KAMLOOPS, British Columbia (CN) — A Canadian municipality is leading a price-fixing class action claiming suppliers of PVC pipes conspired to artificially inflate the price of the pipes following ...

June 9 (Reuters) - Contractors and other commercial purchasers of PVC pipe have secured their first settlement in a lawsuit in U.S. court accusing some of the industry’s largest manufacturers of ...

This startling mechanism for promoting depolymerization relies on an additive that many plastics already contain: a pigment called carbon black that gives plastic its black color. Through a process ...

Researchers have shown that a common plastic additive called carbon black can depolymerize polystyrene and polyvinyl chloride (PVC), two of the least recycled plastics in the planet’s waste stream It ...

A: As stated in Sec. 352.10, type PVC conduit is permitted in the following applications: Note: In extreme cold, PVC conduit can become brittle and is more susceptible to physical damage. (A) ...

Bio-based compounds for medical plastics applications have been developed by TekniPlex Healthcare. Their performance and compositional properties are equivalent to conventional PVC resins, said the ...

Aug 26 (Reuters) - An electrical contractor has filed an antitrust lawsuit in U.S. court accusing Westlake, Atkore and other major PVC pipe manufacturers of conspiring to overcharge municipal and ...

The Biden-Harris administration said Wednesday that it was taking its first steps toward potentially regulating vinyl chloride, a versatile yet cancerous and flammable chemical used widely to make ...

Just over a year ago, the world was shocked by a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, that carried more than 100,000 gallons of toxic chemicals, exposing thousands of inhabitants and the local ...