Preserving scarce resources. Cesare Spreafico Director General, COREPLA, Italy

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1 Preserving scarce resources Cesare Spreafico Director General, COREPLA, Italy

2 RECYCLING PLASTIC PACKAGING WASTE A CHALLENGE FOR A SUSTAINABILE GROWTH Cesare Spreafico Director General

3 3 KEY CHALLENGES FOR A SUSTAINALBLE SOCIETY Sustainable management of resources is a cornerstone of sustainable development Towards resource efficient Recycling Society Save energy save resources reduce impacts

4 4 Municipal Waste: 500kg per EU citizen per year

5 5 A LIFE CYCLE STRATEGY FROM CRADLE TO CRADLE Natural Resources Natural Resources Design Better Products Disposal Reuse, Recycling, Recovery Manufacturing Waste & Recycling Collection Use Distribution Leaner Production Smarter Consumption

6 WASTE STRATEGY 6 TOWARDS A RECYCLING SOCIETY Support to local authorities for separate collection Strong recycling markets Energy recovery a part of a complex waste strategy Recycling and Climate change

7 TOWARDS A RECYCLING SOCIETY 7 A standard recycling process for secondary raw material production.

8 THE ITALIAN SCHEME 8 MATERIAL AND FINANCIAL SCHEME Municipalities Producers Converters CONAI Waste management companies 857 Importers Revenues from sales Figures updated at 31/12/2009 Recycling Plants 80 Sorting Plants 38 Energy Recovery Plants 25 Material stream Financial Stream (costs) Financial Stream (revenues)

9 STRONG RECYCLING MARKET 9 EUROPEAN MARKET In all European countries a mature market is set up for plastic packaging waste. PET Bottles Recycling Metric Tons West Europe Collection Collection rate 46.0% Exports (% of collection) (16.8%) Imports / Other 21.1 Net RPET Flake Source: PCI Recycling rate for plastic waste in Europe Source: PlasticsEurope

10 STRONG RECYCLING MARKET 10 STATE OF THE ART OF RECYCLING INDUSTRY The recycling industry has become an economic sector characterized by high innovation content, outperforming most of the manufacturing industry both in terms of investment per employee and in terms of value added per employee management of resources is a cornerstone of sustainable development. Between the recycling sector has experienced greater growth rates than the overall industrial system Expansion of recycling has a positive impact on occupation Source: Ambiente Italia

11 STRONG RECYCLING MARKET 11 RECOVERED MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURING INPUTS Source: Ambiente Italia The availability of recovered materials is crucial to a variety of industrial sectors The Iron and Steel industry, the aluminum industry, and the metal industries at large are highly dependent. So are, albeit to a lesser extent, the pulp and paper sector, the glass industry, the wood and furniture sector, the wool textile industry and the plastics sector.

12 STRONG RECYCLING MARKET 12 GLOBALIZATION OF RECYCLING MARKETS The growth in the global trade of recovered material has two main economic drivers: Manufacturing capacity is moving from Europe and North America to countries with lower manufacturing costs but more limited raw resources; Inverse relationship between trade flows of manufactured goods (and the material they are packaged in) and the trade flows of recovered materials. A wide recycle society means also more environmental protection Source: Ambiente Italia

13 SUPPLY/DEMAND IN RECYCLING MARKET 13 MARKET CRISIS Secondary raw material followed oil and raw material crisis with huge fluctuation of price PET Reduced Consumption Collapse of Demand Failure of economics Impact on Collection Schemes Mar-08 Apr-08 May-08 Jun-08 Jul-08 Aug-08 Sep-08 Oct-08 Nov-08 Dec-08 Jan-09 Feb-09 Mar-09 Apr-09 May-09 Jun-09 Jul-09 Aug-09 Sep-09 Oct-09 Nov-09 Dec A new problem to tackle and need of flexibility COREPLA auction prices for PET bottles sold to recyclers compared with Brent prices

14 ENERGY RECOVERY 14 AN IMPORTANT RESOURCE Energy Recovery plays an important role in correct waste management streams, in addition to recycling activities and oriented to avoid landfill following a scheme that is in place in almost all European Union countries. Relevant topics: Plastic packaging has a high average Calorific Value 20,1 Mj/kg EU Waste Framework Directive 2008/98/CE establish that Energy efficiency for WTE plants has to be minimum 60% Plastic waste are more and more used as fossil resources substitute in Cement Kilns and Blast Furnace

15 ENERGY RECOVERY 15 USE OF PLASTIC IN BLAST FURNACE COREPLA is enhancing production of a Secondary Reduce Agent to use in blast furnace substituting Coke in the process with a double positive effect: Reduction in CO 2 emission of the process of steel production; Use of a secondary raw material instead of a fossil raw resource

16 CLIMATE CHANGE AND PLASTICS RECYCLING 16 THE CONTRIBUTION OF PLASTICS RECYCLING AND RECOVERY TO KYOTO PROTOCOL The recycle and recovery of plastic waste guarantee less consumption of energy in recycling processes and has a positive effect on reduction of CO 2 emissions. For each ton of PET recycled 43,4 mj of energy saved 1,3 kg of CO 2 not produced Source: Istituto Ambiente Italia

17 17 RECYCLED PLASTIC WHERE WE CAN FIND IT Urban furniture Building and construction Textiles Packaging Solar energy Other