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Global Plastics company history timeline

1992

Global Plastics began operations in 1992 with a single 40-ton Nissei injection molding machine.

1993

American Chemical Society (1993) Leo Hendrick Baekeland and the Invention of Bakelite. https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/landmarks/bakelite.html

2013

Kuczenski B, Geyer R (2013) PET bottle reverse logistics—environmental performance of California’s CRV program.

2014

Linzner R, Salhofer S (2014) Municipal solid waste recycling and the significance of the informal sector in urban China.

2016

In 2016, the petrochemical industry used the equivalent of 17.4 million barrels of oil per day, which is just under 20% of global oil consumption.

Plastemart (2016) China leads in growth of polymers & plastic products.

2017

A German study published in 2017 estimated that ten rivers, of which eight are in Asia and two in Africa, account for 90% of plastic waste in the oceans – the Yangtse alone releases 15 million metric tons each year.

2018

In a 2018 study, the International Energy Agency predicts production of around 600 million metric tons by the middle of the century.

2022

Join us in person May 23–25, 2022, at the Re|focus Sustainability & Recycling Summit in Cincinnati, OH!

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