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John Houle: Senior Technical Consultant, PVC Pipe Industry
John Houle holds a Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Missouri and an MBA from the University of Oregon. He has more than 25 years of experience in the plastic pipe industry in applications engineering, market development, forensic analysis, technical writing, and standards development.
In the sustainability world, many manufacturers claim that their products are “green.” Often the evidence supporting these claims is flimsy at best.
The recently published Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for PVC pipe does not fall into this category. The document was:
The PVC pipe industry did it right. Other pipe materials should do the same. Click here to read the PVC pipe EPD.
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