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Reports and Studies Nov 02, 2016 2015 United States National Postconsumer Plastic Bottle Recycling Report This study is a cooperative effort between the Plastics Division of the American Chemistry Council (ACC) and the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) to quantify the amount of high density polyethylene (HDPE) and polypropylene (PP) bottles collected for recycling, as well as the rate of recycling of those bottles.
Reports and Studies Sep 01, 2016 Polyvinyl Chloride Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is a versatile thermoplastic material that is used in the production of hundreds ofproducts that consumers encounter in everyday life.
Reports and Studies Aug 10, 2016 2015-16 Centralized Study on Availability of Plastic Recycling This study determines the types of rigid plastics that are collected—curbside and municipal drop-off—in the United States for recycling and documents the percentage of the population that has access to recycle various types of plastics.
Reports and Studies Aug 02, 2016 2016 ICCA LRI Workshop: Improving Environmental and Human Health Risk Assessment The 2016 ICCA-LRI and NIHS held a workshop on June 15 and 16, 2016 on Awaji Island, Japan to address Meeting the Global Challenge of Applying New Scientific Methods to Improve Environmental and Human Health Risk Assessments.
Reports and Studies Aug 01, 2016 Playbook for an Effective All-Hazards Chemical Sector Response A Publication developed by the Chemical Sector Coordinating Council in partnership with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Reports and Studies Aug 01, 2016 Progress Report – 2016: The Declaration of the Global Plastics Associations for Solutions on Marine Litter This 2016 Progress Report summarizes the status of commitments made under the Global Declaration.
Reports and Studies Jul 26, 2016 Plastics and Sustainability: A Valuation of Environmental Benefits, Costs and Opportunities for Continuous Improvement A valuation of environmental benefits, costs and opportunities for continuous improvement.
Reports and Studies Jul 26, 2016 Executive Summary: Plastics and Sustainability: A Valuation of Environmental Benefits, Costs and Opportunities for Continuous Improvement
Reports and Studies Jul 26, 2016 Study from Trucost Finds Plastics Reduce Environmental Costs by Nearly 4 Times Compared to Alternatives A new study by Trucost finds the environmental cost of using plastics in consumer goods and packaging is nearly four times less than it would be if plastics were replaced with alternative materials.
Reports and Studies Jul 01, 2016 The Industrial Gases Industry: Essential to US Manufacturing, Health Care, Domestic Energy Production and Energy Efficiency For more than 100 years, the industrial gases industry has supplied sectors that are essential to the economy nationwide.
Reports and Studies May 01, 2016 Measurement of Endogenous Versus Exogenous Formaldehyde-Induced DNA-Protein Crosslinks in Animal Tissues by Stable Isotope Labeling and Ultrasensitive Mass Spectrometry DNA-protein crosslinks (DPC) arise from a wide range of endogenous and exogenous chemicals, such as chemotherapeutic drugs and formaldehyde. Importantly, recent identification of aldehydes as endogenous genotoxins in Fanconi anemia has provided new insight into disease causation.
Reports and Studies Apr 23, 2016 BCC Research Carolinas Study The primary objective of this study was to provide a comparison of water distribution and transmission (pressurized) pipe installation and costs between three communities in North and South Carolina.
Reports and Studies Mar 04, 2016 Shedding Light on Studies Contending Associations of Human Biomonitoring Levels with Health Effects ACC Science and Research Highlights - March 2016.
Reports and Studies Mar 03, 2016 Socio-Economic Evaluation of the Global Silicones Industry - Europe This summary provides key information to stakeholders on the important contributions that silicones and the related materials, silanes and siloxanes, make to European society.
Reports and Studies Mar 03, 2016 Socio-Economic Evaluation of the Global Silicones Industry - The Americas This summary provides key information to stakeholders on the important contributions that silicones and the related materials, silanes and siloxanes, make to society in the Americas.
