Editing Polyvinyl chloride (section)

===Pipes===
Roughly half of the world's PVC resin manufactured annually is used for producing [[Plastic pipework|pipe]]s for municipal and industrial applications.<ref>{{cite conference|author = Rahman, Shah|date = 19–20 June 2007|title= PVC Pipe & Fittings: Underground Solutions for Water and Sewer Systems in North America| conference = 2nd Brazilian PVC Congress, Sao Paulo, Brazil|url=http://www.institutodopvc.org/congresso2/ShahRahman.pdf|access-date = 28 February 2009|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150709034844/http://www.institutodopvc.org/congresso2/ShahRahman.pdf
| archive-date = 9 July 2015|url-status = dead}}</ref> In the private homeowner market, it accounts for 66% of the household market in the US, and in household sanitary sewer pipe applications, it accounts for 75%.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070822041842/http://vinylbydesign.com/site/page.asp?CID=14&DID=15 Uses for vinyl: pipe]. vinylbydesign.com</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author = Rahman, Shah
| date = October 2004|title = Thermoplastics at Work: A Comprehensive Review of Municipal PVC Piping Products|journal = Underground Construction|pages = 56–61|url = https://www.scribd.com/document/398987949/Thermoplastics-At-Work-Comprehensive-Review-of-Municipal-PVC-Pipe-Products|format = PDF|access-date = 5 February 2019|archive-date = 7 August 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200807004043/https://www.scribd.com/document/398987949/Thermoplastics-At-Work-Comprehensive-Review-of-Municipal-PVC-Pipe-Products|url-status = live}}</ref> Buried PVC pipes in both water and sanitary sewer applications that are 100&nbsp;mm (4&nbsp;in) in diameter and larger are typically joined by means of a gasket-sealed joint. The most common type of gasket utilized in North America is a metal-reinforced elastomer, commonly referred to as a Rieber sealing system.<ref>{{cite journal| author = Shah Rahman| date = April 2007| title = Sealing Our Buried Lifelines| journal =  Opflow| volume = 33| issue = 4| pages = 12–17| doi = 10.1002/j.1551-8701.2007.tb02753.x| bibcode = 2007Opflo..33d..12R| url = http://www.hultec.co.za/downloads/Buried_lifelines.pdf| access-date = 30 March 2010| archive-date = 8 October 2011| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111008190036/http://www.hultec.co.za/downloads/buried_lifelines.pdf| url-status = live}}</ref>