A British firm says it has produced the world's first bioplastic vinyl record, which it hopes will reduce the need for highly toxic PVC. Bioplastics are derived from sources such as sugars and ...

Learn more. Vinyl, otherwise known as polyvinyl chloride (PVC), can pose a danger to human health and the environment under extreme conditions. For instance, when it's burned in a high-temperature ...

Though streaming accounts for most of our music consumption, sales of vinyl records have been on the ... would account for some 30,000 tonnes of PVC used in their manufacture every year.

PVC products offer similar qualities as well as water resistance, ease of maintenance and a service life up to 100 years for some applications like pipes, according to the Vinyl Institute ...

Good morning. I'm Rachel Martin. The vinyl industry has made a major comeback in recent years. The one downfall - records are made from a plastic called PVC, which is bad for the environment.

Houses and apartments built or remodeled in the last decade tend to have one thing in common: The floors are usually covered in “luxury” vinyl plank, often in a sickly shade of gray.

Vinyl records have seen a resurgence in popularity in recent years. But can the manufacturing process, which uses polyvinyl chloride (PVC), be made more environmentally friendly? BBC Click’s ...

Among them is a key ingredient in PVC plastic – vinyl chloride – a common material for water and sewer pipes, medical equipment and toys. It’s also a known carcinogen, and exposure to the ...

Recent findings have changed our understanding of the risk. Vinyl chloride is used to produce PVC, a hard plastic used for pipes, as well as in some packaging, coatings and wires. Its health risks ...