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Water Wins: When Sustainability Becomes Part of the Company Culture
“Sustainability is best played together. It's validating to see what we started and see it grow first across the other teams in our plant, and eventually across Lubrizol.” — Kalli Stull ... View More
Transforming Plastic Waste into Asphalt: Paving the Way for Sustainable Roads
In order for truly sustainable and circular systems to be realized, every facet of normal life must be re-considered — from the cars we drive to the roads we drive them on. ... View More
Widespread Engagement at Heart of Dow’s Mission to Transform Into a 125-Year-Old Sustainability Leader
Today, Dow considers its sustainability strategy and business strategy to be one and the same; employees understand that the two can no longer be separate. But, as Global Sustainability Director Haley Lowry explains, this didn’t happen overnight. ... View More
Biomimicry Institute Awarded €2.5M to Pilot, Scale Decomposition of Textile Waste
The Design for Decomposition initiative is the next step in the Institute’s effort to transform fashion, stopping millions of tonnes of textile waste escaping into the environment each year. ... View More
Full-Circle: AZEK Disrupts PVC Recycling by Revolutionizing Takeback
AZEK’s FULL-CIRCLE PVC Recycling program helped it collect approximately 400M pounds of recycled product for reuse in 2020 — with the hope that this entire value-chain approach can disrupt the plastic waste paradigm meaningfully, as AZEK continue... View More
This Industry-First Online Marketplace Is Helping Companies ‘SourceGreenPackaging’
The newly launched B2B marketplace helps connect companies with vetted, sustainable, plastic-free packaging options, as well as education on materials and the evolving regulatory landscape. ... View More
Meeting Your Corporate Circularity Commitments: Welcome to the Age of Advanced Recycling
We believe that the solution to stopping plastic waste is understanding that the material is too valuable to be lost in landfills. We can change what is traditionally considered waste and transform it into a valuable, sustainable resource through adv... View More
Dramatically Decarbonizing Our World: A Blueprint for Global Circularity
With specific investments, partnerships and innovations all directed at the various steps of the plastics system, Dow’s approach provides a blueprint for how industry can build a foundation for a circular economy and the reduction of emissions. ... View More
Day 3-B3A2: A New Framework for Socially Responsible Ocean-Bound Plastic Supply Chains
Ocean-bound plastic supply chains often rely on a workforce that is at risk for social and economic exploitation and exposed to degraded environmental conditions. Additional care is needed to ensure social responsibility throughout that type of suppl... View More
How Companies Are Joining Forces, Closing Loops, Optimizing Outputs in Complex Supply Chains
At SB’21 San Diego, innovators in the agriculture, electronics, food and plastics industries shared lessons learned from a variety of initiatives aimed at closing loops and optimizing value chains for a circular, regenerative future. ... View More
Report: US Plastics Production to Outpace Coal in Driving Climate Change by 2030
Beyond Plastics says the report's estimates are conservative; many emissions remain uncounted because current regulations do not require the industry to report them. ... View More
Clearing the Way for Action: The Need for Coordination, Consistency to Close the Loop on Plastics
Dow aims to not only provide more sustainable products, but to share our expertise to support people and our planet’s wellbeing. For that expertise to reach its highest potential, it must be backed by international cooperation at every level. ... View More
OPLN: Experiential Learning for the Win (or, How to Really Turn the Tide on Global Plastic Pollution)
2019’s Ocean Plastics Leadership Summit transformed not only its host organization and its 165 participants — it catalyzed action around plastic waste at an unprecedented scale. We caught up with Ocean Plastic Leadership Network founder Dave Ford... View More
How Formosa Plastics Is Nurturing Biodiversity in Texas
In 2020, the team at the Formosa Agricultural and Environmental Research Center, located at the site of the company’s Texas plant, began concurrent production of honeybees, native flowering plants and native trees as part of an effort to enrich the... View More
Tackling the Unseen Climate Costs of a Plastic Planet
Whether it’s using the carrot of incentives or the stick of regulations, change is possible — and strongly desired. So, what can brands do? Be proactive and make the extra effort to find and choose recycled plastic whenever possible. ... View More
SC Johnson, Liverpool FC Team Up to Repurpose Fan Plastic Waste
In its latest partnership with a professional sports team, SCJ will collect empty plastic bottles from each game for recycling into new Mr Muscle® bottles; as well as promote sustainability, health and hygiene. ... View More
How the Tourism Industry Can Help Fight the Plastic Pandemic
When COVID hit in 2020, tourism frantically tried to carry on, with hygiene at the crux — often by wrapping everything in plastic. As travel struggles to regain its footing, responsibility and sustainability must once again be given priority to fut... View More
Partnering Across the Value Chain in India: New Opportunities to Close the Loop
Although progress is being made to advance a circular economy, converting difficult-to-recycle flexible plastics and films, such as plastic bags, into new products has largely been untouched by recycling innovators. Dow, Circulate Capital and Lucro P... View More
Better Recycling Helps Build More Sustainable, Circular Cities
Long-standing, effective recycling systems are right at our fingertips, waiting for their full potential to be realized. Let’s reinvest in mechanical recycling to blend tried-and-true science with enhanced systems to reimagine how sustainable citie... View More
