The global PVC pipe market is on the rise, fueled in part by the increasing demand for PVC pipes in water, sewage and irrigation projects, according to several industry trend reports. PVC was ...

NEW: A Uni-Bell PVC Pipe Association official has a rebuttal to the Beyond Plastics report covered in this story. Read the detailed update here. Bennington, Vt.-based Beyond Plastics, a nonprofit ...

According to the PVC Pipe Association, a trade group, more than 40,000 water utilities across the country use PVC pipes and more than 1 million miles are in service. They make up about 78 percent ...