improving recovery & driving sustainability through

The Dow Chemical Company

Improving Recovery & Driving SustainabilityThrough Industry Collaboration

Jeff WoosterGlobal Sustainability DirectorPackaging & Specialty Plastics

April 2015

Promoting a Fully Recyclable Waste Stream

Make sure all plastic packaging is recovered

instead of ending up buried in a landfill somewhere

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Business Sustainability Strategy

Drive Science

Promote Positives

Improve Performance

Utilizing the Teachable Moment

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Sustainability Fundamentals

Resource Use

or Footprint

Performance

or Value

…utilizing life cycle thinkingChoosing solutions with multiple environmental, social & economic attributes

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An Example Product Lifecycle

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Dow Partners With Thought Leaders to Improve Science, Attitudes, and Actions

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• National public awareness campaign to

INCREASE PE film recovery

• Flexible Film Recycling Group (FFRG) provides

signs, bins and other materials to PROMOTE

effective PE film recycling

• Label from SPC communicates action to

consumers

Influencing Recycling Behaviors

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COMPARED to a paperboard + liner package with equivalent contents, a package using

PE SUP Technology from Dow offers the following ADVANTAGES:

Data per Dow tests conducted using Simplified Environmental Impact Calculator

(developed exclusively for The Dow Chemical Company by Allied Development Corp).

Data based on 1,000 grams of packaged product; Test protocols and additional

information available upon request.

Pouch illustration is for representative purposes

only; Dow does not manufacture the actual pouch,

nor produce these types of retail products.

88%less total

material weight

54% less total energy

consumed in production

and product

transportation

89% fewer Green House

Gas emissions over

the package life cycle

90% less post

consumer solid

waste

Packaging Science can Help Drive Life Cycle Thinking

AND allows mechanical recycling

with bags and PE films

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Energy Bag Pilot Project

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Finding Value in Consumer “Waste”

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Energy Bag Pilot

Detailed Project Report

Documentary Video & Trailer

available at:

www.dow.com/EnergyBag

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The Next Step: Automated Sorting of Flexible Packaging at the MRF

• One Bin for Maximum Participation & Collection

• Automatic Sorting for High Speed Efficiency

• Multiple Options for Beneficial Use After Sorting

What it Will Take:

• Collaboration & Research to Optimize Separation

• A Willingness to Change the Status Quo

• Driving Forces to Overcome the Action Energy

ThankYou

Jeff Wooster

+1.281.796.0307

Jeff.wooster@dow.com

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