Articles tagged as: polymer resin
Air, Hazwaste Violations Cost Texas PVC Makers $7.2 Million
December 2, 2008
HOUSTON, Texas, December 1, 2008 (ENS) – The largest producer of polyvinyl chloride in the United States, and its subsidiary, have agreed to spend $7.285 million to comply with federal laws at their manufacturing facilities in Freeport, Texas. The two companies have agreed to pay a $2.585 million civil penalty to resolve environmental violations, and [...]
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The Other Kind of “PET”
October 4, 2007
This week, we’ve pretty well covered how to green your pets [www.sundancechannel.com], so today we want to talk about another kind of “PET” — the plastic kind, also known as “polyethylene terephthalate” or “number 1 plastic.” As Wikipedia tells us [en.wikipedia.org], PET is “a thermoplastic polymer resin of the polyester family and is used in [...]
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