Imagine a takeout container becoming your new suitcase.

Today’s plastics can become tomorrow’s new products because we need plastic, not plastic waste. America’s plastic makers have set a goal of making 100% of plastic packaging reusable, recyclable or recoverable by 2030, and eliminating plastic packaging waste by 2040.

From Single Use to Reuse

Remaking our future

From Single Use to Reuse is a collaborative effort made up of industry innovators who are working to end plastic waste through reuse.

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The story of plastic is evolving

Understanding our present will help us create a better future.

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Waste Origins

of ocean plastic comes from land-based sources

Source: Ocean Conservancy

Environmental Impact

Replacing plastics in packaging and consumer products with alternative materials could raise environmental costs nearly fourfold

Source: Trucost

Our Goal

Make all plastic packaging used in the U.S. reusable, recyclable or recoverable within 10 years

Source: ACC 2018 Press Release