Bringing diapers into the circular economy

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1 Amsterdam 31 st May 2018 NVRD Jaarcongres 2018 Bringing diapers into the circular economy Giovanni Teodorani Fabbri General Manager AHP-R Business Unit

2 Founded in 1958 by Angelini Since 1992, a joint-venture between Procter&Gamble and Angelini 1,600 employees 1,000 related employees Turnover: 911 milion 4,563,900,882 products per year 4% of turnover in R&D 5 facilities: Pescara, Campochiaro (Italy), Porto (Portugal), Mohammidia (Morocco), Gebze (Turkey)

3 Sustainability for Competitive Advantage Today Resources Efficiency 2000 s Regulatory Compliance 1990 s

4 The Size of the Prize 30,000,000 tons / year sent to landfill or incineration globally 8,500,000 t/y in EU 900,000 t/y in Italy More than 11,000,000 people in Italy have access to separate AHP* waste collection (+1,000,000 vs. ya) *Absorbent Hygiene Products (i.e. baby diapers, fem care, adult incontinence)

5 Closing and Amplifying the loop Diaper waste Waste collector Waste operator Homes and institutions R- Cellulose AHP Recycling R-Plastic New application R-SAP* *Super Absorbent Polymers

6 It is live! Demo plant in Italy Location Treviso, Northern Italy Capacity 10,000 t/y of AHP Recovered secondary raw materials Item % Yield R-Cellulose 50% R-SAP 25% R-Plastic 25% Coverage 1 MM population served by segregated diaper waste collection from households

7 The AHP waste recycling process Sterilization Storage system Conveyor system Drying Separation High quality Secondary Raw Material

8 Our Competitive Advantages Only ones to have an industrial scale Demonstration Plant to Prove Economics Unique Patent-protected Technology with Significant Time Advantage Dry Process No Degradation of Secondary Raw Materials Sterilization efficacy certified by independent 3rd party Small Scale sized to match communities needs and to reduce logistic costs Process and SRM Innovation Pipelines Super Absorbent Polymer Separation Added Value Biochemicals for Closed Loop applications EU Support & Strong Manifestations of Interest

9 Carbon footprint analysis: Netherlands As usual scenario Recycling scenario Kg CO2eq/ton produced by the collection Kg CO2eq/ton produced by the process Kg CO2eq/ton avoided Source: Ambiente Italia Report on scenarios of the collection and recycling of absorbent hygienic products (2016)

10 Up-cycling outcome: Sterilized Plastics Closed-loop applications Upcycling Domestic container for diapers waste Sterilized plastics Secondary Raw Materials Market

11 Up-cycling outcome: Sterilized Cellulose Paper products Upcycling Construction materials Sterilized cellulose Viscose

12 Up-cycling outcome: Sterilized SAP Flood protection Upcycling Protection Against humidity for cables Sterilized SAP Absorbent products

13 EMBRACED: A Strong Innovation pipeline Scope: to demonstrate a sustainable model of integrated biorefinery based on the valorisation of the AHP towards the production of biobased building blocks, polymers, and fertilizers.

14 Project details & Consortium Call for proposal: H2020-BBI-JTI-2016 Topic: Valorisation of the organic content of Municipal Solid Waste and contributing to the renewable circular economy Starting date: June 1 st, 2017 Duration: 60 months 13 Partners 7 EU Countries

15 The biorefinery model

16 Demonstration plant & further scale-up Development of an innovative integrated biorefinery in Amsterdam: Demonstrate a replicable logistic AHP waste collection scheme based on the adoption of innovative business models (direct to customers services) Design and realize an innovative AHP waste based (demonstration) biorefinery train ( t/year) in order to separate 3 different high purity grade fractions (plastic, cellulose, SAP) Multipurpose approach for the biorefinery in order to convert the AHP cellulosic fraction into different biobased products : building blocks, polyesters, PHB and fertilizers Development of profitable business cases, business models and business plans tuning the biorefinery model to different local conditions across EU

17 Thank you!

18 Development of the diaper and incontinence collection value chain incineration Energ y Day care facilities Elderly care facilities (inco-material) Collection & transport Digestion/composti ng Plasti c Bioga s Compo st 2018 AEB Sourcing Assumptions 1. Preference for Baby diapers materials 2. Preference for household waste because of contribution to VANG targets Household waste (diapers) Household waste (inco-material) Collection & transport ARN/Elsinga Fater Plasti c Organ ic slurry Plasti c Cellulos e Biogas + digesta te Security of supply + healthy business case SAP regelgeving, percepties en duurzaamheid I

19 What s in it for the Dutch municipalities? 100% contribution to VANG targets Significant CO2 reduction A tariff that is comparable to current fees Higher than household tariff, Cost plus based structure A chance to be a front runner in the circular economy