable, circular economy. Vinyl...

White House Renews Push for Deep EPA Cuts The White House has proposed a FY2027 budget for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that would reduce funding by approximately 52 percent, requesting $4.2 billion—a $4.6 billion decrease from enacted fiscal year 2026 levels. The proposal largely...

Members to Return to a Crowded Post-Recess To-Do List The House and Senate are away on a two‑week recess and are scheduled to return the week of April 13. When they reconvene, lawmakers will confront an increasingly crowded legislative agenda and limited floor time before...

PVC pipe is one of the most common and popular options for providing communities and homes with clean, safe drinking water. In fact, it’s been in use around the world for more than 70 years. Whether as a replacement for aging infrastructure around the country...

EPA Pauses TSCA Litigation as Regulatory Overhaul Advances Amid Legal Uncertainty The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has temporarily delayed multiple legal challenges to Biden-era chemical regulations under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) by securing court-approved pauses in several appellate cases. These pauses allow the...

Senate Republicans Advance Targeted TSCA Reforms To Extend User Fees,  Streamline Chemical Approvals, And Restore Regulatory Certainty On March 4, the Senate Republicans on the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing to advance targeted draft legislation to reform the Toxic Substances...