The Sort for Value Online Calculator - plastics recycling
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The Sort for Value Online Calculator: An APR Pricing Tool Creating More Value for MRF's May 12, 2015
Transcript of The Sort for Value Online Calculator - plastics recycling
The Sort for Value Online Calculator: An APR Pricing Tool Creating More Value for MRF's
May 12, 2015
Today’s Presenters Kara Pochiro APR Communications Director
Liz Bedard Director of APR
Rigid Plastics Recycling Program
Patty Moore President, Moore Recycling
Stacey Luddy COO, Moore
Recycling
Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers (APR)
The Voice of Plastics RecyclingTM
• National trade association representing those companies with over 90% of the postconsumer plastic processing capacity in North America.
The goal of APR is to increase the amount of plastic material recycled in North America.
APR Goals
*Increasing supply of recycled plastics*
*Reducing contamination for plastic recyclers*
APR Programs
• Technical • Films and Flexibles
• Rigid Plastic Recycling Program • Communications
Membership committee representing
36 rigid plastic stakeholders –
• generators, collectors • recyclers, reclaimers
• brand names companies • resin producers
• public policy makers
• Recycled Resins Subcommittee • Polypropylene ”Fit for Use”
Project • Design for Recyclability
• National Rigid Plastics Bale Audit
• Grocery Rigid Plastic Recycling Project
• Model Bale Specifications
• Sort for Value Matrix Project
• Early 2013 –China’s Green Fence Policy
• MRF operators were scrambling for markets for Prepicked and Bulky Rigid plastic bales
• Show the value of plastic beyond PET and HDPE bottles
Domestic plastic reclaimers are interested in purchasing non-bottle rigid plastics material.
Sorting by generator (MRF) may be necessary
to access some domestic markets -
additional sorting may result in additional revenue!
*Demonstrate significant value of non-bottle mixed rigid plastics.
*Show generators (MRFs) options on how
best to tap into that value.
Moore Recycling brought the concept to the APR Rigids Committee
*With additional support & funding from APR – it was developed. *This tool is now a joint project between the APR and Moore
Recycling
A graphic showing value of “typical” MRF ton of plastic:
*Sorted 5 different ways 1. No sorting 2. *Commingle bottles *Pre-picked *Bulky rigids 3. *PET bottles *HDPE color/natural *Pre-picked *Bulky rigids 4. *PET *HDPE natural *HDPE color *Tubs & Lids *Bulky rigids *Other/Trash 5. *PET *HDPE color containers *PE Injection *Polypropylene *Other/Trash *At three different points of time
1. Pre-China Green Fence Policy – Jan. 2013 2. Post-China Green Fence Policy – May 2013 3. One year later – May 2014
Now an interactive tool!
*User can explore value of sorting various combinations of plastic bale types
*Option to input own values/costs or use default data
How it was developed
• Three development pieces • Sorting scenarios • Rigid plastic bale composition
• 2010/2011 APR Rigid Plastic Bale Audit • Update coming – 2014/2015 APR Rigid Plastic Bale Audit
• Historical pricing • APR plastic reclaimer survey • Combined with Moore’s data
How to use it • Default pricing
• Market is evolving • Further sorting can lead to less recovery of some plastics
– PS/PVC • Sorting out all the PE and PP in addition to PET can
provide the greatest income
• Input your own pricing • Provides results based on your markets
• The APR Rigids Committee and Moore Recycling are excited by the potential of this tool. • Provides MRF operators with solid base of information as they evaluate their options for
sorting rigid plastics. • Good source of options for marketing rigid plastics
• Plastic Recycling Market Information and Services Directory at www.PlasticsRecycling.org • www.PlasticsMarkets.org
Contact Us! Kara Pochiro: [email protected]
Liz Bedard: [email protected]
Stacey Luddy: [email protected]
Patty Moore: [email protected]
Connect now to the Sort for Value Online Calculator
PlasticsRecycling.org
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