April 22 is Earth Day! This year, we want to take a moment to celebrate vinyl’s durability and recyclability. The world’s most versatile plastic, vinyl has brought safe, versatile, durable, and efficient products to people everywhere for more than 60 years. In your home and throughout your community, vinyl works hard to make your life easier every day.

1. Vinyl Is Durable and Recyclable

2. Vinyl Is Durableand Recyclable
Vinyl Resin by Major Market Consumption (millions of pounds)
Transportation 250
Packaging 733
Building and Construction 7,295
Electric/Electrical 528
Furniture and Furnishing 181
Consumer and Institutional 899
Industrial/Machinery 73
Adhesive/Inks/Coatings 86
All Others 374
Exports 4,935
Total 15,353
Source: ACC’s Resin Review 2017

3. Vinyl Is Durableand Recyclable
All
Materials
(Metals, Glass,
Paper, Wood,
Textiles, Rubber
and Leather,
and Plastics)
Plastics Vinyl
185.3 b lbs.
(100%)
50.2 b lbs.
(27%)
1.4 b lbs.
(0.8%)
Landfilled PVC in Perspective
Source: U.S. EPA Municipal Solid Waste Report for 2014

4. Vinyl Is Durableand Recyclable
Recycled Vinyl Materials – U.S. and Canada
Post-Consumer Recycled Vinyl Up 40% Since 2014
Pre-Consumer - 904 Million Pounds Post-Consumer - 104.6 Million Pounds Landfilled and Recycled - 7.1 Million Pounds
Source: Tarnell Company 2017 Survey, Sold Amounts