Meet Jake: The 3D Printer
Jake is breaking the mold for manufacturing by using 3D printing to make products… sometimes using materials that otherwise were destined for the landfill.
Combining innovation with sustainability for a lower carbon future and a circular economy for plastic.
Focus Areas
Sustainable Change for a Brighter Future
Innovation has made plastic vital to modern life. Medical grade plastic for surgeries. Personal protective equipment for ourselves and our caregivers. Lightweight plastic in our electric cars. Energy saving insulation in our homes.
Who We Are
Meet America's Change MakersSM
Today the story of plastic is evolving. Our scientists, engineers, technicians and innovators – America’s Change MakersSM – are linking innovation with sustainability and changing the way plastic is made, used and remade.
Meet Jake: The 3D Printer
Meet Jesus: The Uniter
Meet Fran: The Nurse
Meet Jake: The 3D Printer
Meet Jesus: The Uniter
Meet Jesus: The Uniter
He brings together material suppliers, recyclers, product designers, packagers and others to break down used plastic into its building blocks to be remade into new plastic. Over and over.
Meet Fran: The Nurse
Meet Fran: The Nurse
Fran helps take care of hundreds of Braskem employees that create many of the materials that help protect medical professionals.
What We're Doing
Progress in Action
We’re helping build a circular economy for plastic. An economy in which plastic is reused instead of discarded. Keeping it in our economy and out of our environment.
We’re continuing to innovate, investing billions of dollars in next generation advanced recycling. This technology makes it possible for plastic to be made to be remade, recycled into high-quality raw materials that are reused to make new products. Again and again. Building a cleaner and more sustainable future.
Insights
Innovation. Inspiration. Information. Discover how we’re making sustainable change to help build a cleaner, safer, healthier future.
Press Releases & Statements
Report: More Plastics Used in Automobiles, Improving Fuel Efficiency, Safety and Performance
Safety•Sustainability•Waste Management•
The Story of Plastic (and Elephants)
Safety•Sustainability•
Plastic + Engineers Without Borders
Waste Management•
What’s the Right Way to Recycle Plastic Bags and Wraps (AKA Plastic Film Packaging)?
Video•
Business Insider: Watch This Technology Remake Tons of Used Plastic
Fact Sheet•
Global Agreement Can Stimulate Circular Economy for Plastics
Climate Change•
Wait… Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Making Plastic Went Down?
Advocacy Resources
Explore our resources and discover innovative solutions that help create a more sustainable future.
