NAPCOR’s PET Bottle Decarbonization Roadmap with Husky’s Jolene Milne (NPC Live)

At NPC Live, Redefining Plastics host Justin Riney speaks with Jolene Milne, a sustainability analyst at Husky Technologies and member of NAPCOR, about industry collaboration to combat misinformation about plastics and expand recycling.

Milne explains her role in sustainability advocacy and how associations like NAPCOR and the Plastics Industry Association unite stakeholders around accurate messaging. She highlights NAPCOR’s newly released PET bottle decarbonization roadmap (through 2050), which outlines an achievable path to cut PET bottle emissions intensity in the U.S. by 57% (42% when accounting for growth), with major reductions driven by lightweighting, renewable energy, and manufacturing efficiencies.

They also discuss translating technical sustainability concepts for consumers, bringing more young women into plastics through STEM and mentorship, and Husky’s injection molding systems, PET package innovations (PET closures, label-less bottles), and the industry's ability to process up to 100% rPET.

NAPCOR, HUSKY, and Jolene Milne

Jolene Milne LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jolene-milne-a0516728b/?isSelfProfile=false

PET Forward Decarbonization Roadmap and all supplementary materials - https://napcor.com/sustainability/

About NAPCOR - https://napcor.com/what-is-napcor/

About Husky Technologies - https://www.husky.co/en/about-us/

More Information about PET - https://positivelypet.org/

National Plastics Conference

https://nationalplasticsconference.org/

Polystyrene Recycling Alliance