Plasticity Forum - The Big Conversation on the Future of Plastic. In California & Texas, May 2017

1. The value of
sustainable plastic
management
Asking different questions to create more
scalable, innovative business models
Plasticity Forum, Dallas, Texas
Libby Bernick
Global Head of Corporate Business
Trucost
April 2017

2. Trucost, part of S&P Dow Jones Indices
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3. Environmental Costs of Plastic
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Source: UNEP, Valuing Plastic, 2014. http://www.trucost.com/publication/valuing-plastic/

4. Ocean Impacts of Plastic
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Source: American Chemistry Council, Plastics and Sustainability, 2016. https://www.trucost.com/publication/plastics-and-sustainability/
Business as Usual Plastic Alternatives
$4.7 Billion
2.5 Mt Plastic Waste
$56 in Ocean Costs per Tonne
$7.3 Billion
8.6 Mt Plastic Waste
$21 in Ocean Costs per Tonne
The ocean cost of
plastic is 2.6 times
greater per tonne
than plastic
alternatives

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Source: Plastics in the Marine Environment, Eunomia, 2016 http://www.eunomia.co.uk/reports-tools/plastics-in-the-marine-environment/

6. Scalable Solutions Require Collective Action
Plastic
Production
Product
Design
Waste
Generation
Waste
Management
Litter Capture Ocean Waste
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Adapted From: Jambeck, J. Science, 2015. Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean. http://science.sciencemag.org/content/347/6223/768
Industry
led
Green Design,
Circular
Economy
Reusable
materials,
collaborative
economy
Municipal
Waste
Infrastructure
Public
Education

7. When we throw away plastic, where is this place
we call “Away”?
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Source: NOAA. http://www.noaa.gov/resource-collections/ocean-pollution

8. Valuing the Positive Impact of a New Product or
Technology
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Source: Trucost

9. Valuing Benefits of Algae-based Plastic: Algix
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Source: https://www.trucost.com/case-study/algix/

10. Valuing Costs and Benefits: Beverage Retailer
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Environmental
Costs, $
Environmental
Benefits, $
Supply
Chain
Direct
Operations
Product
Disposal
Benefit
Projects
Source: Trucost

11. Valuing the Benefits of Collective Action
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Source: American Chemistry Council, Plastics and Sustainability, 2016. https://www.trucost.com/publication/plastics-and-sustainability/

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13. The
Circular Economy
in the
Asia Pacific Region