- 2,941 vinyl production facilities in the US
- 350,000 employees
- $54.5 billion in economic value
- 15 billion pounds of vinyl resin produced in the US annually
- 10 billion pounds sold domestically, 5 billion pounds exported
- Feedstocks in the US are salt and natural gas
- 70% goes to the building and construction markets
- 1 billion pounds of vinyl recycled annually in the US (90% post-industrial, 10% post-consumer)
- Over 100 vinyl recyclers in the US and Canada
- 7 billion pounds moved to municipal solid waste streams (3% of plastics)
- Vinyl chloride emissions declined by 83% per unit since 1987
- PVC production increased 82% since 1987
- Chlor-vinyl manufacturing dioxin emissions decreased 86% since 2000
- The vinyl industry injury rate is 1/4 the rate of the chemical industry, and 1/7 the rate of the overall manufacturing industry
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