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LESS IS LESS NERCs Fall 2014 Conference: The New Era of Recycling NOVEMBER 6, 2014 Making Sense of the Mix: The Changing Waste and Recycling Stream Dylan de Thomas Resource Recycling, Inc . NERCs Fall 2014 Conference: The New Era of

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LESS IS LESS

NERC’s Fall 2014 Conference: The New Era of Recycling NOVEMBER 6, 2014

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Making Sense of the Mix: The Changing Waste and Recycling Stream

Dylan de Thomas Resource Recycling, Inc.

NERC’s Fall 2014 Conference: The New Era of Recycling

  • Nov. 6, 2014
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MANAGEMENT TRENDS

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 MSW (million tons) Year Recycled Composted Combusted Landfilled

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RECOVERY RATES

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MSW GENERATION RATES

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WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN:

  • 2010: 250.5 million tons (actual)
  • 2010: +8.1 million tons (population)
  • 2010: +77.0 million tons (previous

decades)

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WHY LESS WASTE?

  • Recycling/composting?
  • Recession?
  • Evolving ton?
  • Source reduction?
  • “Zero” waste?
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WASTE & THE ECONOMY

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RAW MATERIALS

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2012 GENERATION BY PRODUCT TYPE

EPA MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE IN THE UNITED STATES: 2012 FACTS AND FIGURES

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THE EVOLVING TON

  • Less paper
  • More plastic
  • Electronics
  • Future products?
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PAPER: 2000 - 2012

  • 19,120,000 tons less
  • 22% decrease
  • Mostly printed paper
  • Online shopping
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OTHER

  • Metals: more
  • Textiles: more
  • Wood: more
  • Food waste: more
  • Yard waste: more
  • Glass: less
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ELECTRONICS

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The Evolution of Materials Use

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Change in Paper and Packaging in 2012 since 1990

% Change from 1990

Increasing prevalence Declining prevalence

  • 8%
  • 6%
  • 4%
  • 2%

0% 2% 4% 6%

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SOURCE: Resource Recycling Systems, 2014

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The Evolution of Packaging/ The Evolving Ton

  • Light-weighting
  • Increasing recycled content
  • Projected increase in flex film packaging
  • Flexible packaging expected to grow 3.5%

annually in the next few years

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The Evolution of Packaging

Glass bottle, metal cap to PET bottle, PP cap Glass jars, metal cap to PET jar, PP cap

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The Evolution of Packaging

Glass bottle, metal cap to HDPE bottle, PP cap HDPE Bottle, PP Cap to multi-layer, flexible film pouch

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The Evolution of Packaging

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Environmental Drivers Fueling the Shift

Flexible Film Pouches & Packaging

Flexible Packaging Association www.flexpack.org

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Environmental Drivers Fueling the Shift

  • Environmental drivers
  • Cost savings
  • Logistics
  • Food waste minimization
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ORGANICS

  • Edible food
  • Animal feed
  • Anaerobic digestion
  • Residential/commercial collection
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ORGANICS

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ORGANICS

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SOURCE REDUCTION

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ZERO WASTE = ?

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ZW: SMART CAPITALISM

  • “Cost” becomes an “asset”
  • Input/output control
  • Profit motivated
  • Internal rewards
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ZW COMPANIES: 2014

  • Dr Pepper
  • Nestles
  • SC Johnson
  • Unilever
  • Dove Body Wash
  • Hormel
  • New York State
  • EasyJet
  • Original Unvertpackt
  • Franz Bakery
  • Eaton
  • Phoenix Open (WM)
  • Sidel
  • Southwest Airlines
  • Kimberly Clark
  • GM
  • Hanson
  • American Anthropology Association
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ZW SUBSTANCE 2014

  • “Lightest 2-liter bottle in the industry”
  • Reduced 44% of waste per ton of product since 2010
  • Reduced global manufacturing waste by 62 as a ratio to production.
  • 200 sites now zero waste to landfill (>75%)
  • 15% less plastic (will share new technology)
  • Cut packaging by 4.72 million pounds: 37 packaging reduction projects
  • Agencies cut paper use by 43%, save $11.1 million in four years
  • Paperless airplane
  • Waste-free supermarket
  • 98% landfill free
  • 39 manufacturing facilities landfill free
  • 100% landfill free through recycling, composting, energy from waste
  • Plastic beer bottle with standard “champagne” base
  • Upcycle used leather seat coverings into new products
  • Club KC: circular economy: collect recyclable fibre in exchange for finished products
  • Composting food waste from cafeterias at global HQ
  • Supplier of heavy building materials cut landfill waste by 35.3%
  • Paper-free review process
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ZERO WASTE

  • No waste or
  • Less waste to dispose?
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What MRFs Have to Do With It

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Before the MRF -- Collection

  • Growing collection innovation
  • Increasing materials captured in S-S
  • Wet/Dry collection growing

– The next step in collection?

  • The “other stuff”
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Single-Stream MRFs in the U.S.

  • Map
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Growth of Single-Stream

Source: Government Advisory Associates, Inc., 2013

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What MRFs Have to Do With It

  • Retrofitting and reconfiguring
  • Mega-MRFs/ Regionalization
  • Hub & spoke
  • More S-S in the East
  • Plastics Recycling Facilities (PRFs)
  • Sortation
  • More mechanized, new technology
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Cleaning Up “Dirty” MRFs?

  • “All in One Bin”?
  • Sorting MSW (at “Dirty” MRFs)
  • Montgomery, AL; San Jose, CA; Medina

County, OH; Indianapolis (?); Houston (??)

  • Quality is an “ongoing concern”
  • Global markets also demanding higher quality
  • No “post-Green Fence” reality
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FUTURE: RECYCLING/COMPOSTING

  • More mandatory recycling: commercial

and multi-family

  • More “dirty” MRFs?
  • More food waste diversion
  • More AD?
  • C&D recycling
  • More education
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HDPE Milk Jug Bale Prices

10 20 30 40 50 60

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Aluminum Can Prices

20 40 60 80 100 120

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PET Bale Prices

5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45

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Recovered Paper Prices

(18 grades; weighted average)

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200

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Old Newspaper Prices

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200

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Ferrous Scrap Prices

(No. 1 heavy melting steel)

100 200 300 400 500 600

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The Road Forward …

  • Other recovery

– Developing technology (PTO) and markets – “One cog in an inter-connected system”

  • Recovery is a priority

– More material is needed – Expanding collection programs – “If you bale it, they will come” – Education

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The Road Forward

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FUTURE: OVERALL

  • Less waste?
  • Less disposal?
  • Evolving material mix
  • Continued zero waste by industry
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Thank You!

Dylan de Thomas Editorial Director Resource Recycling, Inc. dylan@resource-recycling.com www.resource-recycling.com Special thanks to my co-researcher and co-writer -- Amy Roth, Green Spectrum Consulting

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FOR MORE INFORMATION: Chaz Miller 202-364-3742 www.environmentalistseveryday.org cmiller@wasterecycling.org

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