For example, our newest radio ads feature the many ways plastics touch our lives, enhancing our lives and relationships with our children and even grandchildren. It's true - plastic packaging is more efficient to produce and transport, saving resources from manufacture through shipping. Plastic soft drink bottles have been slimming down for years. Take today's popular two-liter bottles. And, these leaner plastic bottles reduce the need for millions of pounds of packaging, helping to conserve precious natural resources.
Plastics Make It Possible.
All rights reserved. While plastics' strengths, lighter weight and shatter resistance are important reasons manufacturers use plastics, they also like its environment advantages - fewer resources are needed to produce a package. This helps manufacturers keep their total costs lower and that means lower costs for consumers. In the early 1970s they weighed 95 grams and now they weigh 60 grams. By using plastic packaging, manufacturers save enough energy each year to power a city of one million homes for almost 3.5 years.