Scaling Sustainable Solutions

Transitioning to a circular economy is not only vital to the preservation and protection of our planet’s natural resources, but also to the success of businesses at Dow. As we transform to a circular economy, we are taking into account a product’s lifecycle – from creation to use to disposal – in everything we do and create.

Our approach

We view waste as a resource. We are investing in new product technology, value chain partnerships, business models and waste management infrastructure to discover and scale sustainable solutions that extend the useful life of materials and the resources that go into making them.

What is a circular economy?

Imagine if products were designed, created and manufactured in a way that maximized their value across their life cycle. At Dow, we’re rethinking the traditional, linear “take-make-dispose” way of doing business to adopt new ways of working that maximize the value and use of our resources. Learn more.

Using fewer resources to manufacture our products

We are seeking to optimize the efficiency of our operations to conserve resources, repurpose byproducts from our manufacturing, and reduce material and energy waste.

Our actions

Piloting renewable feedstocks

Closing the loop on plastic production

Recycling wastewater

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Partnering to reduce waste by rethinking business models and improving waste management

We are working with our value chains to explore regenerative business models and advance recycling technologies and infrastructure.

Our actions

Giving old mattresses a new life

Addressing the plastic waste challenge

Paving the way to a more sustainable future

Supporting waste warriors

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Working with customers to design products to extend their life cycle and to recover and retain their material value

We are collaborating with our customers, brand owners and the value chain to design materials that enable end products to be reusable or recyclable and extend their life cycle.