pet recycling markets, trends & challenges · 2017. 10. 6. · rpet quality and the pet bottle...

Resa Dimino — Director of Public Policy

NYS Federation Conference May 16, 2016

PET Recycling Markets, Trends & Challenges

Promoting and Protecting the PET Package

Overview

• Introduction to NAPCOR • PET Recycling Context • NAPCOR Initiative to Address Bale Quality • NAPCOR Initiatives to Address Supply

– Non-Clear PET Bottle Recycling – PET Thermoform Recycling

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Introduction to NAPCOR

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• NAPCOR is the trade association for the PET packaging industry in the United States, Canada and Mexico

Container Producers

PET Reclaimers

• 52 members encompass all facets of the PET value chain

PET Resin

Producers

Suppliers to the PET Industry

Sheet & Thermoform

Producers

NAPCOR Membership 2016

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PET Container Manufacturers

PET Resin Manufacturers

DAK Americas LLC Indorama Ventures USA Inc Nan Ya Plastics Corporation

PET Sheet / Thermoformers

Dart Container Corporation Direct Pack, Inc.

Genpak LLC Nu-B, Inc.

Octal Extrusion Corporation Polar-Pak, Ltd.

Peninsula Packaging Company Plastic Ingenuity, Inc.

PET Industry Suppliers

Amcor Rigid Plastics Plastipak Packaging, Inc.

Yoshino America Corporation

American Starlinger-Sahm, Inc. AMUT North America, Inc.

BP ColorMatrix

Erema North America Husky Injection Molding Systems

Krones Inc. Muehlstein

National Recovery Technologies

Nissei ASB Company Penn Color Plastic Technologies, Inc. Polymetrix REPI Sidel Inc. Sorema Plastic Recycling Sys. Sukano Polymers Corporation TABB Packaging Solutions, LLC TOMRA Systems ASA

BMP Recycling CarbonLite Industries, LLC Clear Path Recycling, LLC

Custom Polymers PET Evergreen Plastics Marglen Industries

Mohawk Industries Inc. Parallel Products

Peninsula Plastics Recycling Perpetual Recycling Solutions

PetStar Plastic Reclamation Partners Plastrec, Inc. Polyquest, Inc (PQ Recycling) QRS Recycling Reterra Signode UltrePET LLC Wellman Plastics Recycling, LLC

PET Reclaimers


National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR)

• Mission: – Promote the introduction and use of PET

packaging

– Protect the PET package and overcome hurdles to its successful introduction, use and recycling

– Articulate and communicate the attributes of PET containers and PET thermoformed packaging as environmentally sustainable

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Founded in 1987


The Problem: PET Recycling & Utilization Rates Illustrate Declining Quality

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NAPCOR’s Challenge: Increasing Supply While Reducing Contamination

• Market Signals: Can new bale specification and grading protocol drive quality?

• Design for Recycling: Will CPGs design PET containers to ensure they can be reclaimed?

• Market Evaluation & Development: How do we capture the value from growing non-traditional streams (thermoforms and colored PET) while protecting quality?

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NAPCOR Initiatives to Address Bale Quality


What’s Affecting Bale Quality?

• Increased single stream curbside collection

• Proliferation of packaging of all types

• Not all PET packages reflect design for recyclability guidelines, e.g., full shrink labels, barrier layers

• Ongoing lightweighting means more PET sorting and processing is required per pound of clean flake generated

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Driving Bale Quality through Gradings

Objective: to develop a bale grading system and material audit tool to:

• provide consistent feedback to MRFs

• offer industry-vetted, voluntary market standards for PET bales

• provide incentive to improve bale quality and a PET material audit tool to measure it

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New Model PET Bale Specification

• Developed and tested by NAPCOR members

• Approved by both NAPCOR & APR in 2015

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Promoting and Protecting the PET Package Promoting and Protecting the PET Package

Bale Grading/Specification Promotion

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Bale Gradings (in Model PET Bale Spec)

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• A reasonably representative sample is pulled from sample load (preferred sample > 225 pounds)

• Key measurement is PET fraction of unprocessed bale material, taken as a percentage of total sample weight (not a yield)

Test Audit for Incoming PET Material

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• PET reclaimers to communicate with suppliers re: gradings usage, PET material test audit

• Reach out to key audiences to clearly communicate positive intent and objectives: – MRFs – Brokers – Pricing indices

Next Steps on Bale Grading

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NAPCOR Initiatives to Address Supply


Non-Clear PET Packaging Recycling Initiative

Goal: Increase recycling and develop additional sustainable markets for non-clear PET containers Strategies:

• Identify existing and potential end-markets for “non clear” PET

• Identify obstacles to sustainable markets and methods to overcome them

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Non-Clear Initiative: Activities to Date

• Collected data from various sources, including producers, recyclers and NAPCOR studies

• Developed projections of generation and recycling

• Determined pathways of material flow • Tested material for contaminants and quality • Evaluated consolidation strategies and access

to end markets

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Non-Clear Initiative: Obstacles Identified

• Critical Mass • Disparate Material Flow

– through MRF, PRF, PET Reclaimer and/or HDPE reclaimer

• Variability in the Stream – Colors, labels, and other contaminants are

unpredictable

• Low-Value Markets

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Non-Clear Initiative: Next Steps

• Facilitate partnerships and market arrangements

• Research end- markets

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PET Thermoform Recycling

Goal: To make recycling PET thermoforms as easy as recycling PET bottles, without harming bottle recycling infrastructure Strategies

• Achieve broad acceptance of PET thermoforms by PET reclaimers

• Broadcast consistent pro-PET recycling message to communities and MRF operators

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Promoting and Protecting the PET Package Promoting and Protecting the PET Package

PET Thermoform Recycling Progress

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2009 The Canadian

Retail Initiative

2012 Three grant programs to

test collection, sorting, and marketing strategies

2014 Technical trials to

evaluate the impact on rPET quality and the PET bottle reclaiming

infrastructure

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Thermoform Recovery in U.S. & Canada (MMlbs)

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Markets for PET Bottle & Thermoform Bales

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PET thermoforms are technically recyclable with PET bottles, but not all thermoforms are PET. Many PET reclaimers accept thermoforms in bottle bales, as long as autosort systems and best practices are in place. Talk to your buyer about their specifications.


Thank You!

Resa Dimino

Director of Public Policy (518) 610-8095

[email protected]

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Slide Number 1OverviewIntroduction to NAPCORNAPCOR Membership 2016National Association for PET � Container Resources (NAPCOR)The Problem: PET Recycling & Utilization Rates Illustrate Declining Quality Reclamation Capacity 2014 – � Major Assets USA Growth in Domestic RPET Consumption by Product CategoryNAPCOR’s Challenge: Increasing Supply While Reducing ContaminationNAPCOR Initiatives to Address Bale QualityWhat’s Affecting �Bale Quality?Driving Bale Quality through GradingsNew Model PET Bale SpecificationBale Grading/Specification PromotionBale Gradings �(in Model PET Bale Spec)Test Audit for Incoming PET Material Next Steps on Bale GradingNAPCOR Initiatives to Address SupplyNon-Clear PET Packaging �Recycling InitiativeNon-Clear Initiative: �Activities to Date Non-Clear Initiative: �Obstacles IdentifiedNon-Clear Initiative: Next StepsPET Thermoform RecyclingPET Thermoform Recycling ProgressPET Thermoforms in Bottle Bales � are Increasing Thermoform Recovery in �U.S. & Canada (MMlbs)Markets for PET Bottle �& Thermoform BalesThank You!

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