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    Durable, light-weight, eco-friendly plastic

    Hey all, Thanks for this information, it's really helping me out. I am on with my manufacturer in China. He keeps mentioning 6P PVC as a plastic that isn't banned in California. I keep telling him all vinyl chloride will be banned by 2009 but he is persistent. Is he speaking the truth? He...
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    Durable, light-weight, eco-friendly plastic

    Hi patprimmer, Thanks for the comments. I wasn't sure about the policies of this forum so I tried to avoid "advertising" my product. You can see it at: www.poolsidepong.com. By "rugged" I didn't mean "rubber ducky" tough. Essentially, we'd like to maintain the look and feel of the product...
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    Durable, light-weight, eco-friendly plastic

    Thanks Demon3 for your information thus far. I can feel your pain when it comes to the PVC madness. In terms of consumers, New Germany ranks at the top. We are trying to go retail there and thus will have to abide by these PVC regulations (I think, more on this below). Our plastics are used...
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    Durable, light-weight, eco-friendly plastic

    Hi, I am looking for a plastic that is both durable, light weight and eco-friendly. It must also be cost-effective for mass production. I currently use PVC; however, we are expanding retail to California, which has banned PVC for our type of product. Can you recommend anything? The product...

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