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Plastics & Municipal Sustainability Opportunities

Tools to Enhance Sustainability Through Increased Recovery

Association of MunicipalitiesAugust 19, 2015

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CPIAs Keys for Sustainable Programs

Metrics

Research & Innovation

Communications & Education Tools

Collaborative Partnerships & Pilot Projects

Municipal Integrated Resource Recovery 4Rs Systems

Region of Durhams Waste Resource Recovery Systems

Presentation by Mirka Januszkiewicz, Director of Waste on Durhams integrated waste resource recovery system

Making use of all 4Rs to divert waste resources from landfill

Session Overview

Serving as the national voice of the plastics industry in Canada since 1943!

Member driven advocacy association representing the majority of the 3,170 companies employing 95,000 workers in Canadas $30 billion plastics industry.

Members from across the country and the value chain.

Canadian Plastics Industry Association

CPIA Core Focus Post Use Resource Recovery

OBJECTIVES OF POST USE RESOURCE RECOVERY PROGRAM:

Work collaboratively with stakeholders to improve the sustainability of plastics

Increase the types and volumes of plastics diverted from landfill, through recycling & energy recovery options

Increase the plastics recycling capacity within Canada

2014 Canada Access Rates for Plastic Container Materials

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2014 Access Rates Non-container Plastic Materials Growing Due to Innovation & New Technologies

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CPIA 2015 Report; 2013 data

Plastics Packaging Collected in Canada for Recycling

311 million kgs collected for

recycling

9% increase over 2012

Bottle recycling still dominates

23% increase in film and 172%

increase in foam

80% of collected plastics is

reclaimed in Canada or US

CPIA 2015 Report; 2013 data

Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) of Plastics Packaging

March 2014, LCA study on benefits of plastic packaging looked at materials, manufacturing, distribution, usage & disposal

Examined substituting all plastic packaging with non-plastic alternatives - found significant detrimental impacts on packaging weight, transport energy consumption & global warming

4.4 more material used (by weight) 2X more energy used 2.3X more global warming potential

Report & press release: http://www.plastics.ca/_files/file.php?fileid=newsQghIRnSEQu&filename=file_NR_Plastic_PackagingGoodForenvironment.pdf

http://www.plastics.ca/_files/file.php?fileid=newsQghIRnSEQu&filename=file_NR_Plastic_PackagingGoodForenvironment.pdf

Plastics Packaging Helps to Conserve Natural Resources

GLASS 36%

PACKAGING

PLASTIC 3.5%

PACKAGING

Without plastics, distributors fleets would make

50% more journeys = more cost and emissions

Education Critical For Sustainability

Images of various plastic packaging types and range of ads

Free for municipal and recycling operators to use

Register at CPIA Website -

www.plastics.ca/Recycling/PandEPlasticBottlesandContainers/I

mageBank/index.php

http://www.plastics.ca/Recycling/PandEPlasticBottlesandContainers/ImageBank/index.php

Image Bank Samples Photos and Ads

Other Online Resources from CPIA

Film print, radio and TV ads

Polystyrene posters, newspaper ads, onsite banners, website content

Tubs and lids factsheets and market information

Cap recycling APR guidelines and FAQs, market information

www.plastics.ca/Recycling/index.php

Online Directory for Film Canadian Content

CPIA Projects to Increase Recycling of Plastic Packaging

2014 pilot for ICI collection and recycling of film

Partnership with Walmart & SC Johnson on return-to-retail film collection

Ongoing partnership to manage PS foam at Montreal depot

Support of other provincial and municipal programs to manage PS

Expanding Film Plastics Recycling to ICI Sector

Project launched in April 2014

Collecting/recycling stretch wrap from loading docks and back-of-store film, and educating retail tenants

Material collected in first 4 months showed high levels of non-PE contamination

Recycling partnership changed in August 2014; fine-tuned in Q4

Case study and reporting in Q2 2015

Expanding Film Plastics Recycling to Retail

Partnership with Walmart & SC Johnson announced in July 2014

National return-to-retail model to collect a wide range of post-consumer film and bag materials

Campaign includes in-store marketing branded bins, e-signage, in-aisle shelf-talkers

Upcoming national PR campaign

CPIA providing funding for in-store support and conducting material audits at 6 Ontario stores work ongoing

Industry-Municipal Partnership for Polystyrene (PS) Collection & Recycling

Successful year-long pilot to collect PS at LaSalles Ecocentre in Montreal, Quebec made permanent in October 2014

All types of PS collected PS foams & rigid; food containers, cushion packaging, panels

Partnership with member company to use backhaul infrastructure and include recycled PS in durable construction products

Plans to introduce backhaul model to other municipalities in 2015

Expanding PS Foam Collection New Densifier Technology

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Densifying PS reduces recycling and shipping costs substantially systems expanding across Canada

British ColumbiaNew Brunswick

Densifiers established in other locations both municipal and IC&I

Nova Scotia

Ontario

Municipality of

Colchester

Canada

The 4Rs Benefits Plastics Sustainability

Integrated Solid Waste Resource Management Systems utilizing 4Rs enhance opportunities for resource conservation, recycling & recovery

Benefits to economy, environment & socially

Plastics recycling & recovery increases from enhanced 4Rs systems

Image Source: Durham Works Spring/Summer 2015

Summary: Plastics are Too Valuable to Waste

1. Plastics make a positive contribution to the three pillars of sustainability and zero waste to landfill goals

2. Plastic packaging has high value in recycling & energy recovery

3. Communication and education needed to inform the public on the efficient use of plastics

4. Partnership models create unique outreach, collection, recycling & resource recovery opportunities

5. Integrated Solid Waste Resource Management Systems utilizing all 4Rs enhance opportunities for plastic resource conservation, recycling & recovery

CPIA Contacts

Joe Hruska

CPIA Sustainability Consultant

jhruska@cogeco.ca

416-930-1796

Krista Friesen

Vice President, Sustainability

kfriesen@plastics.ca

905-678-7749 x234

CPIA Website:

http://www.plastics.ca

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Mirka Januszkiewicz, Director of Waste, Region of Durham

Will present an overview of the Regions award winning

4Rs approach to waste resource management.