Plastic packaging: significantly reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions

Plastics are valuable materials.

For decades, plastic resins have been used to make bottles, jugs, containers, closures and other consumer packaging.

Valued for their light weight and durability, plastic products and packages help promote energy efficiency, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and conserve resources.

Plastics often enable manufacturers to ship more products with less packaging. This light-weighting process can boost the environmental and economic efficiency of consumer product packaging.

A study, “Impact of Plastics Packaging on Life Cycle Energy Consumption & Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the United States and Canada,” has determined that six major types of plastic packaging significantly reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions compared to packaging alternatives.