Canadian Inroads on Film Recycling

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1 Canadian Inroads on Film Recycling Wednesday, May 9, 2012 SPI 2012 Flexible Film & Bag Conference Dallas, TX

2 Presentation Outline - Plastics importance to Canada - Who is CPIA? - Vision & Mission - Strategic Priorities - Programs to Advance Film Collection

3 Plastics Importance to Canada - $27 billion dollar industry - $13.8 billion in exports - 3,200 businesses - 91,500 jobs

4 Canadian Plastics Industry Association National value chain association Member driven advocacy association representing the Canadian plastics industry Members from across the value chain: Resin producers Processors Equipment manufacturers Recyclers Brand owners

5 CPIA Our Vision: An increasing appreciation for and use of plastics, driven by a responsible and globally competitive Canadian industry

6 CPIA Our Mission: To be the trusted national voice and chief advocate for plastics in Canada, providing leadership on pivotal issues and policies throughout the plastics lifecycle and promoting and defending the sustainable economic, environmental and social benefits of the plastics industry and our products.

7 Our Strategic Priorities Post-Use Plastics Recovery Leadership CPIA works with government & the stakeholders to facilitate increased plastic waste diversion Reputation Enhancement CPIA promotes the economic, social and environmental benefits of plastics to the public and governments Issues & Opportunities Management CPIA defends against specific product attacks & fosters innovative solutions

8 Reputation Enhancement Over 62 million positive impressions of plastics in mainstream media in 2011; 27 million so far in Hill Days (Ottawa & Toronto) enlighten politicians about the benefits of plastics. 5-point improvement of those who agree that plastics help to protect and enhance Canada s environment.

9 Issues & Opportunities Management Monitor for emerging issues. Defend against specific product attacks. Plastic Shopping Bags bans & taxes Vinyl tin stabilizers, phthalates, product disparagement, product deselection, sustainability program No Objection Letters Health Canada Google De-selection of Substances on Red List incl. vinyl Brominated flame retardants Flexographic emissions Monitor Federal Chemical Management Plan (CMP) & Ontario Toxics Reduction Act (TRA) CCME report on eliminating PVC packaging

10 Post-Use Resource Recovery 5 Key Areas: Diversion metrics Global learning Advocacy Stakeholder engagement/communication Recovery pilots/demonstration partnerships

11 Post-Use Recovery Leadership Held Recycling Workshops & Tours to identify and implement collaborative actions to increase film recycling. Met with politicians and senior officials to raise awareness of the need for energy recovery and recycling of plastics. Partnered with stewardship organizations and governments on plastics packaging recycling demonstrations. Met with Health Canada to support harmonization with FDA. Launched Operation Clean Sweep for the Canadian plastics industry.

12 Collection Snapshot - Variation between US and Canada PE Film Collection - Collection plays a role in quality of material being received

13 Collection Costs Curbside collection and processing $1800 to $2500 per tonne to collect and process Depot systems Generally lower operating costs Typically lower diversion rates with higher market quality

14 Results: Households Have Good Access to Plastics Recycling 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Residential Recycling Access for Consumer Plastic Packaging in December 2011 CANADA HDPE BEVERAGE PET Beverage PET PET Non-Bottle Non-Beverage Rigid (trays/ clamshells) HDPE Non-Beverage HDPE Milk HDPE Pails over 5L HDPE/ LDPE film and bags Tubs and Lids (HDPE, LDPE, PP) Non-Foamed Polystyrene Packaging Foamed Polystyrene Food Packaging Expanded Polystyrene Protective Packaging Garden rigid Plastic Other Bottles and Jugs

15 Bags & Film Recycling 56% of residents have access to curbside recycling Slight increase from a 2009 CPIA study Depot retail An additional 2,000 + retailers also accept consumer bags across Canada

16 Collection Issues Impacting Municipal Recycling Facilities Improper Preparation for Collection Best Practice: set out bags & wraps in one bag Reality: residents generally set all film and bags out loose in the recycling bin Issues for MRFs: Film becomes tangled with other recyclables in the collection bin & impedes efficient processing Adds to maintenance costs and time

17 Results: Recycling of Plastics Packaging Growing % increase in plastics recycled compared to 2009 Almost 100% increase in film 6% increase in non bottle rigids 14% increase in bottles collected

18 Post Consumer & Commercial Collection 2010 Study PE film Significant increase over 2009 Film and bag reclamation capacity = 50.6 million kilograms in Canada System capacity utilization rate = 37% System can receive a lot more film without additional capital expenditures

19 Programs to Advance Film Collection CPIA Film Recovery Working Group Purpose: To increase the diversion of plastic film from landfills through recycling and recovery Objectives: Expand the collection infrastructure for commercial and consumer film recovery; facilitate a reprocessing film industry in Canada; support recovery options for non-recyclable film plastics

20 Programs to Advance Film Collection 2012 CPIA Projects Consumer communication campaigns to increase participation in film recycling: Niagara Region Collaboration among CPIA, Niagara Region and Stewardship Ontario BC City of Langley Collaboration among CPIA, City of Langley and Emterra

21 Programs to Advance Film Collection 2012 CPIA Projects CPIA pilot with City of Langley B.C. Test project starting Feb 7, 2012 Households bag PE Film separately & place at curb Bags collected with other recyclables Simplifies segregation of film from other materials, reducing sorting costs

22 Programs to Advance Film Collection 2012 CPIA Projects Developing ICI film recycling business models to recover film in more commercial generators and to supply re-processors with film feed-stocks in Canada: Collaboration among commercial recycling service providers

23 Programs to Advance Film Collection 2012 CPIA Projects Investigating options to increase the efficiency of sorting films in Multi Material Curbside Recycling Sorting Facilities: Development of optimized film sorting system in a MRF BC focussed collaboration on MRF processing among Urban Impact, CPIA, Emterra, Cascades Recovery

24 Programs to Advance Film Collection CPIA Future Projects Design for recyclability using a case example of flexible packaging, define the performance properties for the product, identify recycling issues, assess design options and associated implications

25 Programs to Advance Film Collection Future All Film Collection and Diversion Project - attempting to pull together stakeholders such as Ontario s Continuous Improvement Fund, Pac Next Material Optimization Committee and its members to research and enable all flexible film collection and diversion systems across Canada; Research to include identifying pre-commercial and commercial processing technologies to manage mixed flexible film grades

26 Thank you! Carol Hochu, President & CEO Cathy Cirko, Vice President Marion Axmith, Director General