Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is durable and holds up against moisture and corrosion. That makes it a good plastic for pipes, construction material, and medical devices. But its high chlorine content also ...

RICHLAND, Wash.— A plastics recycling innovation that does more with less, presented today at the American Chemical Society fall meeting in Chicago, simultaneously increases conversion to useful ...

Researchers in the Oregon State University College of Engineering have received funding to develop a process for converting waste polyvinyl chloride, commonly referred to as PVC, into a wax that can ...

Around one-third of all plastics produced contain polyethylene, a lightweight, durable thermoplastic with a global value of $200 billion per year. Such plastics are cheap and easy to produce.