From Recycling to Newcycling. Mr. Klaus Wohnig

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1 From Recycling to Newcycling Mr. Klaus Wohnig

2 Agenda From Recycling to Newcycling APK at a Glance The Global Challenge APK provides a solution Newcycling Newcycling - Process overview Newcycling - Industrialization

3 APK at a Glance Supporting the Circular Economy APK s unique solvent-based physical process recovers virgin-quality polymers from mixed plastics waste and even from multilayer films and separates individual polymer types at a quality that strongly outperforms mechanical recycling. The focus is on PE, PP and PA, but also PET, PS, PLA and pure aluminium could be technically recovered. The first Newcycling plant using APK s core technology is currently set-up in Merseburg with over m² for production, administration and APK s Plastic Recycling Innovation Center SOP in Q Image here

4 Global Challenge The plastics recycling problem is acute, worldwide Globally almost 80 million tonnes of packaging plastic waste p.a. in 2017; estimated 320 million tonnes p.a. in 2050, but less only ca. 10 % of the plastic packaging waste is recycled. The rest ends up in incineration, is landfilled or leaks into the environment. The result is a growing demand from consumers and politics for more sustainable packaging and new recycling technologies with the target to create a circular economy. Source: Ellen MacArthur Foundation

5 Global Challenge Innovations in recycling needed Legislation e.g. in S-E-Asia bans for specific plastic packaging announced starting within the next years E.g. EU recycling targets for plastics recycling will increase to 55/60% by 2025/2030 Brand equity Circular Economy awareness is growing in leading companies Product markets Consumers in highly developed countries demand more recycled materials More sophisticated plastics recycling solutions are needed Less downcycling and ideally cradle-to-cradle use of regranulates in more valuable plastic products APK provides a solution for an important and very difficult waste stream: Mixed plastics waste including multilayer packaging films

6 Global Challenge Recycling of mixed plastics needed The largest part of plastic waste from the private households (post-consumer waste) is a mix of different plastic types. Although by using state of the art sorting equipment, a pure sorted separation of the different plastics is technically not possible or makes no economic sense. Especially small-size packaging films, often with multi-layer structure, end up in a mixed fraction. These mixed plastic waste fractions are in most cases incinerated or converted by the conventional recycling technologies to re-granulates with a quality just suitable for low value applications, such as grass pavers or pallets. To support the goal of a circular economy and increasing recycling targets, new answers are needed. Image here

7 Global Challenge Multi-layer packaging Today still an unsolved recycling issue? The challenge: The volume of multi-layer packaging is increasing. But with commonly used recycling technologies, multi-layer films cannot be recycled properly, as the different plastic layers (up to 16!) cannot be separated with mechanical technologies! The issue: Multi-layer films in post-consumer waste are incinerated or recycled to re-granulates with a quality that is only sufficient for a limited range of applications. But the growing, required recycling rates can only be achieved if more high quality re-granulates for new applications are produced. Image here

8 APK provides a solution - Newcycling APK provides a solution! Newcycling With a unique solvent technology, the different polymer types in multi-layer plastics and mixed plastic wastes can be separated. The result are sorted re-granulates with very high purity and properties close to virgin materials. Moreover the process works highly economically. Therefore the re-granulates can be offered to competitive market prices. Image here

9 APK provides a solution - Newcycling Sustainable, high quality re-granulates at competitive costs

10 APK provides a solution - Newcycling Newcycling - Re-granulates with virgin quality

11 Newcycling - Process overview Newcycling Process overview e.g. for PE/PA

12 Newcycling - Industrialization Q Start of serial production of first Newcycling plant in Merseburg. In first step PE/PA mulit-layer film waste from post-industrial origin will be used, in 2019 also PCR can be processed. Q Production campaign with post-consumer waste in Newcycling plant in Merseburg. And start engineering of second plant in Asia or Europe. Focus will be mixed film waste from post-consumer (post-industrial also possible) and further multi-layer structures End 2020 Start of production of second plant

13 Thank you