Plasticity and Big Conversation on Future of Plastic

By Special Chem

- Published on August 28, 2016 by Omnexus

The Plasticity Forum focuses on the opportunities and challenges to scale up the volume of sustainable plastic and its role in the circular economy. The event will offer “a big conversation on the future of plastic,” and discuss where opportunities can be created related to design for recycling, process design, use of recycled content, resource recovery, and waste reduction, all of which can lead to job creation and higher brand value and engagement with customers.

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Net Benefit Analysis on Sustainable Plastic Solutions

By Trucost

- Published on May 3, 2016 by Trucost

Trucost has issued a release about their Net Benefit Analysis research on scaling up sustainable plastic for environmental savings of up $3.5 billion for just two industry sectors. The report recommends valuing net benefits of scaling up of current recycling policies by companies and governments, as the positive externalities created by making long-term sustainability decisions can bring a large impact to the communities that are served by such decisions.

Approximately 8% of current fossil fuel dependency is attributed to plastic production, much of which is used once and thrown away. The environmental cost to society of plastic use by the consumer goods sector alone is estimated at $75 billion, including climate change impacts and environmental damage which include fresh water and ocean pollution.

The report has made a strong case for valuing the Net Benefit of using new materials, reducing packaging waste, increasing recycled content, and other sustainability decisions which often get denied simply because of initial, short-term cost concerns. Such decisions can have powerful, long-term cost, efficiency and brand benefit. The report was announced at the Plasticity Forum in Shanghai on the net benefits that Dell and Algix are bringing to the broader economy, and was initiated in cooperation with Ocean Recovery Alliance.

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Plasticity Forum to Converge Industry, Design and Sustainability

By Rebecca Kanthor

- Published on April 14, 2016 by Plastics News China

The 5th annual Plasticity Forum will come to China this year, with one of the much anticipated talks to be given by Kim Siu, marketing general manager at Watsons Water, which claims to be the largest manufacturer of distilled water in the world. Last year Siu and his team made the radical decision to change the source material for their smaller-size water bottles distributed in Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan from PET to recycled PET, saving a reported 75 million bottles from the waste stream.

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