Vinyl Siding Institute Inc.
The trade group Vinyl Institute says PVC pipe's safety, affordability and sustainability make it the best choice to replace old, leaky infrastructure.
"Not including PVC is a missed opportunity. Post-consumer recycled PVC is already being used successfully in drain, waste, and vent piping," said VI spokeswoman Susan Wade.
New profiles, colors, insulating qualities and composites appeal to builders and remodelers.
Recipients of the funds are developing ways to take back PVC roofing, siding, billboards and medical products.
An agreement settling a lawsuit between an environmental group and the federal government requires the Environmental Protection Agency to examine claims that vinyl is hazardous.
The Northeast Ohio Vinyl Siding Recycling Coalition is a pilot of the Vinyl Siding Institute, a Virginia-based trade association. It started this past fall.
During the coronavirus pandemic, when some businesses were closed and others were ramping up production to keep up with demand, Aiñe Curran launched the PVC-123 medical recycling program for recycling oxygen masks, oxygen mask tubing and intravenous fluid bags, most of which are used in hospital operating rooms. Some stats estimate operating rooms generate 30 percent of all hospital waste.
More than 160 trade groups have written to President Donald Trump expressing concerns about his trade war with China. They want him to postpone tariff increases on Chinese imports that are scheduled for the rest of this year.
Long gone are the days of preparing sustainability reports or life-cycle analyses, publishing that information and then being satisfied, says Cristian Barcan, vice president of sustainability and industry affairs of the Vinyl Institute.
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