With more than 350,000 employees in the U.S., it is critical that we continue to protect, grow. and create jobs in the PVC/vinyl industry. To do so we need a common-sense regulations. Everyone wants clean water and clean air. We all want to protect our workers and our communities. We all want a clean and safe food supply. Which is why we also support bipartisan and commonsense regulatory reform, that cuts red tape, protects the environment and also strengthens the economy.

The Environmental Protection Agency has allocated significant resources to a program that essentially gives the government the power to pick winners and losers in the marketplace. By circumventing traditional rulemaking processes, the Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) program inhibits a full and balanced consideration of lifecycle factors—to the detriment of the PVC/vinyl industry.

The Vinyl Institute advocates for inclusive and common-sense regulatory reform.

The EPP’s anti-PVC ecolabel guidelines operate at the detriment of 350,000 employees at 2,900 PVC/vinyl processors and fabricators in the U.S. and an industry with a commitment to sustainability and a track record of continuous improvement. PVC/vinyl production has increased 92 percent since 1987 and vinyl chlorine emissions have decreased 83 percent during that same period. In addition, the PVC/vinyl industry’s injury rate is one-fourth the rate of the chemical industry and one-seventh the rate of overall manufacturing.