This year's model of the New American home was built in harmony with the hills outside the Las Vegas strip and in pursuit of reaching the highest standards for energy efficiency. Read more about plastics in construction and more from the International Builders' Show held last week by senior reporter Catherine Kavanaugh.
Also on the front page, Chemours Co. has placed its CEO and two other top executives on administrative leave during an investigation that includes questions regarding ethics and finances.
And a U.S. Senate panel heard calls on Feb. 27 for stepped-up regulation and research around microplastics, but lawmakers seemed split on how to turn the science they were reviewing into policy.
This week we have Frank Esposito on Material Insights talking about the latest price changes to PVC and PS resin, and also the recent pause of Orbia's planned PVC plant.