PolyOne, a plastics supplier with $3 billion in sales last year, is boosting its focus on the medical market, and one specific target is replacement of polycarbonate alloys with PVC in housings for ...

What should we make of Target Corp.'s decision to reduce the amount of PVC in its packaging and products? First, there's no way to spin this — it's bad news for vinyl. OK, so Target doesn't have a ...

We have a cool new shooting station at the Redneck Rifle Range, and this new target apparatus should last for years. This actually is an adaptation of an existing target holder that I made several ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The company’s goal is to offer PVC alternatives to most toys by fall of 2008.

Recent campaigns against plastic pollution have changed popular perceptions of plastics and prompted politicians to address the issue, with some governments banning certain products. Most recently, on ...

NEW YORK, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- After a campaign by the Center for Health, Environment and Justice (CHEJ) and a coalition of health and environmental organizations, Target has agreed to ...

Target Corp. is jumping on the bandwagon of companies reducing a potentially toxic plastic in products, starting with its brands of baby bibs, shower curtains and table linens. For a company known for ...

Target Corp. has become the second major U.S. big-box retailer to create a program to reduce the amount of PVC in its packaging and products - particularly those intended for infants. The company ...

The PVC-U recycling industry in the UK is celebrating after more than 40,000 tonnes of the material was recycled this year – smashing its target for 2007. And PVC recyclers are expecting a further ...