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.

Advanced Recycling

Advanced recycling harnesses the power of innovation, science and technology to remake plastics… again and again.

Circular Economy

To help keep plastic out of our environment, we need to move from a “linear” economy to a “circular” economy.

Sustainable Infrastructure

As a key part of America’s critical manufacturing capacity, plastic makers play an integral role in rebuilding our nation’s ability to move people, energy, goods and water while simultaneously driving down greenhouse gas emissions.

Policy & Advocacy

You can help build a circular economy for plastic, in which plastic is reused instead of discarded. Helping keep plastic out of our environment.  

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 Ron: The Motivator

Driving Exciting Cars… and Sustainable Change in the Auto Industry

Meet Karen, Automotive Marketing Manager, Covestro. My interest in sustainability started when I was studying chemical engineering. I had to specialize and select one of the many options, and one of those was environmental studies. I was very excited to learn all the processes to clean pollutants from the water, from the air. And it started a passion.
Meet Staci: The Ground Breaker

Harnessing the Inherent Benefits of Plastic to Store Solar Energy

Meet Walt, Senior Applications Development Engineer at SABIC. He and his team developed a solution to harness battery power from solar. It was a matter of building a thermoplastic compound from scratch that had the electrical properties that were needed.
Meet Eric: The Entreprenur

Simplifying Plastic Recycling: Advanced recycling can increase plastic recycling rates

Michelle is revolutionizing plastic recycling in Houston through advanced technology that transforms hard-to-recycle plastics into new products. Learn how her collaboration with the city and local partners is having a positive impact.
Michelle Exxon Change Maker

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.

Advocacy Resources

Explore our resources and discover innovative solutions that help create a more sustainable future.