THE ROLE OF SORTING AND RECYCLING TECHNOLOGIES IN THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY. Oliver Lambertz Göteborg October 2018

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1 THE ROLE OF SORTING AND RECYCLING TECHNOLOGIES IN THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY Oliver Lambertz Göteborg October 2018

2 DID YOU KNOW? By 2025 solid waste generation will increase by 70% compared to 2010 levels 32% of all plastic packaging made ends up in nature every year 20% of plastic packaging could be profitably re-used and 50% could be profitably recycled if designed for after use systems Continuing current practices there will be more plastic than fish in the ocean by 2050 Sources: Wrap, Ellen McArthur Foundation, World Bank 4

3 Content Who is TOMRA? The Circular Economy The New Plastics Economy Waste sorting Closing remarks +6,0 +7,0 +26,4 +12,6

4 Content Who is TOMRA? TOMRA (Sorting) and the Circular Economy TOMRA and the NPE Closing remarks +6,0 +7,0 +26,4 +12,6

5 TOMRA SORTING FOOD Potatoes, vegetables, nuts, fruit, dried fruit, seeds, grains, meat, gummies, seafood, tobacco RECYCLING Packaging, municipal solid waste, thermoplastics, paper, commercial & industrial waste, e-scrap, aluminum MINING Industrial minerals, gems, precious metals, ferrous metals, non-ferrous metals, fuels

6 SORTING PRINCIPLE Feeding of unsorted material High-tech sensors to identify objects Precise ejection by air jets or mechanical fingers High-speed processing of information (material, shape, size, color, defect, damage and location of objects) 9

7 Content Who is TOMRA? The Circular Economy The New Plastics Economy Central MSW Sorting Closing remarks +6,0 +7,0 +26,4 +12,6

8 THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY EVERYTHING IS AN INPUT TO EVERYTHING ELSE 11

9 For the first time we see a Push and Pull in Recycling market CONSUMER AWARENESS LEGISLATION PUSH Demand for recycled materials MARKET PULL

10 Circular Economy is the name of the game MUCH MORE RECYCLING WILL BE NEEDED SORTING AND RECYCLING FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES CONTENT WILL CHANGE E.G SIMPLER PACKAGING DESINGNED FOR RE-USE AND RECYCLING NEW PLAYERS WILL EMERGE E.G. VIRGIN PLASTIC PRODUCERS PART OF RECYCLING SINCE THIS IS NEW, THOUGHT LEADERS ARE WELCOME! 13

11 Regulators take action: EU has high ambitions to transform the challenge into an opportunity for the EU economy BY 2030, A COMMON EU TARGET FOR RECYCLING: - 70% OF PACKAGING WASTE - 55% FOR PLASTICS CHINA IMPORT BAN ON WASTE + new way to measure + more investments

12 Global CPG brands step up with ambitious targets about the use of resources for their products and packaging EXAMPLE: PRESENTED DURING

13 Content Who is TOMRA? The Circular Economy The New Plastics Economy Waste sorting Closing remarks +6,0 +7,0 +26,4 +12,6

14 NEW PLASTIC ECONOMY 17

15 We are only touching a small fraction of waste today GLOBAL FLOWS OF PLASTIC PACKAGING MATERIAL IN 2013 CURRENTLY ADDRESSED BY TOMRA POTENTIAL TO BE ADDRESSED BY TOMRA Source: Ellen MacArthur Foundation 18

16 Todays high-quality plastics recycling is focused around PET bottles, which is only a small fraction of the total plastics market Plastic use by type of material in % Plastic use by industry in % Consumer Packaged Goods 40 19% Building and Construction 20 30% Others 17 7% Automotive 10 8% 7% 10% 19% Electronics Households, Leisure & Sports 4 6 Agriculture 3 PE (HD, LD, MD, LLD) PP PVC PS PUR PET Other Source: PlasticsEurope Market Research Group (PEMRG) and Conversio Market & Strategy GmbH

17 Recycling: industrializing the process for recycled plastic GOALS Create a demand for the plastic through a process Reverse vending Sorting Sorting Washing Extrusion Output to be of high quality in order to replace virgin material WASTE SORTING PLANTS NDA NDA Extract plastics from all waste streams (incl. landfill and incineration) to satisfy demand Feasibility proven, working with multiple partners on commercialization Consumer WASTE NEW PRODUCT Collection Municipal solid waste Single Stream Separate Collections Reverse Vending Data INCINERATION LANDFILL Integra Reprocessing NDA NDA NDA NDA NDA NDA NDA NDA Virgin plastics NDA NDA NDA NDA Retail/e-commerce NDA NDA NDA Consumer goods NDA NDA NDA NDA NDA NDA NDA NDA Packaging/converter NDA NDA NDA NDA NDA NDA NDA NDA 21

18 Post Consumer Plastics Todays recycling 22

19 The target is Upgrade post-consumer PO s to a high quality enabling to replace virgin material with 100% recycled material at competitive price = 23

20 The future of plastic is high quality recycling waste PE/PP from waste sorting plants Presorting washing Flake sorting Extrusion deodorization production 100% Yield 92% Yield 70% Yield 65% Yield 64,9%

21 ECODESIGN ECODESIGN REDESIGN CIRCULAR PRODUCT DESIGN 26

22 Actual situation and design of products Sorting MULTILAYER MATERIALS: depending on the top layer material and thickness, standard sorting technology is not able to distinguish from mono-layer material. Multilayer from one material type would be good. BLACK MATERIAL, Carbon black is generally not detectable with standard sorting units. Black without carbon is detectable. PET BOTTLE WITH PVC LABEL PVC is contamination for PET product. E.g. PP label would help. 4 different materials combined In sorting plants such product will most probably end up splitted into two fractions. One material should have a big majority of the entire product. FULL-SLEEVED PET BOTTLE: depending on the material and thickness of the label, the basic material is not detectable. Color sorting is not possible. 27

23 Actual situation and design of products Recycling ALUMINUM BODY WITH PET BOTTOM: Leads to material losses either in PET recycling or aluminium recycling COMBINED MATERIAL Most of the product will end up in residual stream and/or has a negative influence on final product PAPER PLASTIC COMBINATION: In paper mill, all plastic ends in residual stream. In plastic recycling plant results in very low efficiency and high cost because all paper ends in residual stream. COMBINED MATERIALS: Combined material always has negative influence on efficiency and sometimes as well on product quality after recycling. Small items mostly are not sorted out anyhow. 28

24 Workshops Ecodesign / Sorting and recycling technologies 29

25 Workshops Ecodesign / Sorting and recycling technologies PP bottle PE label PP bottle PP label 30

26 Content Who is TOMRA? The Circular Economy The New Plastics Economy Waste sorting Closing remarks +6,0 +7,0 +26,4 +12,6

27 Plastics collection in Norway / Sweden kg/(cap * a) 5-6 kg/(cap * a) kg/(cap * a) 35

28 IN OPERATION-ROAF MSW sorting plant Romerike, Norway Commissioning in Jan 2014 MRF for MSW (40 t/h) 16 NIR systems included Recovery of recyclables from MSW - PE film, - PET, - HDPE, - PP, - mixed plastics, - Mixed paper, - ferrous and non-ferrous metals - Organic waste (green bags) Innovations: - Sorting of green bio waste bags with NIR from MSW ~ 12 kg/ (cap * a) - First fully automated sorting of all recyclables 36

29 IN CONSTRUCTION PLASTKRETSEN PLASTIC SORTING PLANT, MOTALA PLASTKRETSEN, Motala, Sweden Start of operation end of 2018 Sorting plant for plastic packaging from separate collection and MSW Capacity of t/a plastics 22 NIR - PE film - PET bottles - PP - HDPE natural / color - PET trays - Other film (optional) 37

30 IN CONSTRUCTION IVAR MSW Sorting + plastic washing plant Stavanger, Norway Start-up end of 2018 Pre-sorting before incineration Capacity 40 t/h Fully automated plant for MSW + separately collected paper with 22 NIR for - PE film - PET bottles - PP - HDPE - PET trays - Mixed paper + beverage carton - Deinking negative - Beverage carton Hot washing + extrusion line for film and hard plastics 39

31 MAYBE NEXT? FORTUM BRISTA AND SVOA MSW Sorting Stockholm, Sweden Tender awarded Q Pre-sorting before incineration Capacity 45 t/h / 40 t/h Fully automated plants for MSW - Mixed plastics input to Motala Plastkretsen plant - Biowaste bags (option FORTUM) - Mixed paper + beverage carton (option FORTUM) 40

32 Content Who is TOMRA? The Circular Economy The New Plastics Economy Waste sorting Closing remarks +6,0 +7,0 +26,4 +12,6

33 Closing remarks CIRCULAR ECONOMY IS THE NAME OF THE GAME CHANGE IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN PROCESS OF THE PRODUCERS CONSUMER AWARENESS PROFITABLE SOLUTIONS LEGISLATION AS BASIS FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE IN THE WAY THE CO. S APPROACH THE TOPIC

34 Closing remarks PLASTICS ARE WRONGLY COLLECTED AND HIGH AMOUNTS ARE LOST PRODUCT DESIGN LEADS TO FURTHER LOSSES IN SORTING/RECYCLING HIGH QUALITY AND QUANTITY RECYCLING WILL BE NEEDED TO SATISFY BRAND OWNER EXPECTATIONS PRE-INCINERATION PLANTS/MSW PLANTS AS ADDITIONAL IMPORTANT SOURCE FOR FEEDSTOCK OF RECYCLED PLASTICS +26,4 +12,6

35 WE ARE MAKING LOST OPPORTUNITIES HISTORY. 44

36 Rethink. Reimagine. Resource. 45