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Freight rail shippers, including members of the American Chemistry Council (ACC) and the Chlorine Institute (CI), testified this week before the Surface Transportation Board (STB) on increasing competition amongst railroads and implementing more realistic approaches to resolving rate cases. 

The wallcovering industry has a powerful sustainability standard to provide interior designers and their clients with certified sustainable products.

The town of La Rinconada, Belen, recently put the finishing touches on a brand-new water system. The system includes a PVC transmission line, a tank, chlorine disinfection, PVC distribution lines, and residential taps for 24 families.

The Vinyl Institute welcomes Cristian Barcan as our new Vice President of Sustainability and Industry Affairs. In this new position, Cristian is responsible for leading the organization’s overall  campaign to advance the vinyl industry’s sustainability commitment and progress, and build positive relationships with key influencers as we showcase the beneficial applications of vinyl products.

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory are tweaking a strain of bacteria that will make ethylene in sunlight.

SURE HOUSE brings the economic, environmental, and social components together for the well-being of both people and the community in which they live—both today and into the future.

I sometimes receive a question from an architect or a designer who had a bad experience with a vinyl product. In trying to understand what happened, I often find that […]

Once the campaign is over and a billboard is taken down, the vinyl can be repurposed as an alternative to landfilling. See the interesting uses of repurposed billboards.