As part of the U.S. Pact, Activators like CSI recognize that significant, system wide change is imperative to realize a circular economy for plastics. As such, the U.S. Pact is convening more than 70 brands, retailers, NGOs, and government agencies across the plastics value chain to bring one voice to U.S. packaging through coordinated initiatives and innovative solutions for rethinking products, packaging, and business models.
“CSI is excited to activate as a partner alongside the U.S. Plastics Pact and other fellow Activators that share the same desire to work toward creating a circular economy for plastics. We are excited to take a proactive approach in helping to mitigate the plastic waste challenge we all face.
"CSI incorporates sustainable closure design and material science expertise to ensure customers stay ahead of legislation, market trends, and consumer demands. Our robust portfolio of HDPE closures that include PCR content was developed with circularity and recyclability in mind and we look forward to a long-standing partnership with the U.S. Plastics Pact and its fellow Activators.” – Richard Burt, Vice President of Business Development at CSI.
As an Activator of the U.S. Plastics Pact, CSI has agreed to collectively deliver against these four ambitious goals:
- Define a list of packaging to be designated as problematic or unnecessary by 2021 and take measures to eliminate them by 2025.
- By 2025, all plastic packaging is 100% reusable, recyclable, or compostable.
- By 2025, undertake ambitious actions to effectively recycle or compost 50% of plastic packaging.
- By 2025, the average recycled content or responsibly sourced bio-based content in plastic packaging will be 30%.
While the U.S. Pact is complementary to and follows the ambitious precedents set by the existing global network of Plastic Pacts, it will be tailored to meet the unique needs and challenges of the U.S. market. The U.S. Pact will reflect national priorities and realities, while still propelling the nation closer to other developed nations in its management of plastic waste.
“Together through the U.S. Plastics Pact, we will ignite system change to accelerate progress toward a circular economy,” says Emily Tipaldo, Executive Director of the U.S. Plastics Pact. “The U.S. Pact will accelerate system wide change by inspiring and supporting upstream innovation through a coordinated national strategy, creating a unified framework and enabling members to accelerate progress toward our ambitious 2025 sustainability goals. Members’ full participation will be vital to reaching our shared goals.”
Achieving this vision will require new levels of accountability from all facets of the plastics supply chain. The U.S. Pact emphasizes measurable change and as such, CSI is committed to transparent, annual reporting, guided by WWF’s ReSource: Plastic Footprint Tracker, which will be used to document annual progress against our four goals. The first task of the members of the U.S. Plastics Pact will be to establish a “roadmap” in 2021 to identify key milestones and national solutions to achieving the U.S. targets and realize a circular economy in which plastic never becomes waste.
Product stewardship is one of the three core components of CSI’s sustainability approach, with extensive accomplishments made to date. CSI utilizes a comprehensive lifecycle view and considers circular principles in the research and development process to produce a superior closure that strives to harmonize sustainability, quality, and cost. Highlights of sustainable features achieved across the CSI closure product lifecycle include:
Design & Raw Materials
- Materials Reduction
- Reduced closure diameter and neck finish which saves resin for bottle and closure
- Reduced material by eliminating liner (one-piece vs two-piece closures) and part weight reduction
- Recycled Materials
- CSI’s PolyCycle® PCR Resin uses a proprietary process to ensure the organoleptic performance of our closures is equal to that of virgin resin and outperforms standard PCR
- Capable of 40% + content for food grade and 100% non-food grade applications
- Bio feedstock
- Offer plant-based resins, including 100% plant-based closures
Distribution
- Shipping and transportation packaging
- Up to 40% freight improvement due to packaging efficiencies through stacking
Product Use
- Developing next generation flip top offerings which ensures closure stays with bottle for recycling
- Developed manufacturing-friendly, consumer-friendly tethered closure which assures closures are recycled with bottles
Disposal / Recovery
- Closures are 100% recyclable
(Source: Business Wire)
