Strategic Partnerships and Alliances
Our Environmental Partners
Alliance to End Plastic Waste
We are proud to be a founding member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW). This organization is CEO led, cross-sector, not-for-profit made up of over 65 companies. The mission of the Alliance is clear: develop, accelerate, and deploy solutions, catalyze public and private investment, and engage communities to help end plastic waste in the environment. Our investments are focusing on infrastructure, innovation, education and clean-up initiatives. Click here to view the 2021 Progress Report. To learn more visit: endplasticwaste.org
American Composites Manufacturers Association
The American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACMA) is the world’s largest composites industry trade group, driven to make composites the sustainable material of preference.
Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR)
APR promotes development of the plastics recycling industry by providing leadership for long-term industry growth and vitality. The organization strives to expand the post-consumer plastics recycling industry aimed at identifying and eliminating barriers to successful commercial recycling.
Better Plants® U.S. Department of Energy
Avient is an official partner of the U.S. Department of Energy's Better Plants Program, a national initiative to improve industrial energy efficiency significantly. By joining, Avient pledges to reduce energy intensity by 25% over the next decade. This goal will drive energy savings and reinforce our leadership in efficiency, strengthening competitiveness. As a Better Plants partner, we join over 270 leading companies that have collectively saved $10.6 billion in energy costs.
Circular Plastics Alliance
Circular Plastics Alliance is an initiative under the European Strategy for Plastics and aims to boost the EU market for recycled plastics. The alliance covers the full plastics value chains and includes over 330 organizations representing industry, academia and public authorities.
CosPaTox
CosPaTox seeks to define toxicological safety guidelines for PCRs used in cosmetics packaging, with a first focus on polyolefins (rPE-HD, rPE-LD and rPP; if time and budget allows also PET). The objective includes the generation of test and measurement methods that can be used quickly on-site by recyclers.
The Microfibre Consortium (TMC)
The Microfibre Consortium (TMC) facilitates the development of practical solutions for the textile industry to minimize fiber fragmentation and release to the environment from textile manufacturing and product life cycle. The organization presents the opportunity to align globally as an industry through its connection through its member base at the brand, retail, supplier, research, industry organization and policy level.
Operation Clean Sweep
Plastic waste in the environment is harmful to both people and wildlife. By committing to Operation Clean Sweep, Avient is dedicated to achieving zero pellet, flake and powder loss in our manufacturing process.
PET Container Recycling Europe (PetCore)
PetCore works with all stakeholders to ensure the sustainable growth of PET as a packaging material of choice. As a committed member, we want to further increase post-consumer PET collection and recycling.
Plastics Recyclers Europe (PRE)
Plastics Recyclers Europe (PRE) is an organization representing the voice of the European plastics recyclers who reprocess plastic waste into high-quality material destined for the production of new articles. This organization provides plastics recyclers with representation at the European level and among the leading industry organizations. It promotes the use of quality plastic recyclates and offers concrete advice on developing innovative, recyclable products and packaging.
RecyClass
RecyClass is a non-profit, cross-industry initiative facilitating the transition toward a circular plastic future by advancing plastic packaging recyclability while promoting the traceability of plastic waste and recycled plastic content in Europe.
Sustainable Packaging Coalition
Sustainable Packaging Coalition is a membership-based collaborative that believes in the power of industry to make packaging more sustainable. As the leading voice on sustainable packaging, they are passionate about creating packaging that is good for people and good for the environment. The mission is to bring sustainable packaging stakeholders together to catalyze actionable improvements to packaging systems and lend an authoritative voice on issues related to packaging sustainability.
UK Plastic Pact
In January of 2019, Avient joined The UK Plastics Pact, a collaborative initiative committed to tackling plastic pollution. The Pact was developed in collaboration with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation as the first in a global network of initiatives working toward the circular economy. We are committed to their goal of transforming the way the industry makes, uses, reuses and disposes of plastics.