The Future of Plastics

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1 The Future of Plastics Presented to PAC Conference September 30, 2012 Carol Hochu CEO and President, CPIA

2 Presentation Outline Overview of CPIA & Plastics Future of Plastics from a Sustainability Perspective CPIA Plastics Recovery Program Conclusions

3 National Value Chain Association CPIA is a member-driven advocacy association representing the Canadian plastics industry. 90,000 employees over 3000 businesses $27 billion revenue Members from across the value chain: resin producers, processors, equipment manufacturers, recyclers and brand owners.

4 Plastics Contributions Providing Many Benefits

5 Plastic Packaging Contributions to Sustainability Total mass 66 MM t/a Energy consumption (life-cycle) 2,250 MM GJ/a GHG emissions (life-cycle) 97.4 MM t/a 18.4 MM t/a Plastics Alternative materials 1,010 MM GJ/a Plastics Alternative materials 36.6 MM t/a Plastics Alternative materials Source: Denkstatt GmbH Study - The Impact of Plastics on Life Cycle Energy Consumption and GHG Emissions in Europe, (EU )

6 Public Outreach/Education Showcasing the economic, social and environmental benefits of plastic products."

7 Public Outreach/Education Objectives! Create a more positive public opinion of both the industry and its products. " Key Targets! The General Public via the media." Government (federal, provincial and municipal)." Industry Employees as ambassadors for the industry."

8 Public Outreach/Education 2011 NEWS RELEASES TIMING POSITIVE IMPRESSIONS Advancing Snowboarding with Plastics " February" 4,347,571" Ice River Springs Bottle-to-Bottle Recycling Plant in Ontario" March" 5,064,838" Plastics Help Protect you and your Loved ones on the Road" March" 4,703,117" Plastic Composite Decking" April" 4,402,553" Tour De Plastics - Plastics in Cycling" April" 4,605,031" Operation Clean Sweep (trade)" June" 140,000" PVC/Vinyl Windows & Doors The Greenest Choice" July" 3,461,941" North American Plastics Alliance Announcement (trade)" July" 180,000" Take Another Look At Recycled Plastics" July" 4,147,684" Plastics Make Entertaining Easy & Fun" August" 4,400,337" Plastics In Building & Construction" Sept." 4,928,036" Unlimited Design Possibilities with Vinyl Windows & Doors" Sept." 4,454,730" Flooring Solutions Made Possible by Plastics" Oct." 4,412,482" Waste-to-Biofuels Garbage Into Fuel" Oct." 4,224,920" Smart Plastic Packaging" Nov." 4,206,451" How Plastics Make Todayʼs Skiing Possible" Nov." 4,870,076" TOTAL! 62,549,767!

9 Public Outreach/Education 2012 NEWS RELEASES TO DATE TIMING POSITIVE IMPRESSIONS Plastics On Ice: How Plastics Advanced Ice Hockey" January" 4,691,909" Plastics In Motion: Making Todayʼs Cars Possible" January" 5,482,056" New, High-Tech Airplanes Feature State-of-the-Art Composites" February" 3,902,658" What Are Plastics?" February" 4,554,612" PVC Windows & Doors Energy Certified" March" 4,608,073" Touch Plastic Screen to Make a Purchase" March" 1,890,409" Majority of Canadians Have Access to Recycling" April" 2,300,294" Decking With Plastics" May" 1,841,068" Get Kids Moving With Plastic Safety Gear" May" 2,195,132" Recycling of Plastic Packaging Across Canada Increases " June" 2,300,404" Solar Ear Relies on Plastics" July " 1,527,997" Wheelchairs Deliver Mobility with the Help of Plastics" August" 1,490,513" Study Shows Future of BC Blue Box Could Significating Increase Recycling" August" 1,510,780" TOTAL 38,295,905

10 Public Outreach/Education TheStar.com Business Plastics industry calls on Ottawa for support Plastics industry boosts profile and calls on governments for support to boost investment, save jobs. August 18, 2009 Brenda Bouw, THE CANADIAN PRESS

11 Public Outreach/Education

12 Public Outreach/Education Social Media

13 Public Outreach/Education Teacherʼs Resources & Classroom Tools!

14 Life Cycle of Plastics

15 Why End-of-Life Focus? Key to the future of plastics. Opportunity to improve the perception of plastics/market growth. Plastics at end of life are resources to be reused Recycled Energy recovery, fuels, chemicals

16 Recycling: Expanding Collection for Plastics Packaging Partnered with several cities. Led to addition of all bottles, tubs, lids & film/bags in curbside programs. Models replicated across Canada.

17 Diversion Progress: Recycling of Plastics Packaging Growing 2010 Plastics recycled in 2010 by major category (kg) 15% increase in plastics recycled compared to A 36% increase in film. 6% increase in nonbottle rigids. 13% increase in bottles collected.

18 Results: Overall Population Has Good Access to Plastics Recycling

19 Improving Sorting Schemes for Curbside Collected Plastics City of Langley BC/CPIA Partnership Report completed. 800 households 3 month pilot Feb. Apr Success in collecting empty plastic bags/overwrap & foam packaging curbside in separate bags.

20 Recovery Solutions for Flexible Film Packaging CPIA/WDO/SO Partnership Focused on flexible film packaging. Study concept confirmed. Commencement Sept

21 Recycling Has Limitations Technical Contaminated materials Multi-layer/ multi-material packaging Logistics Infrastructure It is unrealistic to expect recycling alone will get us to 100% diversion.

22 Energy Recovery: A Complementary Approach to Diversion 88% 88% Oil Coal Natural Gas! + + 4% Reuse! Recycle! Recover! Plastics Transportation Heating & Cooling Power! Plastics are borrowed energy

23 Landfilling = Failure 4th R is a better option Reduce Re-use Recycle Recover Landfill!

24 How Much Energy are we Landfilling in the Form of Plastics? The equivalent of 86 million GJ of energy: Enough to fuel more than 600,000 cars for a year. Enough to supply almost 500,000 households with electricity. Source: Waste To Energy Research and Technology Council, Columbia University

25 Recycling & Energy Recovery = Higher Diversion

26 Recovery Option - EFW E.G. Metro Vancouver Facility Sustainable Energy Energy sufficient to heat and power 13,300 homes annually. Clean Dioxin and Furans are recorded as zero by Environment Canada. The amount of GHG emissions is 0.6% of total emissions in the lower Fraser Valley. Complementary with recycling Over the facility s lifetime, the regional recycling rate increased from about 26% to 55%.

27 Recovery Option - Solid Recovered Fuel (SRF) Plastics as solid fuel at cement kilns, industrial boilers, power plants." Commercially established." Replacement for coal and petroleum coke."

28 Recovery Option Gasification to Fuels E.G. Edmonton Facility Large - Will consume 100,000 tonnes of co-mingled plastics and residuals annually. Sustainable Energy - Will produce 36 million litres of ethanol-enough to fuel 18,000 cars. Clean - Heavy metals, Chlorine, Florine, Sulpher, Dioxines and particulates will be below detection limit. Reduces city s carbon footprint - by 6 million tonnes of carbon-dioxide over 25 years. Well accepted no negative reports in media - all comments from public during consultation positive.

29 Recovery Option - Pyrolysis Plastics to Fuels Non-recycled plastics as feedstock. Pyrolysis process uses heat to de-polymerize plastics. Outputs range from liquid fuels to industrial waxes.

30 Conclusions Plastics contributions are many - using a small % of resources to do the job. Keeping the molecule in play will be key. We need to grow plastics recycling; that alone will not get to 100% diversion. Improved recycling and energy recovery will help create a more sustainable future. Adopt a hierarchy of waste management to incentivize resource recovery. Plastics - too valuable to waste!

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