agricultural waste into recyclable plastics. This year, Dow struck an agreement with biomass refinery startup New Energy Blue to buy bioethylene made from the stalks and leaves of corn grown in Iowa.
Dow will then make conventional and recyclable plastics from the material and sell to companies in transportation, footwear, and packaging. Dow is already providing bioplastics for Crocs shoes and LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton’s perfume packaging, and sees demand outstripping supply, said Haley Lowry, Dow’s global sustainability director for packaging and specialty plastics.
“We are trying to find more sources," she said. “The demand from our customers is there; it’s really finding the sources of biofeed that makes sense."
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