This has reduced the number of accidents involving monomer at customer sites. The Monomers business has benefited because it now has a systematic, consistent worldwide process for qualifying customers and adjusting the formulation of the product so that it will safely meet customer needs. Meeting the challenge for better packaging Product packaging is another area that continues to receive great attention at Rohm and Haas. A number of its Agricultural Chemicals products are shipped in packages that contain the precise amount of product for the intended application and dissolve when dropped into the mixing tank, thus reducing worker exposure to the chemicals. The Plastics Additives business converted its commitment to product stewardship into action by providing customers, who buy their products in bulk, a free service that reduces waste disposal volumes and costs.
Product is shipped to customers in safe, strong polypropylene bags.
When empty, customers simply roll up the bags and ship them back to Rohm and Haas. The bags are then reconditioned and reused. Once their use as a Rohm and Haas product container is over, the bags are sent to Exxon's Polypropylene Recycling Center where t hey are converted into one-quart oil bottles or other recycle applications. Customers no longer have to worry about how to dispose of the plastics additives shipping containers. Rohm and Haas reduces its costs by reusing the bags, and is assured that product is handled in a safe, efficient manner that is more friendly to the environment.