New Developments in Plastic Recycling Presented to:

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New Developments in Plastic
RecyclingPresented to

• CRRA Conference
• Burlingame, CA

August 4, 2008
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Overview

• Trends in Plastic Recycling
• Recycling Options
• Developing Markets
• Challenges
• Manufacturing Process
• Recycling Plastic Programs

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Trends in Plastic Recycling

• Market increase
• Petroleum increase ? plastic cost increase
• More use of recycled plastic material
• Transportation cost increases
• Growth of local markets
• Maximizing material volumes
• Grants
• DOC Market Development Grants 20M/year

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Recycling Options

• Strong Markets
• PET
• HDPE
• LDPE and HDPE Film
• Expanding Markets
• 3-7 Mixed Plastics
• PP (5)
• PS (6)
• PVC (3)
• Other (7)

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Poly Propylene PP 5

• PET bottle caps
• Nursery pots
• Blue-wrap (Hospitals)
• DVD covers

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Poly Styrene PS 6

• Hangers
• Nursery flats
• Other

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Poly Carbonate Other 7

• CDs DVDs
• Water bottles
• Meter covers

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Computer Plastics Other 7

• ABS Gray Monitor Covers
• HIPS Black Monitor TV Covers

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Manufacturing Process

• Film ? pellets/plastic lumber/trash liners
• Nursery pots ? nursery pots
• PET ? Plastic containers (strawberry baskets)
• Carts ? pellets
• ABS/HIPS ? pellets
• HDPE ? lumber, pallets, railroad ties, other

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Recycling Plastic Programs

• Volume
• Small generators
• Large generators
• Collection methods
• Carts, FEL, debris boxes
• Transportation
• Clean source separated material

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Plastics Plastics Plastics

• Plastics the missing piece in many recycling
  programs
• Plastics a complex commodity to understand and
  handle, but opportunities exist
• Plastics strong markets for large clean volumes

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Contact Information

• David A. Langer
• DAL Dimensions consulting
• 650.346.2200
• 650.345.2221 fax
• david_at_daldim.com
• www.daldim.com