{"id":1367,"date":"2022-04-12T22:45:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T22:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flex-main.lndo.site\/resources\/the-swap-project-to-combat-stretch-wrap-waste"},"modified":"2025-08-14T17:18:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T22:18:01","slug":"the-swap-project-to-combat-stretch-wrap-waste","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/flex.com\/de\/resources\/the-swap-project-to-combat-stretch-wrap-waste","title":{"rendered":"Das SWAP-Projekt zur Bek\u00e4mpfung von Stretchfolienabfall"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"overscroll-top\" style=\"background-color: #eaeef4;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"resource-header block\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a title=\"Homepage\" href=\"\/\">Flex<\/a>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 384 512\"><path d=\"M365.3 256l-22.6 22.6-192 192L128 493.3 82.7 448l22.6-22.6L274.7 256 105.4 86.6 82.7 64 128 18.7l22.6 22.6 192 192L365.3 256z\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t<a title=\"Resources\" href=\"\/resources\">Resources<\/a>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 384 512\"><path d=\"M365.3 256l-22.6 22.6-192 192L128 493.3 82.7 448l22.6-22.6L274.7 256 105.4 86.6 82.7 64 128 18.7l22.6 22.6 192 192L365.3 256z\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t<a title=\"The SWAP project to combat stretch wrap waste\">The SWAP project to combat stretch wrap waste<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<h1>The SWAP project to combat stretch wrap waste<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"separator\"><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date detail\">\n\t\t\t\tPosted on<br>\n\t\t\t\tApril 12, 2022\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"categories\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"categories-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cat-tag\">White Paper<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cat-tag\" data-cat-level=\"2\" data-destination=\"\/solutions-and-services\/post-sale#resources\" href=\"\/solutions-and-services\/post-sale#resources\">Aftermarket Services<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"sidebar block normal-sidebar\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<p>As the <a href=\"https:\/\/flex.com\/solutions-and-services\/manufacturing\">advanced manufacturing partner<\/a> of choice, we are committed to exploring innovative practices as we sustainably build products that improve people\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That is why we recently partnered with 10 other Ellen MacArthur Foundation members, including Microsoft, Anthesis Group, BASF, Berry Global Inc., CHEP, Cisco, SCG, Mainetti, The Estee Lauder Companies Inc., and WSP, to research and experiment how to combat plastic waste from stretch wraps. 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