Product Innovations
Innovation has made plastic vital to modern life. And these innovations contribute tremendously to sustainability.
Product Innovations: Powering Safer, Smarter, and More Sustainable Solutions
Plastics drive innovation across America’s most vital industries — improving safety, efficiency, and sustainability in cars, infrastructure, packaging, and renewable energy. These materials reduce weight and waste while cutting emissions and costs. From safer cars to semiconductors, plastics innovations help the U.S. lead globally while delivering these benefits to people, communities, and the economy.
News and Insights on Plastics Innovations
Stay current with expert insights on how innovation is shaping the future of U.S. manufacturing and sustainability.
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Episode 59
Recycling at Red Rocks
Katie Zarachowicz, Sustainability Administrator, Denver Arts & VenuesHost Mia Quinn returns to Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado — a venue she grew up visiting — to go behind the scenes of one of the most sustainable concert operations in the country. Mia sits down with Katie Zarachowicz, Sustainability Administrator for Denver Arts & Venues, to find out how Red Rocks consistently diverts 50% of its waste away from the landfill.
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Episode 58
How Salons Are Reducing Waste with SalonCentric’s Ben Thompson
Ben Thompson, Vice President – Sustainability, SalonCentricStep inside the beauty industry's sustainability journey and discover how salons, brands and consumers are working together to keep more materials in use and out of landfills.
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Episode 57
What Happens After You Toss a Bottle in the Recycling Bin?
Laura Stewart, NAPCOR Executive DirectorMost of us toss a plastic bottle into the recycling bin without thinking twice. But where does it actually go? Does recycling really work? And what happens after the truck drives away?