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Reports and Studies Jul 27, 2017 Code Bulletin C53 Code Bulletin C-53 - Appendix K Revision – Template for Acceptance of New Tests
Reports and Studies Jul 24, 2017 Plastics-to-Fuel Manufacturing Emissions Study This 2017 paper provides emissions data to help evaluate the safety of these operations.
Reports and Studies Apr 21, 2017 Major Market Sales Pie Chart Percentage distribution of thermoplastic resins.
Logos and GuidelinesReports and Studies Mar 17, 2017 A Guide for the Primary Care Physician in Evaluating Diisocyanate Exposed Workers for Occupational Asthma
Reports and Studies Mar 07, 2017 2015 National Post-Consumer Non-Bottle Rigid Plastic Recycling Report A minimum of 1.24 billion pounds of post-consumer non-bottle rigid plastic were reported as recovered for recycling in 2015, the second highest year on record and nearly four times greater than eight years ago.
Reports and Studies Mar 07, 2017 2015 National Post-Consumer Plastic Bag & Film Recycling Report A minimum of 1.2 billion pounds of post-consumer film (which includes plastic bags and wrap) was recovered for recycling in 2015, which is a 34 million pound increase from 2014.
Reports and Studies Mar 02, 2017 ACC Science & Research at the Society of Toxicology Meeting March 12-16 2017 Get the latest updates here.
Reports and Studies Mar 01, 2017 Transporting Growth: Delivering a Chemical Manufacturing Renaissance Low feedstock costs and more investment capital have generated a spate of new chemical projects.
Reports and Studies Feb 24, 2017 BCC Research National Study ACC retained BCC Research to develop a study that presents information on markets for pipe used in municipal water supply and stormwater systems on a nationwide basis.
Reports and Studies Dec 31, 2016 Data Hawks LLC Arkansas Study The primary objective of this study was to investigate and compare pipeline cost, diameter, type of material, and installation lengths in open and restricted bidding communities in Arkansas.
Reports and Studies Nov 03, 2016 BCC Research Michigan Study Key project findings indicate that communities with open competition enjoy lower pipe cost, on average, for water main installation or replacement projects.
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 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.