Ma o ka hooikaika mau ole o kekahi mau hanauna o na chemists a me na enekinia, ua lilo na plastic i hanaia mai ka aila, lanahu, a me ke kinoea maoli i mau mea pono no ke ola o kela la i keia la ma muli o ko lakou kaumaha mama, paa, nani, a me ke kumukuai haahaa.Eia nō naʻe, ʻo kēia mau mea maikaʻi o ka plastic ka mea e alakaʻi ai i ka nui o ka ʻōpala plastic.Ua lilo ka plastic post-consumer recycling (PCR) i hoʻokahi o nā kuhikuhi nui e hōʻemi i ka pollution plastic environment a kōkua i ka ikehu a me ka ʻoihana kemika e neʻe i ka "carbon neutrality".
Hana ʻia nā resins post-consumer recycled (PCR) mai ka ʻōpala plastik i hoʻolei ʻia e nā mea kūʻai.Hoʻokumu ʻia nā pellet plastik hou ma o ka ʻohi ʻana i nā palaka ʻōpala mai ke kahawai recycling a hele i ke kaʻina ʻana, hoʻomaʻemaʻe, a me ka pelletizing o kahi ʻōnaehana hana hou.He ʻano like ko nā pellet plastik hou me ka plastik ma mua o ka hana hou ʻana.Ke hui pū ʻia nā pellet plastik hou me ka resin puʻupaʻa, ua hana ʻia nā ʻano huahana plastik hou.ʻO kēia ala, ʻaʻole e hōʻemi wale i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o ka carbon dioxide, akā e hoʻemi hoʻi i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ikehu.
——Ua hoʻopuka ʻo Dow i nā mea i loaʻa i ka 40% PCR resin