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Trucost Report on Plastics
New report found that the environmental cost of using plastics in consumer goods and packaging is nearly four times less than it would be if plastics were replaced with alternative materials.
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Source reduction and reuse of materials are at the heart of WWF’s new Cascading Materials Vision initiative
Throughout this website we share ways plastics help packaging professionals use less, overall. Using plastics in packaging applications helps drive sustainability by reducing materials consumed, energy and waste. This is really at the core of sustainability—using...
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Originally published on Chemistry Matters, the official blog of the American Chemistry Council. Earlier this week Ihad the privilege of speaking at the German Mission during the United Nations’ “The Oceans Conference.” The conference was designed to advance...
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- WWF environmental effort gains plastics industry backing (June 12, 2017)
- Plastics Makers Welcome New Plastics Economy Innovation Prize (May 18, 2017)
- Some Food for Thought: Plastic Packaging is one of the Solutions to Reducing Food Waste (April 26, 2017)
- Flexible Packaging Recycling Project Announces Research Results, New Members (September 22, 2016)
- Global Plastics Industry Activities to Prevent Marine Litter Grow to 260 Projects Worldwide (May 20, 2016)
- First-Of-Its-Kind Study to Examine Recovery of Flexible Packaging Using Existing Technology (September 15, 2015)
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Why Plastic Packaging
Plastics help make packaging lighter, shatter-resistant and more energy efficient. Plus, many plastic packages can be recycled or recovered for energy value. They’re innovative, sustainable and cost-effective.