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How Water Access Contributes to Quality of Life

August 31, 2021
Water is an essential component of living a healthy life. Sure – on the surface we need to consume water to live. But the impact water has on a person’s […]

Vinyl’s Role in EV Readiness

August 23, 2021
In 2016, there were fewer than 300,000 electric vehicles (EVs) registered in the U.S. But by 2020, that number had to more than 1.8 million; and that number is even […]

Legislative Update: Infrastructure & Virgin Plastic Tax

August 19, 2021
Infrastructure On Aug. 10, the Senate voted, 69-30, to pass the bipartisan infrastructure package, titled the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which would provide $550 billion in new spending […]

How the Better Plants Program is Better for Your Business

August 16, 2021
Sustainability is good for business – in more ways than one. For one thing, companies are increasingly expected to be participating and initiating sustainability initiatives – for the simple reason […]

Celebrating National Water Quality Month

August 12, 2021
Water is essential to life. As Americans, many of us probably don’t think twice about the water coming out of our taps. At times we may be inconvenienced by a […]

Legislative Update: Appropriations & WOTUS

August 5, 2021
House FY22 Appropriations The House voted, 219-208, to approve an FY22 appropriations bill that includes funding for the $11.4 billion for the Interior-Environment (H.R. 4372) and Energy-Water (H.R. 4549) FY22 […]

Update on Infrastructure Package

August 5, 2021
The White House and bipartisan Senate infrastructure negotiators on July 28 broke a nearly month-long logjam announcing an infrastructure agreement and successfully passing a Senate procedural “test” vote advancing the […]

8 Reasons PVC/Vinyl is a Sustainable Choice

August 3, 2021
To download this information in a PDF one-pager, click here.  PVC is recyclable and recycled In 2019, more than 1.1 billion pounds of PVC was recycled in the US and […]