Plastic IQ (Cont’d from Page 1) It is reportedly paired with a robust Solutions Database of resources and implementation guidance. “Walmart supported the development of Plastic IQ to help companies better understand and identify solutions that can improve their plastic packaging strategies and min- imize their plastic waste,” said Kathleen McLaughlin, EVP and Chief Sustainability Officer at Walmart. “Without ac- tion, it’s estimated the annual flow of plastic into the ocean could nearly triple by 2040.” Plastic IQ translates leading industry research into person- alized, data-based action plans, helps companies quantify the trade-offs in their decisions, and allows users to model how outside forces, such as policy or technology chang- es, may impact their efforts to reduce plastic waste. It also recognizes companies that set impactful targets to address plastic waste and realize their circularity and corporate sus- tainability goals. Plastic IQ has been guided by a group of brand owners, retailers, and organizations to ensure its max- imum impact for industry.As of May 5, 2021, the following companies have committed to use Plastic IQ and signed on to help catalyze the change needed: Colgate-Palmolive Company, Grove Collaborative, Happy Family Organics, Johnson & Johnson Consumer Health, Kellogg Company, Mondelez International, Nestlé USA, Unilever, andWalmart. The following organizations are providing guidance and helping catalyze the change:AsYou Sow,Association of Plas- tic Recyclers, Ellen MacArthur Foundation,The Sustainabil- ity Consortium, U.S. Plastics Pact, and World Wildlife Fund. The following organizations are providing guidance and helping catalyze the change:AsYou Sow,Association of Plas- tic Recyclers, Ellen MacArthur Foundation,The Sustainabil- ity Consortium, U.S. Plastics Pact, andWorldWildlife Fund. To access the tool, visit www.plasticiq.org . Republic Paperboard, Voith Innovate Coater System Republic Paperboard recently installed and commissioned a new curtain coater system, which was built by Voith and will allow Republic to produce coated Gypsum Linerboard for the first time. To achieve its goal to produce coated Gypsum Linerboard, the mill needed a new DF Coat curtain coater system that could efficiently apply a specialty finish.Voith’s solution for Republic is a new innovation that, instead of using expen- sive white fiber to get the needed color and finish,now uses a fiber base and applies a coating for color and finish. The effort by Voith and Republic to develop the curtain coating innovation was part of a larger rebuild project at the mill. Voith also supplied a stock preparation upgrade, new dryer cans, the coater system itself, a new reel and a new coater kitchen. Also part of the package was a wind- er rebuild. Further, a special bypass section was supplied that allowed the mill to produce uncoated sheet. These elements were primarily installed earlier in the spring of 2020,with final coater start-up taking place throughout the summer of 2020.
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