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Advanced Resource Recovery in Action:

Can Circular Economy, mechanical recycling & new treatment technologies merge to achieve zero waste?

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Wed., June 5, 2019

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Jay StanfordCity of Londonon behalf of Resource Recovery Partnership

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Resource Recovery Partnership

▪ What is the Resource Recovery Partnership?• Facilitated discussions about advanced resource recovery

▪ What it is; how it works; essential role it fills in waste management

• Hosted conferences for 5 years – gathering industry, government and academia together to share ideas, inspiration and opportunities

• Produced webinars, discussion papers, policy guidance documents▪ Leading demand for NEW public policy supporting resource recovery

▪ Supporting development of sound principles & sustainable strategies to ensure sustainable & effective solution to achieve Zero Waste

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Resource Recovery Partnership

▪ Mission• Promote development of sound public policy across Canada to recognize all

resource recovery technologies to manage end-of-life waste resources

▪ Goal – help achieve Zero Waste

▪ Current members

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The Evolving Canadian Landscape

▪ From coast to coast – resource recovery is being recognized and proven• British Columbia – Ocean Legacy - ocean plastic conversion to diesel

• Alberta – Enerkem – production of ethanol and methanol

• Ontario – Green Mantra – production of waxes and asphalt additives

• Quebec – Polystyvert and Pyrowave - plastic conversion into waxes, oils and monomers

• Nova Scotia – Sustane Technologies – converting municipal waste into chemicals and biomass pellets

▪ 10 years ago most of these technologies were largely unheard of –today they represent the emerging Green Tech boom

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Today’s topic

Advanced Resource Recovery in Action:

Can Circular Economy, mechanical recycling and new treatment technologies

merge to achieve zero waste?

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Today’s agenda

▪ Materials recovery for the future: How can we capture more value from recycling?• Sarah Lindsay, American Chemistry Council

▪ New Solutions for Plastics Recycling: A complementary approach for today’s challenges• Pierre Benabidès, ÉEQ

▪ Wrap up & next steps• Joe Hruska, CPIA & RRP representative

Slides from this webinar will be posted

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Wed., June 5, 2019

1:30 to 2:30 p.m. ET

Materials recovery for the future: How can we capture more value from recycling?

Sarah Lindsay, American Chemistry Council, Manager of Public Outreach

MATERIALS RECOVERY FOR THE

FUTURE:How Can we Capture more Value from Recycling?

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S a r a h L i n d s a y

M a n a g e r , P u b l i c O u t r e a c h

A m e r i c a n C h e m i s t r y C o u n c i l

• 12 billion lbs of light weight flexible packaging generated annually in the US (resealable pouches, snack bags and overwraps)

• Twice the size of the PET market. $31B in sales, 19% of packaging industry (FPA, 2017)

• Potentially valuable, relatively untapped source of post-consumer resin for manufacturing applications

How do we get it back?

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CAPTURING MORE VALUE

FLEXIBLES ARE A FAST GROWING CATEGORY OF PACKAGINGCHANGE OVER 25 YEARS

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WE CAN DO BETTER ON FLEXIBLES & FILM RECYCLING

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1. Flexible Packaging Association .(2013). Flexible Packaging Industry Segment Profile Analysis (Commercial material removed and projected to 2015)

2. American Chemistry Council .(2017). 2015 National Post-consumer Plastic Bag & Film Recycling Report. In . (Ed.). N.p.: Moore Recycling. Retrieved from https://plastics.americanchemistry.com/2015-

National-Post-Consumer-Plastic-Bag-and-Film-Recycling-Report.pdf

12 BILLION LBS.(6 million tons)

Post-consumer flexible

packaging market size1

209 MILLION LBS.(104,500 tons) (1.7%)Post-consumer film recycling,

includes both retail drop-off

and MRF curbside2

FLEXIBLE PACKAGING CHALLENGES MRFS

2018 - COMMUNITIES EXPECT RECYCLING SERVICESSUPPORT FOR RECYCLING AT ALL-TIME HIGH

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94%74%

20%

of Americans are supportive

of recycling*Up from 90% in 2015

believe recycling is important and should be made a priority

think people should do what they can to try to recycle

6%Think it’s hard to

consistently recycle or that it is not

important

Source: Carton Council of North America National Survey, December 2015 and December 2017. Visit CaronOpportunities.org/survey

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We've heard the phrase "back to basics" floating about the recycling industry, but is it really time to pull back when we have real opportunity in the US to keep moving forward?

© RRS 2017

WHAT IF AN ECONOMICALLY VIABLE, SCALABLE SOLUTION

COULD BE DEVELOPED TO RECYCLE FLEXIBLE PACKAGING

AND IMPROVE MRF BALE QUALITY?

““Flexible packaging is

recycled curbside, and the recovery

community captures value from it.

SHARED VISION

Launching the first large-scale opportunity to collect flexible packaging loose in curbside bins

– the same way other packages get recycled.

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FIRST PROGRAM IN THE NATION

MRFF MEMBERS

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Hosted by:

Foundation For Chemistry Research & Initiatives

Conducts MRFF research

program and facilitates

collaboration of packaging

recovery value chain

ORGANICS MANAGEMENT

WASTE RECOVERY

GLOBAL CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY

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MANAGING CHANGE IN A RESOURCE-CONSTRAINED

WORLD SINCE 1986

MRFF RESEARCH HAS TWO THRUSTS

• Technical feasibility of automated optical sorting to separate 2D flexible packaging from paper on MRF fiber lines

• Economic feasibility of processing and recycling the material into end market products

Bags (excludes retail, storage and trash bags)

41%

Cut/wrap4%

Lay flat/Pillow pouches15%

Standup pouches6%

Shrink bundling4%

Retail carry bags25%

Storage bags5%

WHAT IS FLEXIBLE PACKAGING?

rFLEX TEST BALE COMPOSITION

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Allowable materials:

• Single-resin polyethylene flexible packaging or films (≥ 60%)

• Multi-layer flexible packaging or films (≤ 18%)

• Limited PET (≤ 2%)

• Limited PVC (≤ 1%)

• Limited metal (≤ 1%)

• Limited nylon (≤ 1%)

• Single-resin polypropylene flexible packaging or films (≤ 7%)

• Allowable levels of contaminants:

• Paper (Not to exceed 15%)

Source: RRS, 2017

MRFF DEVELOPING END MARKETS IN PARALLEL WITH SORTING

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PE

only

Export

Lumber/ Extruded

profiles

Film/Sheet

Durable Products

Pyrolysis

Engineered Fuel Pellets

Cement Kilns

WASHING

PELLETIZING

SHREDDINGSORTING

Growth for

MRF Material

Potential Growth

for rFlex

No

fiber

WASHING SHREDDINGSORTING

SHREDDING

No

fiber

SORTING

6 M lbs/yr

(Pilot)

Building Products

SHREDDING

MIXED RESIN PRODUCTS PRODUCED IN EUROPE

END MARKET FOCUS ON LOCAL CIRCULAR ECONOMY

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• Continuus Materials (acquired ReWall) wallboard and

roof system elements

• Current plant in Des Moines, IA

• Expansion plans – 2 additional facilities, one in PA

• Successfully tested test rFlex bale

• Expert, well-established plastic recyclers testing in PA –

UltraPoly, Ecostrate, Zzyzx plus others with variety of

potential end uses for pellets

• Additional rFlex performance tests scheduled for 2019

• Engage PA Recycling Markets Center as innovation hub

DEMAND PULL FOR RECYCLED CONTENT PRODUCTS ON THE RISE -CRITICAL TO DRIVE RECYCLING SUCCESS

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OUR WORK:INSIDE THE MRF

of Flexible

Packaging flowed

with fiber

of Flexible Packaging

was captured by 3

passes of optical

sorting

Sizable quantity

of paper ejected

with Flexible

Packaging

88% 89%

MRF TEST RESEARCH RESULTStesting conducted at IMS San Diego, Emterra British Columbia & Saskatchewan MRFs

ECONOMIC FEASIBILTY

• RRS developed Pro Forma Model for Adding Flexible Packaging to evaluate MRFs for a capital cost grant to pilot

• Optical sorters clean up paper bales while making a new rFlex bale - a win-win

• Reduces MRF labor sorting costs

• Net impact on processing cost on par with addition of other materials.

• Varies a lot by region - e.g., high landfill tip fees drive recycling economics

FLEXIBLE PACKAGING SORTATION AT MATERIALS RECOVERY FACILITIES

RESEARCH REPORTMATERIALSRECOVERYFORTHEFUTURE.COM

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http://www.materialsrecoveryforthefuture.com/

2019 MRF PILOT : TOTAL RECYCLE, BERKS COUNTY PA

• Owner J.P. Mascaro & Sons, 4th generation family owned business

• Large high speed MRF 700 TPD single stream in growth mode

• Adding capabilities to produce an est. 3100 tons of rFlex annually

• Fully integrated; has extensive hauling operation in area covering 9 counties with 90 municipalities under contract.

• Also owns a landfill and transfer stations in region.

http://www.wastetodaymagazine.com/article/jp-mascaro-sons-built-to-last/

http://www.wastetodaymagazine.com/article/jp-mascaro-sons-built-to-last/

TOTAL RECYCLE PILOT

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• Introduce flexible packaging into their residential single-stream specification

• Recover maximum flexible packaging from the stream

• Create a viable bale for sale with a sustainable market

• Clean up the fiber bales

• Provide a scalable model for other MRFs across North America

© RRS 2017

PERFORMANCE GOALS OF THE MRFF MASCARO PILOT

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These five performance goals act also as the metrics for the pilot.

1 2 3 4 5

Capture at

least 90% of

FPP in

feedstock;

Minimize

paper in FPP

product (less

than 15% by

weight);

Even with

increased FPP

in feedstock,

reduce the

amount of FPP

going into

fiber products;

Reduce fiber

quality control

staff

requirement by

a minimum of

30%; and,

Controls

integrated

with existing

MRF control

system.

Successfully sort flexible packaging from paper through addition of optical sorters

on fiber lines, airflow controls, collection hoods and other system adjustments.

OPTICAL SORTER SCHEMATIC

MRF PILOT – TECHNICAL OBJECTIVE

Infeed

Acceleration Conveyor

SensorCollection Hood

Ejection Air

Nozzles

Fiber

Flexible

Packaging

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MRFF MASCARO PILOT TIMELINEWorkstream/Task Q2 2018 Q3 2018 Q4 2018 Q1 2019 Q2 2019 Q3 2019 Q4 2019

Equipment Monitoring, Eval.Construction, Acceptance Testing

Periodic Fiber Sorts

Recirculation Testing

Collection Testing

End MarketsPre-Pilot Research

rFlex Performance Testing

rFlex Marketing Support

Community Collection SupportGap Analysis

Economic Analysis

Webinars & Regional Mtgs

Community Add’n of FPP

Reporting, EngagementIndustry Engagement

Ongoing Data Reporting

Final Report

C O N S T R U C T I O N R E C I R C U L A T I O N C O L L E C T I O N

Key Milestones: Startup: Jan 2019 Turnover: Feb 2019 Member Meeting: Mar 2019 Project Completion

Engagements: WBCSD Oct 2018 NERC Webinar Nov 2018 Plastics Recycling Mar 2019

VALUE CHAIN COLLABORATION PROVIDES NECESSARY FEEDBACK LOOP &SCIENTIFIC APPROACH TO CAPTURE MORE VALUE FROM RECYCLABLES

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IN CLOSING

OUR OPPORTUNITY

Collaborate to

1) improve sorting of single stream materials

2) make a new flexible plastics bale for sale to sustainable markets

Sarah Lindsay

[email protected]

THANK YOU

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1:30 to 2:30 p.m. ET

New Solutions for Plastics Recycling: A complementary approach for today’s challenges

Pierre Benabidès, Éco Entreprises Québec (ÉEQ) Senior Advisor, Materials and Market Development

New Solutions for Plastics RecyclingA complementary approach for today’s challenges

Pierre Benabidès | 05-06-2019

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Who is Éco Entreprises Québec?▪ Private, not-for-profit organization based in Montreal, Quebec

▪ Certified by the Quebec government to represent the 3,400 companies that put containers, packaging and printed matter on the market

▪ Board of Directors: 10 member administrators (representing reporting companies) and 4 non-member administrators

▪ EPR financial responsibility since 2005 (2019 will be the 15th obligation year)

▪ Responsible for financing 100% of the net costs of the municipal curbside recycling program in Quebec

Opening Remarks

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Different plastic packaging for different uses

Current Situation

Good versatility and properties: Many challenges!

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Plastics recovery in Quebec

Plastic typeQuantitiesgenerated

Quantitiesrecovered

Recoveryrate

PET (# 1) 42,000 t 26,200 t 62%

HDPE (# 2) 18,700 t 12,800 t 68%

PVC (# 3) 700 t 400 t 57%

LDPE (# 4) (Bags and films) 35,500 t 9,400 26%

PP (# 5) 13,000 t 5,400 t 42%

PS (# 6) 15,600 t 3,400 t 22%

Other hard plastic packaging 12,100 t 4,900 40%

Other films, bags and laminates 61,500 t 7,000 t 11%

Degradable plastics 1,200 t 250 t 21%

Other plastics (non-packaging) 26,600 t 9,000 t 34%

Total 227,000 t 79,000 t 35%

Situation actuelle

Based on curbside characterization in Quebec

Current Situation

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CCME Action Plan and what it meansfor plastics recycling in Quebec

▪ By 2030:

> Recycling rate of 55%

- Around 55,000 more tons to be recycled*

> Recycled content will reach 50% in packaging where possible

- Around 90,000 tons to include in packaging*

Taux de recyclage

*Based on curbside characterization and bale sale in Quebec

Current Situation

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Bringing together various stakeholders to enhance plastic recycling solutions

Bringing together manufacturers, corporations, recyclers and investors:

▪ 325 attendees from 20 countries and 3 continents

▪ 13 start-ups specializing in molecular recycling solutions

▪ 140 individual meetings between start-ups and stakeholders

The Plastic Solutions Forum aimed to:

▪ Present and promote new approaches based on technologies and processes developed through polymer research

▪ Contribute to speeding up innovations in the recycling of plastic packaging

▪ Establish relations and projects between these start-ups and investors, as well as with contributing companies

Forum Plastic Solutions

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13 innovative solutions presented during the Forum

QuébecUnited-Kingdom

JapanItaly

United-States Germany

France

Netherlands

Forum Plastic Solutions

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What is the plastic packaging production chain?

▪ Plastics are like LEGO blocks (monomers).

▪ By assembling the blocks, you can create various types of plastic resins (polymers).

Production of raw materials(petrochemical

products)

Hydrocarbons(petroleum, gas)

Production of monomers

Production of plastics

(polymerization)

Productionof packaging

Sale and Use

Monomer PolymersPolymerization

Current Situation

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How does mechanical plastic recycling work today?

Roles of the various stakeholders

▪ Curbside collectors gather recyclable matter from consumers.

▪ MRFs separate certain categories of plastics, but do not process them. They sell them to recyclers.

▪ Recyclers shred, wash, separate and process plastics to produce recycled plastic resin.

Collection Sorting Recycling Recycled resin

Current Situation

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What is the current value chain for recovery and recycling?

Hydrocarbons(petroleum,

gas)

Production of raw materials(petrochemical

products)



(polymerization)

Productionof packaging

Sale and Use

Collection and sorting

Mechanical recycling

Production of other products

Current Situation

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Limits of mechanical recycling

▪ Resin quality: The presence of additives, glues, coloring and other minerals charges in packaging diminishes the quality of recycled resins.

▪ Colours: The granules produced are mostly grey-green if mixed, which limits their recycling into new packaging.

▪ Production costs: Recycling costs are relatively high compared to virgin resin.

▪ Mechanical properties: With every recycling cycle, plastics lose part of their mechanical and

esthetic properties, which limits the percentage of potential recycled content in new packaging.

Current Situation

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A need for new recycling routes along with current mechanical recycling

Molecular Recycling

Bridge the gap with tomorrow’s targets*

55% recycling target for 2030

50% recycled content where applicable

Meet quality requirements

Eliminate dyes and other mineral charges, especially for

food contact and closed loop

Reach local markets

Reduce our overseas dependence

Meet the demand from North American manufacturers

+ +

*Based on Ocean Plastics Charter

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New recycling technologies complement current mechanical recycling

Curbside collection

and sorting

Hydrocarbons(Oil & gas)

Production of raw materials



(Polymerization)

Production of packaging

End-product usage

New recycling technologies


Feedstock preparation

Molecular Recycling

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New recycling technologies complement current mechanical recycling

Curbside collection and

sorting

Hydrocarbons(Oil & gas)




(Polymerization)


End-product usage

New recycling technologies


Feedstock preparation

Molecular Recycling

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3 groups of new recycling technologies

Recycling by purification

Recycling by decomposition

Recycling by conversion




Production of plastics(Polymerization)


Molecular Recycling

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Molecular Recycling


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Molecular Recycling


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Molecular Recycling


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Molecular Recycling

Source: Closed Loop Partners – Accelerating supply chains for plastics

And many others

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Anticipated benefits of molecular recycling: infinite closed-loop recycling is possible

1. Allows for separation of dyes and mineral charges, thus ending up with potential virgin-like quality

2. No loss of mechanical properties of the plastics

3. Could process non-packaging plastics (textile, C&D plastic waste, etc.)

Molecular Recycling

Source: PureCycle Technologies

Provide technical and financial support

• Engineering, R&D, Investments

• Adapted regulations

Communicate on environmental impacts

• Low energy consumption

• Process residue

• LCA

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Secure sourcing and sales

• Packaging and other material streams

• Types of contracts (spot-market or long-term)

• Brand owner pledges & commitments

Succeed in scaling up to the industrial phase

• Feedstock preparation

• Virgin-like quality production

• Viable capacities

What’s next

Next stages of development: How can we speed up innovation?

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Brand owners and EPR organizations are part of the solution

▪ Brand owners and their EPR organizations are already:

▪ Investing millions in recycling and curbside recycling systems

▪ Committing to improve recyclability and increase recycled content in their packaging

▪ Their responsibilities must be broadened in order to ensure that packaging put on the market is effectively recycled within the context of the circular economy

What’s next

Without industry commitment, there can be no curbside recycling!

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Wed., June 5, 2019

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Joe Hruska, CPIAon behalf of Resource Recovery Partnership

Wrap-up & Next Steps

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Were We are Now

Traditional approaches

have physical & market

limitations to manage

increasingly complex wastes

Zero Waste needs to get

ahead of innovations in products

and packaging

Need 3Rs plus

additional solutions to achieve Zero

Waste

Solutions are available –

but we need the

willingness to

implement them

All options are essential to meet Zero Waste goals for a Sustainable Economy

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Closing Comments

▪ Thank you to our Presenters

▪ Thank you to our Attendees

▪ Sign up for September 19, 2019 Resource Recovery Partnership Conference• Yorkdale Holiday Inn (top of Toronto)• simultaneous Webcast

▪ Details to be sent to today’s participants

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