Why is PVC a smart choice?
• PVC is more than 60-percent derived from salt, one of the most plentiful resources on earth. The low petroleum content gives the material excellent flame resistant properties. • Advances in PVC formulations have made today’s products especially durable, saving on replacement materials and requiring less maintenance over their useful lives. • The smooth surfaces of PVC pipe and fittings provide less resistance to fluids flowing through them, requiring less energy to maintain the flow. The corrosion resistance will maintain these excellent surfaces throughout the product’s life. • Because it is a thermoplastic, PVC can be recycled and manufacturers commonly recycle pre-consumer material. • A 1995 study by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) analyzing emissions for nearly 170 different combustion facilities found no statistical relationship between the amount of chlorine (vinyl) in the waste stream and the amount of dioxin emitted from an incinerator. The study did find
