America’s Change Makers

Jodie runs a company that makes new products out of what used to be discarded and sent to landfills: used plastic.

As technical service and development scientist at Dow, she’s translating her experience of falling out of the sky into changing the “orientation” of plastic waste.

Jacob works in the emerging world of advanced recycling, using technologies that can break down used plastics into their building blocks to be remade into brand new plastics.

She helps customers build and rebuild the infrastructure that connects us. Including the connectivity that allows her to work remotely from a place she loves. Back home on St. Croix.

Kerry works with machinery designed to help drive down energy use and greenhouse gas emissions from things that we use every day.

Melanie sees advanced recycling as a key part of the solutions needed to address plastic waste in our environment.

Beth is parlaying her love for running into a dedicated drive to improve the sustainability of foam materials.

Danielle is helping develop alternative recycling programs that can capture types of plastic that typically are not collected in curbside bins.

Penny and John are revolutionizing the way plastics are made and remade.

Meet America’s Change Makers. By linking innovation with sustainability, they’re finding new ways to make plastic lighter, stronger, more efficient and more recyclable.

America’s Change Makers are working at all levels to help keep plastic pellets out of our environment, including our waterways and oceans.

Matthew’s fairly young to be working on scalable technology to help address the plastic waste challenge. One truckload of used plastics at a time.