Vibrant Oceans

Vibrant Oceans

Vibrant OceansOceans cover more than 70 percent of the Earth’s surface and are home to an abundance of mammals, fish, plants and other life forms. Marine litter is a serious global challenge that threatens ocean ecosystems. Effective solutions require action and strong partnerships to increase litter prevention; reduce, reuse and recycle materials; grow the waste management infrastructure; and develop sustainable end use markets for collected materials.

The Science Behind Sustainability

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Global Alliance Advancing Solutions to Eliminate Plastics Waste in the Oceans

Sustainability Challenge:

Plastics waste in the oceans and environment is a critical, worldwide issue - scientists estimate that more than 8 million metric tons of plastics enter the ocean each year.

Chemistry Solution:

A multi-pronged investment approach to expand waste management infrastructure, accelerate innovations in materials and packaging, promote education and clean up concentrated areas of waste can help stop plastic waste from entering the environment.

Sustainability Benefit:

A meaningful worldwide response to overcome this critical problem can contribute to cleaning up land and oceans and help end plastic waste in the environment.

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Plastic Resin Producers Set Ambitious Recycling Goals for Food Packaging

Sustainability Challenge:

Littered plastics packaging and other materials can end up as debris in oceans and other water ways, disturbing water ecosystems and causing harm to ocean life.

Chemistry Solution:

Enhanced technologies and processes to accelerate the reuse, recycling and recovery of plastics packaging.

Sustainability Benefit:

The U.S. plastics industry's commitment to reuse, recycle or recover all plastics packaging by 2040 will enhance efforts to keep waste out of the ocean and recover the value of discarded materials.


Chemistry in Action

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Solutions for Our Oceans

Around the world, the plastics industry is engaged in purposeful, collaborative work to help end ocean pollution. Members of the Global Plastics Alliance believe in integrated approaches for managing plastics resources that allow us to enjoy their benefits, without trashing our oceans.

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Learn About Operation Clean Sweep®

Operation Clean Sweep® has a goal to help every plastic resin handling operation to work toward achieving zero pellet, flake, and powder loss, protecting the environment and saving valuable resources.