DOW Introduces Materials Ecosystem
The materials ecosystem is Dow’s approach to a better way to make, use, and reuse plastics. The materials ecosystem is a web of interrelated technologies, processes, and people that transform plastic waste and renewable waste — such as used cooking oil and plant waste — into useful materials.
A materials ecosystem is developing around plastic and renewable waste to deliver its total value. It adds value to plastic waste through recycling technologies and circular solutions.
Dow’s Transform the Waste target aims to transform plastic waste and other forms of alternative feedstock to commercialize 3 million metric tons of circular and renewable solutions annually by 2030.
To reach their target, they are collaborating with other stakeholders across value chains to support the materials ecosystems to collect, reuse, or recycle plastic waste. To support Dow’s Transform the Waste target and increase accountability, the company has formed a new business platform in 2022, Circular & Renewable Solutions (C&RS) — aligned with their Packaging & Specialty Plastics operating segment.