Recycling Grocery Rigid Plastics Continued Progress
Recycling GroceryRigid Plastics –Continued ProgressSeptember 23, 2014
Today’s PresentersKara PochiroAPRTed BrownBrownSustainabilitySolutionsKim BrunsonPublixLiz BedardAPRKeithBechardEntropexKrista FriesenCPIA
National trade association representing 90% of postconsumer plastic processing capacity in North America.
Membership committee representing 36 rigid plasticstakeholders – generators, collectors, recyclers,reclaimers, brand names , companies, resin producers,public policy makers
Began over four years ago Discovered grocery stores generate a considerable amount of valuable,food-grade recyclable plastics Estimated “back of napkin” - over 350 million pounds per year Estimated US non-bottle plastic recovery that year - 360 million pounds
Estimated annual volume & resin typeIdentified obstaclesBest Practices - Maximizing volume, minimizing costs ,maximizing revenue, addressing obstacles
Website – www.recyclegroceryplastics.org Interactive, on-line “Best Practices” Guide “How To” Videos Market Lists Worksheets Educational Templates Off-site & On-site Technical Assistance
Liz Bedard, DirectorAPR Rigid Plastics Recycling Program1001 G Street, NWWashington, DC 20001ebedard18@gmail.com
SupermarketEconomicOverview andCase StudiesTed BrownPrincipalBrown SustainabilitySolutions, Inc.
Grocery Retail Industry RigidPlastics Recovery OpportunitiesAvoid Disposal & Haul Costs - Annually Per Supermarket Recycle No. 2s/5s & avoid 2-6 tons disposal/haul costsSupermarkets generate 4,000-6,000# per storeSupermarkets with pharmacies generate 8,000-12,000#Rigid Plastic: Next Valued Supermarket RecyclingOpportunity As with OCC, Film and Paper, Rigids Have Volume & ValueEnd Markets Need RigidsRigids Recovery Key in Zero Waste Strategies
Economic Overview ResultsBackground Building on 4 years of researching rigid plastics recyclingSeveral chains recovering rigids, using 1 of 3 methods –BALE STACK SINGLE STREAMStrong rigid plastics market pricesResponding to grocer’s demand for economicsEconomic Overview Results Chain grocers share rigids recovery methods/experiences Baling – most attractive overall economic benefits Stacking – offers incremental revenue/avoids costs Single Stream – avoids disposal @ similar cost Grocers encouraged to work toward Baling ultimately Takes time/years to recover sufficient volume
Publix Super Markets, Inc.
Publix Super Markets, Inc.Then: 1930 One store in Winter Haven, FL A few associates Annual sales 100,000andNow: 2014 1,069 stores in the southeast Over 168,000 associates Annual sales over 29 billion Manufacturing and distributionacross Florida and Georgia Opening our first store in NorthCarolina in February
Publix has been recyclingcardboard since 1974
What our customers arerecycling at Publix
Growing Rigid RecyclingFloral BucketsPharm Stock BottlesRelamp coversBakeryBuckets
Continuously Improvingthe Recycle Process Know thematerial to expect Segregate LikeMaterials (highervalue) Work toward atruckload
New feedstock: commercial / industrial waste plasticBULKY RIGID PLASTICS (BRP)grocery stores, municipalities, large retailers, manufacturers
CASE STUDYA MAJOR GROCERY RETAILERGROCERY STORE2tbrp/ year22ONTARIOX469locations 938tper yearA single retailer can recover 50 truckloads of plastic per year!22
RECEIVING
A PATENTED RECOVERY PROCESS FOR ALL PLASTICS 24MIXEDRIDGEDPLASTICSSORTINGSHREDDING,GRINDING , WASHINGEXTRUSIONFROM WASTE TO RESOURCE IN 2 HOURSFINISHEDPRODUCT
TAILORING RESINS TO OURCUSTOMERS’ SPECIFICATIONSGREENHOMOPOLYMERBLACKPEPails, Consumer Products,Automotive, Sheet ApplicationsODORPPCaps And Closures, ConsumerProducts, AutomotivePETCarpet FiberCOLORCLEARCOPOLYMER25
Market SegmentPAILS26MARKET SIZERESIN TYPEMAJOR CUSTOMERSKEY DRIVERS796,000tColor: SensitiveMajor ContainerSustainabilityOdor: SensitiveManufacturersCost 1.92BGrade: HighProximity toend user
ENTROPEX CONTACTSam HillEntropex Grocery Store Program Manager(519) 332-0430 x106
Increasing Opportunity for GroceryRigid Recovery in CanadaSeptember 23, 201428
Canadian Plastics IndustryAssociationServing as the national voice of the plastics industry inCanada since 1943! Member driven advocacy association representing the majorityof the 3,170 companies employing 95,000 workers in Canada’s 30 billion plastics industry. Members from across the country and the value chain.
CPIA’s Strategic PrioritiesPost-Use blic OutreachIssues andOpportunitiesManagementCPIA works withgovernment andstakeholders to facilitateincreased plastic wastediversion.CPIA’s Intelligent Plasticsprogram promotes theeconomic, social andenvironmental benefits ofplastics to the public andgovernments.CPIA defends againstspecific product attacksand fosters innovativesolutions.
Post-Use Plastics RecoveryLeadershipOBJECTIVE:Work collaboratively with stakeholdersto improve the sustainability of plasticsand prevent deselection by increasingthe diversion of plastics from landfilland reducing marine litter, throughuse of recycling and energy recoveryoptions.
Post-Use Plastics RecoveryLeadershipFive Strategic Themes:1. Diversion Metrics2. Outreach3. Stakeholder Engagement4. Recovery Pilots5. Advocacy
Cadillac Fairview Pilotfor Commercial Film Project launched in April 2014 Initial focus on collecting/recycling stretchwrap from the mall’s three loading docks,educating retail tenants and collecting/identifying film samples from back-of-store Collection/recycling expanded in June 2014 to include film from selectretail tenants – targeting just PE due to recycler requirements Material collected in first 4 months showed high levels of non-PEcontamination Recycling partnership changed in August 2014, still fine-tuning CPIA to provide project support until end of October 2014; final reportwith results/recommendations in December 2014
Future Opportunities Opportunity to leverage the valuable work of the APR –tools and resources, as well as lessons learned from pilots CPIA is looking to build on successful pilots/partnershipsthat have been established in other ICI sectors and materialcategories 6 month pilot in 2015 Training and materials for participating retailer Support in establishing relationship and transportation logisticswith recycler Tracking and documentation of project success and lessons learned
Krista FriesenVice President, SustainabilityCanadian Plastics Industry Associationkfriesen@plastics.ca905-678-7749 x234
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increased plastic waste diversion. Reputation Enhancement/ Public Outreach CPIA’s Intelligent Plastics program promotes the economic, social and environmental benefits of plastics to the public and governments. Issues and Opportunities Management CPIA defends against s
Mapping of global plastics value chain and plastics losses to the environment onment 2 Table of contents Table of contents List of Acronyms 4 Types of plastics 5 Executive summary 6 Technical summary 9 1 oduction Intr 17 1.1. Objective 19 1.2. General methodology 19 1.3. Report structure 21 2 Global plastics value chain 23
EEC Study of non-recycled plastics-August 2011 2 ENERGY AND ECONOMIC VALUE OF NON-RECYCLED PLASTICS (NRP) AND MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES (MSW) THAT ARE CURRENTLY LANDFILLED IN THE FIFTY STATES EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Mechanical recycling of plastics has continued to grow in the United States, with 2.1 million tons of plastics recycled in 2009.
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