Dow, Keep America Beautiful to Award $100,000 in 2018 Hefty® EnergyBag™ Grants

Application Open for Grants to Enable Communities to Implement Local
Waste Recovery Programs

MIDLAND, Mich.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The
Dow Chemical Company is again teaming up with national nonprofit and
longstanding partner Keep
America Beautiful to award a total of $100,000 in grants for
organizations to establish Hefty®
EnergyBag™ programs in their communities. The Hefty® EnergyBag™
program offers an innovative approach to diverting plastics that cannot
be recycled, such as chip bags and juice pouches, from landfills and
converting the materials into valuable energy resources.

The 2018 grant program builds upon the success of last year, when Dow
awarded two $50,000 grants to organizations in Cobb County, Georgia
(Keep Cobb Beautiful Inc.) and the City of Boise, Idaho to establish the
program in their respective communities. This year, Dow will offer a
total of $100,000 in grants to multiple communities across the nation.

“We’re looking forward to working with Keep America Beautiful again to
deliver the 2018 Hefty® EnergyBag™ grant program,” said Jon Pyper,
associate director of sustainability & advocacy for Dow. “By
collaborating with organizations and communities nationwide, we are
increasing plastics recovery, reducing the amount of waste going into
landfills and advancing the vision of a circular economy.”

The grant application is open to municipalities, nonprofits, materials
recovery facilities and other qualifying organizations through June 15,
2018. Dow will provide grant recipients with the blueprint to develop
successful Hefty® EnergyBag™ programs, and will facilitate planning and
implementation. Recipients will manage their local programs and solicit
involvement from key community stakeholders.

“The Hefty® EnergyBag™ grant program builds on our long-standing
relationship with Dow to find innovative ways to divert waste from
landfills and offer communities an option for those plastics that cannot
currently be recycled,” said Helen Lowman, president and CEO of Keep
America Beautiful. “We look forward to providing information to
communities who believe the program may suit their community’s waste
management strategy and goals.”

At the intersection of innovation, sustainability and citizenship, Dow’s
long-standing relationship with Keep America Beautiful is built on more
than 10 years of collaboration through the Great
American Cleanup, the largest community improvement program in the
U.S., which provides an opportunity to engage employees, customers and
communities for impact.

The Hefty® EnergyBag™ grant program demonstrates Dow’s commitment to
advancing a circular economy as part of its 2025
Sustainability Goals. As of February 2018, Hefty® EnergyBag™
curbside and non-curbside programs – which began with a 2014 EnergyBag™
Pilot in Citrus Heights, California – have collected over 44,500 orange
bags and diverted more than 24 tons of plastics from landfills, the
equivalent of approximately 19 million snack-sized chip bags or 117
barrels of diesel fuel.

To apply for the Hefty® EnergyBag™ grant, visit www.kab.org/hefty-energy-bag-program.
To learn more about the Hefty® EnergyBag™ program, visit www.heftyenergybag.com.

About Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics

Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics, a business unit of DowDuPont’s
Materials Science division, combines core strengths of R&D, worldwide
reach, broad product lines and industry expertise to deliver high
performing technologies for end use markets in food packaging, personal
hygiene, infrastructure, consumer goods and transportation . Dow
Packaging and Specialty Plastics is one of the world’s largest producers
of polyethylene resins, specialty resins and adhesives and a leading
innovator and collaborator across the value chain on sustainable
application development and circular economy life-cycle design for
plastics.

About The Dow Chemical Company

The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) combines science and technology knowledge
to develop premier materials science solutions that are essential to
human progress. Dow has one of the strongest and broadest toolkits in
the industry, with robust technology, asset integration, scale and
competitive capabilities that enable it to address complex global
issues. Dow’s market-driven, industry-leading portfolio of advanced
materials, industrial intermediates and plastics businesses deliver a
broad range of differentiated technology-based products and solutions
for customers in high-growth markets such as packaging, infrastructure
and consumer care. Dow is a subsidiary of DowDuPont (NYSE: DWDP), a
holding company comprised of Dow and DuPont with the intent to form
three strong, independent, publicly traded companies in agriculture,
materials science and specialty sectors. More information can be found
at www.dow.com.

About Keep America Beautiful

Keep America Beautiful, the nation’s iconic community improvement
nonprofit organization, inspires and educates people to take action
every day to improve and beautify their community environment.
Celebrating its 65th Anniversary in 2018, Keep America Beautiful strives
to End Littering, Improve Recycling and Beautify America’s Communities.
We believe everyone has a right to live in a clean, green and beautiful
community, and shares a responsibility to contribute to that vision.
Behavior change – steeped in education, research and behavioral science
– is the cornerstone of Keep America Beautiful. We empower generations
of community stewards with volunteer programs, hands-on experiences,
curricula, practical advice and other resources to deliver measurable
environmental, economic and social benefits. The organization is driven
by more than 600 state and local affiliates, millions of volunteers, and
the support of corporate partners, social and civic service
organizations, academia, municipalities and government officials. Join
us on Facebook,
Instagram,
Twitter
and YouTube.
Donate and take action at kab.org.

About Reynolds Consumer Products

Reynolds Consumer Products is a leading provider of quality household
essentials that have been trusted for generations. Our Reynolds® and
Hefty® brand products help with preparation, cooking, cleanup, and
storage. The Hefty® brand is best known for strong, dependable waste
bags, available in the U.S. at mass merchants, grocers, and other retail
stores nationwide. For more information, visit Hefty.com.

Contacts

The Dow Chemical Company
Jarrod Erpelding
+1- 989-633-1863
[email protected]