Silgan Plastics

This #GlobalRecyclingDay, what’s the simplest thing you can do to help the #environment? #Recycle! ♻️ Look at the container. If you see a 1 inside the triangle, you know it’s PET, the 1 plastic we can all feel good about using. Why? Because ultra-lightweight PET is more #sustainable than aluminum and glass AND it’s endlessly recyclable. And by #recycling it, YOU can keep it out of the landfill and waterways, you #recyclinghero you! 💪 Here are the five steps to recycling right: https://lnkd.in/djTVh-A #PickPET #RecyclingHeroes #PETIsNumber1

Mindful Monday Plastics are not the problem! Plastic in the environment is.

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Mindul Monday Silgan Plastics is proud to be aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The Sustainable Development Goals are the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. They address our global challenges, including poverty, inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, peace, and justice.

Mindful Monday Food for thought.....Knee-jerk reactions say that plastics are bad. Plastic in the environment IS bad. But used and disposed of as intended, the reality is that plastics are highly sustainable and provide robust economic and innovation opportunities.

This #GlobalRecyclingDay, what’s the simplest thing you can do to help the #environment? #Recycle! ♻️ Look at the container. If you see a 1 inside the triangle, you know it’s PET, the 1 plastic we can all feel good about using. Why? Because ultra-lightweight PET is more #sustainable than aluminum and glass AND it’s endlessly recyclable. And by #recycling it, YOU can keep it out of the landfill and waterways, you #recyclinghero you! 💪 Here are the five steps to recycling right: https://lnkd.in/djTVh-A #PickPET #RecyclingHeroes #PETIsNumber1

Mindful Monday What better day to "go green" than St. Patrick's Day!

Achieving a Circular Economy Starts with Speaking the Same Language Whether you're a seasoned professional or new to the plastics recycling industry, the newly updated APR Plastics Recycling Glossary is your go-to resource. This comprehensive guide breaks down key terms and concepts across recycling, packaging, public policy, and more—from acronyms to advanced processes. 📚 Empower yourself and your colleagues with the knowledge to navigate the complexities of plastics recycling confidently. 📖 Explore the glossary today: https://ow.ly/J4ct50UQKcY

PET (look for the #1 on the container) plastic #recycling works. Oregon is a great example: their bottle deposit program achieves PET recycling rates above 75%! If we want to reduce plastic pollution, we need to get our PET plastic into recycling bins--where its journey is just beginning. Because PET can be endlessly recycled and made with up to 100% recycled PET, after the bin it's collected, separated, baled, ground, cleaned, and melted to create a new PET bottle, in as little as six weeks. This #circular process reduces waste, conserves resources, lowers carbon emissions (PET is far lighter to transport than aluminum and glass), and helps get lightweight, durable, FDA-approved PET back on shelves and filling critical needs across the fields of healthcare, food safety, disaster relief, etc. All of that, simply by dropping PET in a bin! To help our planet and keep fully #recyclable PET plastic out of landfills and the #environment, always #RecycleThe1. Check out the 5 stages of your PET bottle's journey here: https://lnkd.in/e75T7MKs  #PickPET #recycle #RecyclingIsReal #circularity #endplasticpollution #Sustainability #healthcare #foodsafety #disasterrelief