PVC supplier Georgia Gulf (Atlanta) has made a definitive agreement to acquire the outstanding common stock of PVC profile processor Royal Group Technologies Ltd. (Toronto) for $1.6 billion (which ...

Solvay SA and Kobelco Eco-Solutions have signed a joint venture agreement with a view to set up an industrial unit of Solvay’s Vinyloop Polyvinyl Chloride recycling process in Japan, under the name ...

ANN ARBOR, MI – Polyvinyl chloride or PVC is now a recyclable type of plastic after scientists at the University of Michigan discovered a way to chemically recycle the widely used material. PVC is a ...

A new pilot plant in Ohio, with the support of a trade group, aims to test a system to recycle PVC. A company called Plastic Back expects to commission the trial facility at Freepoint Eco-System LLC's ...

image: Scott Svadlenak, right, and Kostas Goulas discuss possible reaction mechanisms for the PVC to waxes process. Photo by Johanna Carson. view more CORVALLIS, Ore. – Researchers in the Oregon State ...

Researchers have developed a way to make one type of plastic material more durable and less likely to shed dangerous microplastics. Researchers have developed a way to make one type of plastic ...

After a cyclical peak in the third quarter of last year, prices for PVC resins eased a bit in the fourth quarter. This decline was foretold last August, when the rate-of-change curves for PVC supply ...

NEW: A Uni-Bell PVC Pipe Association official has a rebuttal to the Beyond Plastics report covered in this story. Read the detailed update here. Bennington, Vt.-based Beyond Plastics, a nonprofit ...

Researchers in the Oregon State University College of Engineering have received funding to develop a process for converting waste polyvinyl chloride, commonly referred to as PVC, into a wax that can ...