Out of This World: Carpet Diversion Presented To Recycling Council of Alberta @ Fairmont Jasper October 2012 Joseph Hall, Executive Director CCRE
Presentation Overview 2 CCRE Carpet and Landfill Carpet Diversion Market Solutions Voluntary EPR 2
CCRE 3 Established in 2010 Voluntary industry representatives Founding Members: 3
Vision and Mission 4 Vision: Diversion from landfill and recycling of carpet in an economically, socially and environmentally sustainable manner for all stakeholders. Mission: to facilitate industry led product stewardship and market driven solutions to increase landfill diversion and recycling of carpet and cushion. 4
Core Values: We believe in 5 Market Driven Solutions Product leadership & industry innovation Collaborative, entrepreneurial environment Multi-stakeholder communication & involvement Operating with the highest integrity & transparency Facilitating industry knowledge & education Recycling and end of life solutions Product stewardship 5
Membership 6 Membership Type Steward Industry Organiza?on Industry Enterprise Service Provider Affiliate Associa?ons NGO and Governments Interna?onal Organiza?ons Individual Descrip/on Carpet Manufacturers and 1st Importer to Canada Flooring Industry Co- ops, Buying Groups and Trade Associa?ons Residen?al Retailers, Commercial Flooring Dealers and Contractors Recycling and Recovery Industry: property management companies, collectors, processors, transporters, waste company, cement kiln Carpet associa?ons (CARE, CMCC, CCI, WCRC ) Federal, Provincial, Municipal, Recycling Councils and Canadian Not- For- Profit EPR organiza?ons and groups Students/Residents/Consumers 6
Carpet and Landfill 7 Landfill rate estimates from waste studies vary across Canada: Vancouver ~17 kg/capita Nova Scotia ~9 kg/capita Need more data Extremely difficult to bury No need to bury and waste this resource 7
Market Solutions 8 Corporate commitment to green procurement and waste diversion Municipal policy support no curbside collection Generator Support choose diversion Efforts to find end markets for all carpet resins 8
Market Solutions: Growing in Canada 9 CCRE Member Recyclers CCRE Members with EPR 9
Diversion Efforts and Interest 10 Region of Peel - 5 CRCs collecting and recycling The Home Depot - working with ISO and Aspera recycling Systech Environmental (Div. of Lafarge) BC trials Holcim in Joliette using non-recyclable carpet LA Fibres recycles carpet into raw plastic materials (nylons, PP, PET) Vancouver considering collection system Toronto RFP for recycling 500 tonnes per year 10
CCRE Industry Results 11 Less carpet going to landfill Consumer awareness to recycle increasing Government s engaging in learning about carpet diversion Working to satisfy impending provincial regulation Market based solutions producing effective and efficient diversion 11
Canadian Legislation 12 Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (Federal) Ministers expected to implement agreed initiatives in their respective province/territory British Columbia has identified plan to be in place for 2017 Nova Scotia considering carpet landfill ban Quebec potential EPR province (soon) Alberta, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Atlantic Canada are not actively looking at EPR legislation yet 12
California 13 CalRecycle conditional plan approval 2011 Sales 107 million square yards ~385 million lbs. discarded (estimated) of which 60 million lbs. were diverted = 15% diversion rate of which 36 million lbs. recycled = 9% recycling rate 13
Media and Outreach 14 Stewardship Gazette Article RCBC and RCA Conferences Nova Scotia Carpet Symposium Oct 18th Globe and Mail April 20, 2012 article Webinar Diversion Series (in development) CTV news story October 3, 2012 CarpetCycle Canada 14
2012 Projects 15 Tracking and monitoring Sales, diversion and recycling Attempting to be able to report recycling and diversion performance CCRE position on landfill bans End market research PP and PET resin recycling Cement kiln pilots Innovative products need ideas please 15
Questions? www.carpetrecovery.ca 877-536-1373 voip jhall@carpetrecovery.ca Thank You 16