What is Vinyl? Vinyl is the most versatile plastic on the market today. Pure vinyl is more than half chlorine, which comes from common, plentiful salt. Chlorine is combined with ethylene, which is produced by “cracking” natural gas (distilling it with heat), to produce ethylene dichloride, which is then turned into vinyl chloride monomer, a gas.
History of Vinyl: From Accidental Discovery to Worldwide AcceptanceThe world's most versatile plastic had a rather humble beginning: A rubber scientist during the early 1920s stumbled onto a new material with fantastic properties during his search for a synthetic adhesive.
The Energy and Environmental Benefits of PVC PVC building products have numerous energy and environmental benefits. Since the late 1980s, more than 20 life-cycle evaluations have been completed on PVC building products, many of them comparing those products to similar products made of other materials. PVC products were found to perform favorably in terms of energy efficiency, thermal-insulating value, low contribution to greenhouse gases and product durability, which means using fewer resources.
Vinyl Meeting Today's and Tomorrow's Indoor Air Quality RequirementsResearch has shown that vinyl is well suited to indoor air criteria as defined in current standards and “green” building guidelines.
FAQs: The Truth About VinylVNS provides answers to the frequently asked questions about vinyl and PVC.
Vinyl in Medical Applications: Unique Characteristics Help Save Lives For more than 50 years, vinyl's performance and protectiveness have made it a critical material in such health care products and procedures as blood and intravenous bags, kidney dialysis and blood transfusions, cardiac catheters and endotracheal tubes.
Update and Summary: Lack of Scientific Basis for the Center for Health, Environment and Justice (CHEJ) Claims Regarding PVCThe Environmental Health Research Foundation (EHRF) was asked to examine the scientific basis for statements regarding the health and environmental properties of PVC, also known as vinyl plastic, made in the Center for Health, Environment and Justice (CHEJ) brochure “Way off Target, A Critical Assessment of Target’s PVC Products & Packaging.”
Profile: Patrick Moore, Ph.D.Dr. Patrick Moore has been a leader in the international environmental field for over 30 years. He is a founding member of Greenpeace and served for nine years as President of Greenpeace Canada and seven years as a Director of Greenpeace International.
Decline of Electrical Fires Due to Fire Retardant Materials Like Vinyl New technologies and the development of fire-retardant materials like vinyl have helped the decline of residential fires caused by electrical distribution equipment.
World Vinyl Forum III PresentationsOct. 28, 2007 – The World Vinyl Forum III recently brought together global vinyl industry leaders to share their views and insights on what has been accomplished and what still needs to be done to achieve the growth and sustainability goals set 10 years ago.