We have signed a first-of-its kind partnership with SCGC - SCG Chemicals to transform 200KTA of plastic waste into circular products by 2030. Together, we intend to accelerate technology development in the value chain to enable recycling through mechanical recycling and advanced recycling to covert a broader range of plastic waste into high-value applications. Learn more: https://dow.inc/4anOipW
Dow Packaging & Specialty Plastics
Plastics Manufacturing
Midland, MI 36,738 followers
Capturing the value of plastic for packaging and consumer products. While working to advance a circular economy.
About us
We’re passionate about the value of plastic. Always looking for new ideas to improve the way we use it and reuse it. Partnering with others who share our passion to make products that are innovative and sustainable. While working to keep plastic out of the environment. We don’t have all the answers. But if we put our heads together, we can capture the value and get rid of the waste. Let’s #SeekTogether.
- Website
-
http://www.dow.com
External link for Dow Packaging & Specialty Plastics
- Industry
- Plastics Manufacturing
- Company size
- 10,001+ employees
- Headquarters
- Midland, MI
- Founded
- 1897
- Specialties
- Packaging, Plastics, Elastomers, Polymers, Polyethylene, Recyclable Packaging, Packaging Innovation, Polyolefins, Copolymers, Consumer packaged goods, Recycled plastics, and Sustainable packaging
Updates
-
Today, we announced a new supply agreement with Freepoint Eco-Systems to divert more plastic waste from landfills and convert it into valuable materials. It's another step toward a circular economy for plastics in North America. Learn more: https://dow.inc/4bF480v
Dow and Freepoint Eco-Systems announce supply agreement to transform plastic waste into new circular products
corporate.dow.com
-
Less than 2% of US households have access to curbside recycling for film plastics. It’s a tough recycling puzzle to solve. Luckily Adwoa Mansa Coleman is an expert. 🧩 Drawing inspiration from work in her native Ghana to help increase recycling rates, she’s teamed up with WM to unlock more types of plastic recycling across America and divert more waste from landfills. She’s one of #AmericaChangeMakers building a more circular future. Watch the full America's Plastic Makers Change Makers video to find out how all the pieces are coming together: https://dow.inc/4aC85m1 #CircularFuture #AmericasChangeMakers #Recycling #Collaboration
-
Our employees create innovative technologies, share world-changing ideas and exhibit their passion for the planet every single day. They’re our greatest strength and the drivers of progress. Sustainable Brands gives them a platform to share their insights and expertise, from purpose to action. Find out what inspires our sustainability leaders, the projects that excite them most and their visions for a circular future: https://dow.inc/4annTsm
-
Dow Packaging & Specialty Plastics reposted this
¡Es hoy, es hoy! No se pierdan esta intersante charla que Iván Trillo, nuestro Líder de Soluciones Circulares y Renovables para América Latina en Dow, tendrá con Petar Ostojic, promotor y experto en economía circular. ♻ 🔗 Link: https://lnkd.in/ew6V9tnH 🕛17h México, 18h Colombia,19h Chile, 20h Argentina
-
Our Global Sustainability Director Haley Lowry was recently on Rivers are Life's podcast "Current Conversations". 🎧 She spoke about her role in shaping our solutions for plastic waste and ecosystems, and her personal path to driving sustainable impact. Listen to find out more on our Transform the Waste goal, our partnership with New Energy Blue and what Haley thinks is next in sustainability: https://dow.inc/3UvQrdq
-
Our founding membership with Rivers are Life helps shine the spotlight on unsung heroes in the materials ecosystem. The waste pickers of the River Nile are some of these heroes. We appreciate their invaluable everyday work that helps capture the full value of plastic waste. Rivers are Life’s latest film highlights their incredible work that’s simultaneously building a local economy around waste collection and cleaning Egypt’s famous river. Watch the film here: https://lnkd.in/gu3sMXHh
-
Dow Packaging & Specialty Plastics reposted this
A Unipac se orgulha de participar deste projeto inovador que fomenta o desenvolvimento da energia solar flutuante, contribuindo para um futuro mais sustentável e inovador. Agradecemos a todos os parceiros envolvidos e esperamos que este projeto inspire outras ações em prol da sustentabilidade ambiental. Saiba mais em https://lnkd.in/dXTRbxsB
Em colaboração com a Unipac, uma das mais avançadas indústrias de transformação de polímeros do Brasil, Sunlution e KWP Energia , apoiados pela Ciel & Terre International, pioneira em tecnologia solar flutuante, lideramos a vanguarda em um mercado novo e promissor: parques fotovoltaicos flutuantes para o produção de energia limpa. Nossa resina HDPE de alta qualidade é utilizada na estrutura dos painéis e devido às suas características possui excelente resistência à fissuração por tensão ambiental (ESCR), o que também possibilita sua instalação em água doce ou salgada. Desafiando orgulhosamente a normalidade, apoiamos os nossos clientes na consecução dos seus objetivos sustentáveis. Oferecemos produtos que melhoram a eficiência energética, reduzem o uso de energia fóssil, com foco na circularidade, eficiência operacional e redução de emissões de CO2. Junte-se a esta emocionante jornada. Vamos construir juntos um futuro onde a inovação e a sustentabilidade lideram: https://dow.inc/4bhFKSx #Sustentabilidade #EnergiaRenovável #Inovação #UnipacPolymers
-
INVISU™ 7007 has won an Edison gold award! 🏆 Recognized by the Association of Plastic Recyclers, our water-borne label adhesive is designed for recyclability allowing easy separation from PET bottles. Find out more about our award-winning innovation: https://dow.inc/4aSwmF3
Designed for Recyclability: Washable Pressure Sensitive Adhesive
-
#DidYouKnow – The Diamond Award is the most desired accolade of The Packaging Innovation Awards? 💎 It’s awarded to packaging design meeting three key pillars: technological advancement, sustainable and responsible packaging, and enhanced user experience. With honorees including Procter & Gamble and Henkel, it's clear that winners are recognized for game-changing innovations that transform packaging for the better. That’s why Daniella Souza Miranda is feeling the excitement for this year's 35th edition of the awards taking place in Tokyo. 🇯🇵 Read her full conversation with Recycling Today here: https://dow.inc/4b2sT6B