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In this creative and innovative video, we explore an amazing idea using PVC pipes and water bottles to craft something both ...
The plaintiffs accuse a group of pipe makers of coordinating price-fixing actions via Maryland-based OPIS, which had a PetroChem Wire report that until late in 2024 published a PVC & Pipe Weekly ...
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 ...
A synergistic process that combines PVC pyrolysis with bioethanol production provides a practical use for PVC waste (Cell Rep. Phys. Sci. 2025, DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrp.2025.102514).
Should PVC schedule 40 pipe and fittings continue to be permitted for combustion exhaust venting? You and I have come across PVC that has gone from white to many colored shades: from light yellow to ...
As water utilities mobilize to replace millions of lead pipes across the country, they are sometimes choosing plastic, which some advocates worry can pose its own risks to drinking water. Last ...
The answer depends on the type of pipe you're using and what you mean by "glue." There are three common types of plastic pipe sold for electrical and plumbing use — ABS, CPVC, and PVC — and there are ...
The Department of Justice is investigating potential price-fixing in the market for PVC pipes, which follows allegations of a conspiracy in the $4bn market for municipal water pipes and so-called ...
In the battle to conserve water, leaking pipes form an insidious enemy, accounting for average losses of 30 percent – but in some localities as much as 70 percent – of piped drinking water across the ...
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 commercial buyers.