Plastics 101

Plastics Improve Lives

Plastics improve lives so that we can spend less time in the hospital and more time with those we love.

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Plastics are a crucial part of improving healthcare and medicine.
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Plastics are impermeable to germs.
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Plastics are vital to preventing the transmission of diseases in hospitals.

Plastics are a crucial part of improving healthcare and medicine—often at the core of medical innovation and widely used because they are impermeable to germs.

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The ART of Advanced Recycling

Advanced Recycling Technologies (ARTs) are essential to ensuring that plastics stay out of the environment, while also creating new products and economic growth opportunities that benefit society.

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Plastics’ Trio of Benefits Help Fortify Aviation & Aerospace

From interior components to structural elements, here's how aircraft plastics fortify the aerospace and aviation industries.

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The Power of Plastic Packaging in Transportation

Plastic packaging protects products in transit and with a lower environmental impact than alternatives. With more consumers using e-commerce than ever before, industry is leading the way in developing new recycling initiatives that address waste challenges.

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