Technically Speaking | 19 AUGUST 2025
Decarbonization Solutions Tailored to Your Sustainability Needs: A Case Study
Based on an interview with Adam Wozniak, Director of Sustainability - North America
What is Decarbonization, and What are the Steps Involved?
In simple terms, decarbonization means reducing the total greenhouse gas emissions related to your business’ operations – starting with material selection and intelligent product design through manufacturing and logistics. Categorizing and understanding your carbon footprint is an important first step. Let’s take a look at Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions and what they mean for your business.
Scope 1, 2, and 3 Emissions, Explained
Applying Our Logistics Expertise to Designing a Decarbonization Plan
For most converters that Bamberger Amco Polymers works with, Scope 1 and Scope 2 amount to less than 20% of their overall greenhouse gas emissions, with Scope 3 – which includes material logistics and distribution – contributing between 60% and 90%.
As an organization with global distribution expertise, we’ve designed data-driven solutions that significantly reduce the distance traveled, weight, lead times, and other factors contributing to our clients’ carbon footprint.
Our Client Decarbonization Case Study
We started with a close look at the multiple locations that we serviced for our client; our priority was ensuring the right products arrived at the right places, in the correct sizes. At the time, our client’s shipment method of choice was diesel truck.
Polymers are commonly transported by the truckload, and every ton of plastic material on a 53-foot diesel truck generates a total of 161.8 grams of carbon emissions per mile.* Our client was often shipping partial-truckload quantities from several locations across the country. Guided by demand planning insights and backed by our global logistics network, we collaborated on a new approach.
Instead of small, individual shipments, we would first consolidate our clients’ material by rail – which immediately offered a 67% carbon footprint reduction per mile. Consolidating material helped us aggregate truck deliveries, reducing total shipments by about 80%. We did this by combining smaller orders into “mixed” truckloads and using supply chain planning principles to map out the most efficient regional routes.
In addition to a roughly 79% carbon footprint reduction in Scope-3-specific emissions, the new, more streamlined approach we developed ultimately saved our customers a fortune in freight costs.
*Source: EPA.gov
Creating Your Customized Sustainability Pathway
Whether you're just starting out or looking to enhance your existing sustainability efforts, Let our decades of experience balancing consumer demand, regulatory compliance, manufacturing know-how, and technical expertise help you build a more circular approach to plastics.
From product design through processing and logistics, we can develop solutions together that share the benefits of plastics with society in the most responsible way.
The Source Behind the Insights: Adam Wozniak
A 24-year plastics industry veteran, Adam Wozniak has established himself as a leader in sustainable, circular plastics, which he sees as a practical solution to modern environmental challenges.
As a contributor to industry publications and frequent keynote speaker, Adam promotes cutting carbon and greenhouse gas emissions through the use of post-consumer, post-industrial, bio-attributed, and bio-circular materials. He advocates for greater adoption of advanced molecular recycling technologies as an important step along a pathway to sustainable product design.
Adam proudly partners with mission-driven groups like the Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council (HPRC), the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE), and the Plastics Industry Association Recycling Committee and Sustainability Advisory Board.
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Case Study Disclaimer:
The video above highlights a specific project completed by Bamberger Amco Polymers (“BAP, BA Polymers”) in collaboration with one of our customers. The content reflects the unique circumstances, goals, and outcomes of that engagement. While we believe the information presented is accurate and representative of our capabilities, it is not intended as a guarantee of results for other applications or customers.
BAP makes no representations or warranties, express or implied, regarding the suitability, performance, or outcomes of similar projects. All viewers are encouraged to conduct their own independent evaluation and consult with technical experts to determine the appropriateness of any resin or solution for their specific needs.
