Changing the conversation.
Jeff Arionus & Holly Dunnill
Western Plastics Association
May 2019
Let’s talk about eliminating plastic waste.
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The benefits of plastic packaging
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Food waste costs ~$750 billion annually
Mitigates food waste
• Extends shelf-life and helps to
prevent food spoilage
• Provides the right portion size,
delivers “resealability” and offers
ready-made options
• Protects food along the supply chain
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The benefits of plastic packaging
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Provides high sustainability profile
• Reduces material use
• Saves energy
• Reduces emissions
• Offers reusable resource
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• Reduced transport requirements
• Reduced emissions
• Reduced production impacts:
– Energy consumption
– Raw materials
– Package construction/size & weights
– End-of-life considerations
The benefits of plastic packaging
$533 Billion
Plastics vs. alternatives in consumer goods sector
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Ocean damage
End of life management
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Source: ACC, Trucost Study 2016
Lowers environmental cost
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But…
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There is a disconnect between
the recognized benefits of
plastics and support for bans
and restrictions on single-use
plastic products.of consumers globally
believe plastic is beneficial
to their daily lives
66%
%76Of those 66%:
are concerned about
the impact of plastic on
the environment
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Plastics under attack
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Proposals for plastic bag bans are
becoming more wide spread.
Pressure is increasing globally for
transparency and disclosure.
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Waste
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Plastic waste is a threat to our planet
when it enters the environment.
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We believe in plastic for a circular world – whereby from design to disposal, the value of plastic is retained, while the burdens placed on the environment are eliminated.
This three-part strategy represents our commitment to finding ways in which we can continue to provide the positives of plastic, while ensuring that none of thatplastic ends up in theenvironment or is lost to landfill.
When people think of
plastic packaging, they’re
not thinking about
convenience, food safety
and health.
They’re thinking about
sea turtles, birds and
mammals eating or
getting entangled in
plastic trash.
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A strategy for a cleaner future
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Dow is inspiring hope with innovative
solutions for smart and responsible plastics
use, reuse, repurposing and recycling.
Plastics for a circular world
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In 2018, 5,600 employees, families
and friends participated in 55 cleanups
along with industry peers and customers
to pick-up more than 52,500 pounds of
waste (more than nine pounds per
person).
In collaboration with the Ocean
Conservancy, Dow is leading an effort to
inspire a movement across our company
and others to cleanup waterways.
Cleaning the waterways
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Together with several other major global
brands, Dow became a founding investor
in Circulate Capital’s $100 million effort to
incubate and finance companies and
infrastructure that prevent waste in oceans.
Dow joined more than 40 industry leaders
to endorse the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s
global action plan on plastic packaging
entitled “The New Plastics Economy:
Catalysing Action” which was launched at
the World Economic Forum at Davos in
January 2017.
Investing in the environment
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In India, we helped to transform more than
100 metric tons of flexible plastic waste
into material used to build longer-lasting
roads with equally long-lasting
environmental benefits.
We’ve constructed two roads in Freeport,
Texas, using 1,683 pounds of PCR
(equivalent to nearly 120,000 plastic
grocery bags).
In Latin America, we’re working with
stakeholders that transform waste into
durable bricks and building materials
for homes.
Transforming plastic waste
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Recycling platform pillars
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Innovation and new
business development
Explore and evaluate
new technology such as
bio-based materials.
Design for recyclability
Dow is well positioned with resins, specialties and
adhesives that can enable
more plastic packaging to
be recycled.
Innovative products accelerating market segment strategy
Plastic circularity
Mechanical recyclingProduct and application
development
Develop options for improving the quality of recyclate from flexible packaging defined by:• Economics and speed
• Enabling partnerships
• Regional Infrastructure for
plastic recycling
• New markets
Chemical recycling
solutions
Building off our extensive P&SP foundation
Olefin production
Polyolefin production
Film/packageproduction
Gasification
Conversion to cracker feedstock
Complexity
Creating a sustainable product offering
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Global brands driving need for sustainable solutions
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Most companies are focusing on:
1) Increasing recyclability of their packaging
2) Incorporating more PCR/recycled content in packaging
Dow solutions:
Design for recyclability
• BOPE
• RecycleReady
• Barrier adhesive to
reduce Al foil
• Compatibilizers to
increase PCR usage
• OEM collaboration for
recyclable packages
• Materials science
advancements for
dow ngauging,
lightw eighting, and
PCR incorporation
• Mechanical and
chemical recycling*
All CPG’s retail and packaging producing signatories (107) have committed to making
100% of their plastic packaging reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025. And
CPGs and retailers have committed to an average of 25% recycled content by 2025.
Spring 2019: 350+ Signatories to the Ellen
MacArthur Foundation’s New Plastics Economy
Brand Owners Retailers Conv erters
Single-use to reusable ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Eliminate unnecessary
plastic packaging ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
100% recyclable,
reusable, compostable ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
PCR content ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Increase recycle rates ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Downgauging ● ● ● ●
Bio-source/based ● ●
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Design for recyclability: Technologies and tools enabling sustainable packaging
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Resource efficiency
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Up to 25% Down-gauging
Collaborate Innovate Accelerate
Reduced weight & thickness Superior stiffness & toughness Higher performance
4X
2X
1X
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Enhance recyclability
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Our evolving portfolio of recyclable solutions fits your products’ needs
Must hav e a market for
the recycled material
Spouted
pouches
Stand-up
pouch
Form-Fill-Seal Large
volumes
Thermoformed
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Recycle enhancers
Recycle stream Recycle enhancing technologies
PE / PP INTUNE™ olefin block copolymers
PE / PA
FUSABOND™ M603 functional polymer
FUSABOND™ E226 functional polymer RETAIN™ polymer modifier
PE / EVOH or PA /
EVOH / PE
RETAIN™ polymer modifier
FUSABOND™ M603 functional polymer BYNEL™ 41E710 adhesive resin
DuPont™ SURLYN™
Ionomers / EVOH or PA
FUSABOND™ E226 functional polymer
SURLYN™ 1650 ionomer for sodium SURLYN™ ionomer streams
PP / PA or PP / EVOHFUSABOND™ P353 functional polymer
RETAIN™ polymer modifier
Polyesters / PEELVALOY™ PTW copolymer alloy
ELVALOY™ AC 3427 acrylate copolymer
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Overview of OPULUX™ HGT optical finish coating
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• Conversion to an all-PE stand-up pouch from
PET/PE or BOPP/PE laminated packages
• Increase in seal temperature window on all PE
pouch and bags
• Good CoF for pouch machining – 0.3 to 0.7
• Gloss finish
• Protects inks from smearing
• Imparts transparency and clarity when applied
to hazy films
Non-recyclable
PE/PET (laminated)
All-PE
(non-laminated)
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Market-driven innovation
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Research Development Commercialization
An average of 40 new products are launched globally each quarter – driven by innovations in packaging.
Applicationdevelopment
Process research
Catalystresearch
Material science
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Pack Studios
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Leveraging a global
technology base for
faster local solutions
Mozzate
Ringwood
Freeport
Singapore
Horgen
Shanghai
Sao Paulo
Mumbai
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Leveraging expertise
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Fabrication
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Full-scale blown film, cast film, blow molding, injection molding, extrusion coating lines
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Testing – analytical & physical
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More than 50 physical and analytical testing capabilities, including
microscopy. Sensory science labs in North America and Europe
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Trials
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Industry-scale VFSS, HFSS lines; shrink tunnel; stretch wrappers and stretch wrap tester; stretch hood line for real-world testing and validation
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Testing & trials – dedicated transportation lab
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Be part of the solution.Help start a movement for change.
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