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Happy World Emoji Day! Why July 17? It’s the date displayed on the Unicode calendar emoji. But what do emojis and vinyl have to do with one another? Well there are actually many emojis that represent a use of vinyl or are created with PVC,...

My family and I shop at our local CVS drug store several times a month, due to its location near our home. It’s a regular stop when we run errands on the weekend. Several months ago, I noticed when CVS stopped selling cigarettes. But I...

When it comes to circularity, it’s important to know its history. Ellen MacArthur Foundation has promoted its Circular Economy concept for many years. The key elements include designing out waste in a product’s life cycle at the beginning of a product’s life cycle, and preferably...

New York State Passes Significant Renewable Energy Program The Empire Center for Public Policy estimates that the state of New York generates 0.47 percent of all global greenhouse gas emissions. Nevertheless, in the final days of the 2019 New York legislative session, the governor and...

China Trade Negotiations and Tariffs The U.S. and China have agreed to tamp down trade tensions and resume trade negotiations after President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping met at the G20 summit in Japan last week. After the June 29 meeting with President...

A new report from the General Services Administration (GSA) concludes that the Green Building Initiative’s (GBI) Green Globes rating system continues to meet federal requirements for green buildings. The assessment comes after a study, High-Performance Building Certification Ratings Systems, that looked at over 100 building...

This year’s Sustainable Brands conference offered the Vinyl Institute team the opportunity to see and anticipate what’s on the horizon for sustainability. It was interesting to capture what other industries, companies, and brands consider most important for a more sustainable future and how they can...

Pushes to Pass USCMA Intensify Pushes for the passage of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) have intensified in the past few weeks. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is traveling to Washington this week to meet with President Donald Trump on Thursday. Trudeau plans to also meet...