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The Perfect Combo Get Peak Performance From Your Equipment with Matched Component Sets
pability and capacity to recycle in practice and at scale. Reduction . The report claims companies are using more plastic despite reduction goals. One hundred com- panies pledged to use less virgin plastic, yet almost all are committed to replacing virgin plastic with recycled plastic rather than reducing their plastic use overall. Recycled content . Most companies researched have recycled content goals, but don’t invest in infrastructure to facilitate recycling. Of the 225 companies, the report shows 145 have a goal to utilize recycled content but notes there is not enough recycled content supply to meet de- mand due to a lack of corporate investments in packaging collection and recycling. Recovery . Few companies have goals to ensure pack- aging never becomes waste, according to the report, not- ing that nine companies have set quantitative, timebound goals to collect packaging for recycling or keep scrap out of the environment.
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Reusable . Corporate commitments focus on reuse pilot programs, not adoption, the report claims. It lists 43 com- panies as piloting reusables, but few have integrated reus- ables as a permanent part of product delivery. EPR . The report shows that nearly 20 percent of com- panies researched have earned the top score of “5” for publicly supporting EPR and voluntarily contributing finan- cial resources for end-of-life packaging collection and re- cycling. As You Sow says shareholders also have been support- ive of companies adopting more sustainable packaging practices. Per the report: • 54 percent of independent shareholders at The Her- shey Co. supported the company considering how to sup- port a circular economy for packaging; • 40 percent of independent shareholders at Restau- rant Brands International supported an As You Sow pro- posal calling on the company to reduce its contribution to ocean plastics pollution; and • 33 percent of independent shareholders at Amazon supported a proposal asking the company to consider how it can make all packaging curbside recyclable, reus- able or compostable. The full Plastic Promises Scorecard can be viewed at www.asyousow.org/reports/2024-plastic-promis- es-scorecard .
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