Sustainable Packaging Innovations to Drive a More Circular Economy and Eliminate Marine Debris

Jeff Wooster Global Sustainability Director Packaging & Specialty Plastics

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Realizing a Vision for Improved Recovery

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A Future Where All Plastic Packaging Goes Into the Recycle Bin

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Innovations Across the Lifecycle

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Source: GreenBlue

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Innovations Metrics Improved Sustainability Performance: Environmental, Social, & Economic

Fewer GHG Emissions & Less Energy Use

Lower Costs & Less Resource Depletion

Better Health & Wellness Benefits

Increased Competitiveness & Better Quality Employment

Reduced Waste and Leakage from the System

Better Utilization of Resources

Less Litter & Less Marine Debris

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Partnering to Lead

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Supporting Research & Improving Materials Management

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One Piece Closures

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-16%

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-12%

-10%

-8%

-6%

-4%

-2%

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2.7g 2-Piece(2.4gPP/ 0.3gEVA)

2.5g 1-Piece (HDPE) 2.3g 1-Piece (HDPE)

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134 Million Pounds of

CO2 Avoided

Annually*

Equivalent to taking 14,390 cars off the road

Equivalent to taking 9,028 cars off the road

84 Million Pounds of

CO2 Avoided

Annually*

* Assuming 45 Billion Closures are used for carbonated soft drinks in North America Annually.

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CONTINUUM Bi-Modal HDPE Resins

What can molecular architecture design flexibility offer? Sustainability & Performance Benefits

such as:

Light weighting

Improved stackability

Cycle time reduction

Improved Toughness

Higher PCR tolerance

Improved Balance of

Properties such as:

Stiffness, ESCR,

Processability & Impact

Resistance

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Polyethylene Stand-Up Pouch

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Designing Recyclability into an Existing Package Format

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RETAIN Compatabilizer

Allowing More Types of Packaging to be Recycled

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Re-Pelletizing Packaging Films

Recycled Film

Basic Film Recycling Process

This process works well for films that are made from PE Typically doesn’t work well for multi-material films such as PE/EVOH coextruded films used for their oxygen barrier

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RETAIN Compatabilizer

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Barrier packaging containing

EVOH

(42.5 μ) - PE + RETAIN™ (5 μ) - Tie

(5 μ) - EVOH

(5 μ) - Tie (42.5 μ) - PE + RETAIN™

(42.5 μ) - PE (5 μ) - Tie

(5 μ) - EVOH

(5 μ) - Tie (42.5 μ) - PE

Traditional Barrier Film

Structure

Recyclable Barrier Film

Structure

50 μm film

829562 5L 5%EVOH Control

829564 5L 5%EVOH EVOH:RC 1:1

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Innovation is the Key

By promoting and supporting innovation, we can encourage businesses,

governments, and non-governmental organizations to develop better

solutions to the world’s biggest challenges.

These solutions can help us improve resource efficiency by driving a

more circular economy, eliminate waste from industrial processes, and

reduce litter and marine debris by providing increased incentive and new

tools to capture the value of materials we have already created.

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Thank You

Contact Information:

Jeff Wooster

The Dow Chemical Company

1254 Enclave Parkway

Houston, TX 77077

Email: jeff.wooster@dow.com

Mobile Phone: +1.281.796.0307

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