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Plastics: The Big Picture
Jerry PowellResource RecyclingPortland, Oregon
www.resource‐recycling.com
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What we’ll look at today
• A short primer on plastics• An overview of recycling markets• Some key trends and issues
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Plastics primer
The basics for plastics are:‐‐
a carbon source is converted into a monomer,
such ethylene or styrene‐‐
the monomer is then polymerized (the molecular
chain is extended), thus producing a plastic‐‐
the plastic is often enhanced by a compounder
‐‐
the resin is then used by a converter to make a product
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How the market is segmented
Thermoplastics versus thermosets
Commodity plastics versus engineered resins
Polyolefins as a special class
Petro‐carbons versus bio‐carbons
Compostables versus non‐compostables
Degradables versus non‐degradables (the oxo war)
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The oxo warThese plastics contain a pro‐oxidant additive to
standard resins.
The additive contains transition metal ions of cobalt, iron, manganese and/or nickel.
The additive is used at a 1‐4 percent loading.
No special equipment is needed to make a bag, bottle, etc.
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The oxo
warWhen thermally stressed, the plastic breaks apart.
Suppliers say the plastics degrade. Others say they do not.
The recycling industry wants producers to prove degradable plastics don’t harm recycling.
The State of California has sued three bottled water makers over their claims.
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Industry segmentationAmerican Chemistry Council (ACC) ‐‐
monomer and polymer producers.
Society of the Plastics (SPI) – converters
Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) – the scientists
National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) – PET plastic
bottle
Association of Post‐Consumer Plastic Recyclers (APR) –
plastic bottle
reclaimers
Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) – other processors
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Resin coding
PCPC#10#10
NylonNylon#9#9
ABSABS#8#8 PSPS
#6#6PPPP
#5#5
LDPELDPE#4#4
PVCPVC#3#3
HDPEHDPE#2#2
PETPET#1#1
OTHEROTHER#7#7
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Resin coding issuesVery few use the current code for recycling purposes. The rise
in 1‐7 recycling collections means programs promote that they handle “all plastic bottles.”
New resins and sub‐resins mean the code will always be behind.
A new code will likely be produced soon by a stakeholder working group within the American Society of Testing and
Materials.
Of greater concern by many is the notion of “recyclable.”
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Recycling markets: We have a lot of plastics in our MSW
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Plastics are being collected
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And are being processed
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So, while we’re recycling about a third of MSW
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Plastic recycling rates lag
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HDPE recycling rate
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PET recycling rate
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Recycling market factors
But plastics’
growth is slowing. The number of plastics converters and the number of
people employed in the industry have declined in the past decade, and this trend is
expected to continue.
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Resource RecyclingPortland, Oregon
0
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
N. America L. America Europe Asia Mid East
No new PE plants in developed countries
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Recycling market factors
To the surprise of hardly anyone, the prime determinant of the price of recycled plastic is
the current and expected price of crude oil or natural gas.
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Homopolymer
HDPE bale and prime resin prices
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N
bale Line 2 prime prime
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Recycled plastics have been at record highs (HDPE)
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And the same for PET
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Recycling market factors
The principal way to accurately discuss plastics recycling markets is to focus on global market conditions.
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Plastics exports
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Top exporters in 2010 in million pounds
Jetway
International 267
America Chung Nam 187
Guangyi
Group
146JC Horizon Trading
104
Top Shipping Logistics 83
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Resource RecyclingPortland, Oregon
ChinaChina’’s remarkable export market shares remarkable export market share
78
80
82
84
86
88
90
PE PS PVC PET
Market share
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Domestic market contraction
PET reclaimers
have lost share to Chinese buyers. This is the share held by exports for bales of plastic bottles from the U.S. MRFs:
2000
22 percent2002
35 percent
2004
37 percent2006
51 percent
2008
57 percent2010
50 percent
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Domestic market contraction
PET reclaimers
are thus operating at less and less of their combined capacity:
2004
84 percent2006
86 percent
2008
80 percent2010
73 percent
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The future: Chinese economic growth
Recycling markets will again shift as China becomes a developed country:
‐‐
modest return of U.S. manufacturing‐‐
higher westbound freight rates will dampen demand for
U.S. recyclables‐‐
investment by China in raw material production in
Africa, Asia and elsewhere‐‐
China will become much more self‐sufficient in recycling
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The future: Chinese economic growth
National Association of Manufacturers:“China’s challenge to U.S. manufacturing has
peaked, and its competitive advantage is in decline.”
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The future: Chinese economic growth
National Association of Manufacturers:“China’s challenge to U.S. manufacturing has
peaked, and its competitive advantage is in decline.”
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The future: Chinese economic growth
Why China will change:‐‐
high literacy
‐‐
rising wages‐‐
growing unionization
‐‐
increasing costs of land‐‐
rising costs of energy
‐‐
growing concerns over environmental issues‐‐
attention toward working conditions
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Trend 1: More innovation
Will we see continued innovation, as we have in the past?:
‐‐
lightweighting‐‐
composite products
‐‐
food‐contact applications (from PET to HDPE to thermoformed PET in a decade)
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Trend 2: Improved collection and processing practices
We can expect:‐‐
more homes to be served (multi‐family,
especially)‐‐
more small businesses
‐‐
service to public areas, events, etc.
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We continue to grow
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Trend 2: Improved collection and processing practices
Yes, more than 10,000 communities, where 63 percent of Americans live, now collect plastics curbside. Yes, 193 million Americans can set out
plastics weekly. And we’ll soon see about 70 percent of these programs being single‐stream.
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More single‐stream programs
And more people will be provided single‐ stream recycling collection service:
2005 – 29 percent of the population had access to single‐stream collection
2010 – 64 percent had access
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But the MRF will change
First, the loss of fiber tons is affecting MRF operations. Many MRF operators are seeking
new tons, such as cartons. Another growing opportunity is the collection and processing on non‐bottle mixed‐rigid plastics (tubs, lids, buckets, etc.) and PET thermoformed
packages.
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Mixed non‐bottle rigids
recycling
A 36‐member APR stakeholder groups has worked for three years to:
‐‐
develop bale specifications‐‐
determine demand for recovered materials
‐‐
launch a grocery store project targeting pails generated at large outlets
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Mixed non‐bottle rigids
recycling
The American Chemistry Council has funded a project to develop case studies on
successful mixed‐rigid plastic recycling programs (collection, processing, markets,
education and promotion, etc.).
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PET thermoform recycling
A multi‐stakeholder project involving NAPCOR, Stewardship Ontario and Canadian
retailers, including Wal‐Mart.
The result will be the addition of PET thermoformed packaging to curbside collection systems in much of Canada.
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But the MRF will change
Second, larger MRFs
allow for the efficient use of optical sorting systems. Research we performed for
ACC showed an increase in MRF sorting systems:
Year
Manufacturers
Systems2006
8
23
2010 18
52
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Automated sortation
Resin identification can involve spectroscopy, x‐ray or x‐ray fluorescence (XRF) technology.
Color identification can involve vision technology or spectroscopy systems.
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Some handle whole bottles
Rofin Rapid Sort 75
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Others handle flake
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Trend 3: Plastics‐to‐oil
A sizable amount of scrap plastics will remain unrecycled:
‐‐
motor oil bottles‐‐
plastic film in recovered paper bales
‐‐
MRF sweepings‐‐
some forms of agricultural plastics
‐‐
some composites
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North American systems• JBI, Inc.• Nexus Fuel• Agilyx• Envion• Recycle Tech • Infinity Energy• PolyFlow• Natural State Research• Global Resources Corp.• Vadyxx• GEEP • Climax Global Energy
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Foreign systems• Cynar/Sita
(UK)
• Axion
(UK)• PlastOil
(Switzerland)
• Blest (Japan)• Warwick University (UK)• Eicho
Co. , Ltd. (Japan)
• P‐Fuel, Ltd. (Australia)• Korea Eco‐Systems (Korea)• Ozmotech
(Ireland)
• PARC (China)• Polymer Energy (Thailand and India)
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Common feedstocks
• Scrap carpet• Engineering grade resins• Post industrial scrap• Nos. 2, 4‐7 (systems tolerate PE but are not
designed to rely on it) • Auto shredder residue• Ag plastics• Oil bottles• Caps, labels and rejects from reclaimers
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Trend 3: Plastics‐to‐oil
And we’re seeing progress this year:‐‐
Agilyx’
$28 million in funding, including
Waste Management‐‐
Vadyxx
installing a unit in Greenstar’s
Akron, Ohio MRF‐‐
JBI’s
alignment with RockTenn
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Trend 4: Politics of plastics
We will continue to see political and policy actions targeting four plastic issues:
‐‐
Retail bags‐‐
expanded PS service ware
‐‐
BPA‐containing packaging‐‐
plastic marine debris
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Trend 4: Politics of bags
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Trend 4: Politics of bags
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Trend 5: Equity issues
As with electronics recycling, attention will be aimed at the environmental, health and safety aspects of plastics recycling.
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Chinese CRT glass processing
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