In four weeks, the Smart Plastic team will be headed to PACK EXPO International 2022!

Last year's event was truly remarkable - we had the opportunity to meet industry leaders from across the United States and beyond. Our entire team is looking forward to this opportunity again.

We will be at Booth #W-23046 in the Containers and Materials Pavillion (West Building) all week.

This year our team is ready to chat all things sustainability, including how our revolutionary ECLIPSE™ Stretch Film and Co-Ex films are making a serious impact on the polymer industry.

PACK EXPO International is the largest packaging and processing trade show in the world. With over 2,000 exhibitors and >40,000 attendees, there will be no shortage of networking and engaging with the industry's best!

Learn more about this year’s event by visiting https://www.packexpointernational.com/

According to @natgeo, 73% of beach litter is plastic, including bottles and bottle caps, wrappers, grocery bags, and filters from cigarette butts. Next time you go for a walk on the beach bring a garbage bag + gloves so you can do your part to clean up our coastlines.

90% of mainstream wet wipes are made with some form of plastic woven together with cotton. However, we can't be unequivocally sure of the extent of plastic in this common hygiene product because it isn't typically disclosed to consumers.

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For today's #plasticfact we're looking at the total amount of plastic created since it skyrocketed to popularity in the 1950s.

If the world continues on the same path, the amount of plastic dumped in our water ways is expect to double by 2025. We are on the verge of an irreversible tipping point according to a new study by researchers from Sweden, Norway and Germany, and our current waste management systems are no longer adequate to handle the amount of plastic waste consumer culture produces.

A plastic straw's biggest environmental  impact is its end-of-life disposal... but looking at its lifecycle as a whole, they are less harmful than popular alternatives that have sprung up in recent years.