Addressing Challenges and Identifying Solutions for Recycled PET To address these challenges, new additive technologies have been developed with recycling in mind. By addressing the gaps that limit recyclability and providing compliance with regulatory standards, the industry can move toward a more sustainable future.

The company is headquartered in Worms, Germany, with subsidiaries in Spain and Turkey supplying more than 50 countries worldwide. The Avient team addressed this challenge with the new formulation, which is optimized for compression set.

Avient’s strategic approach is intersecting high growth markets and secular trends—including the move to sustainability solutions, addressing a tightening regulatory environment, and enabling energy infrastructure—with technologies that create product platforms of scale. We work closely with our customers to understand their needs and address the challenges of evolving consumer demands, market trends, and regulatory requirements.

Avient is fully committed to protecting the environment by addressing climate change, conserving natural resources and preventing pollution. Avient is fully committed to protecting the environment by addressing climate change, conserving natural resources and preventing pollution.

ColorMatrix Europe Limited is a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Avient Corporation, a U.S. publicly-traded corporation listed on the New York Stock Exchange with global headquarters in Avon Lake, Ohio, United States. Avient currently does not engage in verification of its supply chains to evaluate and address risks of human trafficking and slavery, nor does it currently conduct audits of its suppliers’ compliance with company standards for trafficking and slavery in supply chains. Our procurement and compliance teams will continue to focus on identifying and addressing any potential risks in our supply chain and the business will continue to provide awareness and training to all of its employees.

We established a comprehensive EH&S MS to systemically identify and address any risks, which is externally certified and based on the ACC Responsible Care 14001® Standard. It addresses every aspect of our operations, including material transportation, site and warehouse activities, product distribution, customer usage, and our ongoing commitment to be a positive influence in the communities where we operate.

One key change is that eight extractable elements have been taken out of USP 661.1 as these heavy metal testing requirements are addressed in another regulation, USP 232. For assistance in addressing your questions or challenges, contact one of our experts for support.

Certificate Avient Corporation A B S Q u al ity E va lu at io n s C er tif ic at io n E Certificate Of Conformance This is to certify that the Quality Management System of: Avient Corporation 33587 Walker Road, Building 428 Avon Lake OH 44012 United States has been assessed by ABS Quality Evaluations, Inc. and found to be in conformance with the requirements set forth by: ISO 9001:2015 The Quality Management System is applicable to: Manufacture of plastic compounds, color and performance additives, engineered thermoplastics, vinyl resins, custom mixed plastic materials, custom and commodity colorants for plastics, polyurethane systems, and plasticizers with design and sampling support at Suwanee, GA, and purchasing, customer service, logistics, quality, design and sampling support at PolyOne Corporate Headquarters at Avon Lake, OH, and distribution of resins Certificate No: 31307 Certification Date: 12 OCT 1995 Effective Date: 11 JUL 2024 Expiration Date 07 OCT 2025 Revision Date: 17 JUL 2024 Dominic Townsend, President Copyright as of the Effective Date, ABS Quality Evaluations, Inc. Page 1 of 4 https://abs.ez2xs.com https://abs.ez2xs.com A B S Q u al ity E va lu at io n s C er tif ic at io n E ISO 9001:2015 Certificate Of Conformance ANNEX Certificate No.: 31307 Avient Corporation At the below facilities FACILITY NAME FACILITY ACTIVITY ADDRESS Avient - Birmingham Manufacturing The Manufacture of Pultruded and Filament wound components Pultrusion and CRTM 3943, Valley East Industrial Drive, Buildings 1,2,3,4 Birmingham - AL 35217 United States Avient - Birmingham Manufacturing The Manufacture of Pultruded and Filament wound components Pultrusion and Filament Wound Tubing 3968, Valley East Industrial Drive, Building 5 Birmingham - AL 35217 United States Avient - Birmingham Manufacturing The Manufacture of Pultruded and Filament wound components Pultrusion 3950, Valley East Industrial Drive, Building 6 Birmingham - AL 3517 United States Avient Corporation Management of QMS. F-27 , MIDC Ranjangaon, Shirur 412 220 Pune India FACILITY NAME FACILITY ACTIVITY ADDRESS Copyright as of the Effective Date, ABS Quality Evaluations, Inc.

This solution addresses challenges associated with increased recycled PET (rPET) content, focusing on improving recyclability and enhancing bottle quality. This technology addresses challenges associated with recycling incompatible polymers like polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene (PE) by forming a homogenous polymer mixture, increasing mechanical properties, and bridging the gap between virgin and recycled polymers. Sustainability experts from Avient will be on site to discuss the latest innovative solutions and help address recycling challenges.

To address this, advancements in recycling technologies and the use of performance additives are crucial. The journey towards a more circular economy for PET involves addressing several challenges, from process optimization and enhancing the consumer experience to generating quality rPET feedstock and creating value for rPET and PET producers. Avient offers solutions that address many of these challenges, helping to enhance the circularity of PET and promote a more sustainable packaging industry.