Making Ingeo: Eco-Profile & LCA
If you replace the PET in 100,000 plastic food containers with Ingeo, you can save greenhouse gas emissions equal to driving a car 16,000 miles and non-renewable energy equal to 19 barrels of oil or 775 gallons of gasoline.
How do we know this? Data...and lots of it. We have developed, sponsored and published peer-reviewed eco-profiles and life cycle analysis (LCA) to help us quantify the environmental impact of Ingeo & products made with our polymer. Remember, developing a new cutting-edge product like Ingeo is a journey. We continually invest in fundamental R&D to improve how we make Ingeo and its eco-profile.
HOW IT'S MADE
From plants to plastics, making Ingeo is a completely new and innovative process. Our technology is found nowhere else in the world and finally provides a real eco-friendly option in many segments including food serviceware, fresh food packaging, electronics & durables, films, cards, nonwovens, apparel and home textiles.
Please see our How it's Made page for more information on how we manufacture Ingeo.
ECO-PROFILES
Today, manufacturing Ingeo produces 60% less greenhouse gases and uses 50% less non-renewable energy (NREU) than traditional polymers like PET & polystyrene. (1)
From cradle to factory gate...
Please see our eco-profile section for more details & our publications.
LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS
We have participated in many 3rd party studies to help quantify, from cradle to grave, the environmental impact of products made with Ingeo vs those made with traditional plastics like PET, rPET, PS, etc. These studies show that Ingeo has solid, proven eco-creditentials making it an environmentally superior product compared with incumbent materials. To date, studies have been completed in...
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