An ITW Company Statewide Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Conference Lake Cumberland State Park Jamestown, Kentucky June 8, 2011 Presented by: Rick Moore ITW/Signode

 Fortune 200 Company  2010 Revenues = $15.8 Billion  825 Business Units  60,000 Employees in 52 countries

 Illinois Tool Works Inc. is a multinational manufacturer of a diversified range of value-adding and short lead-time industrial products and equipment.  The company’s 825 businesses are small, decentralized and focused on their customers.  By actively practicing teamwork with customers and suppliers, the men and women of ITW are creating competitively superior products, solutions and work environments.

Signode Packaging Systems  Signode is the leading manufacturer and distributor of protective packaging systems that apply plastic and steel strapping, stretch film and pressure sensitive tape.

Signode Plastic Strapping  Global manufacturing operations with plastic strapping plants in 20 countries  4 plants in North America

Types of Plastic Strap  Polypropylene – light/general duty applications –Graphic Arts –Newspapers –Corrugated –Small Bundling

Types of Plastic Strap  PET – general duty applications –Cans –Plastic bottles –Glass bottles –Corrugated

TYPES OF PLASTIC STRAP  High Strength PET – Heavy duty applications –Synthetic Fibers, Cotton –Lumber –Brick –Metals

PET RAW MATERIALS  The manufacture of high quality PET strap requires cleanable, upgradeable raw materials Virgin PET Pellets Recycled PET FlakeRecycled PET Bottles

ITW RECYCLING FACILITIES Signode Plastic Recycling – Florence, KY Blue Ridge Plastics – Eden, North Carolina Poly Recycling – Weinfelden, Switzerland

SIGNODE RECYCLES SIGNODE RECYCLES

SIGNODE PLASTIC RECYCLING Florence, Kentucky

SIGNODE RECYCLING HISTORY  Signode has been a consumer of recycled material since the 1980’s.  In 1992 ITW acquired Plastic Recycling Alliance (Joint venture between Dupont and Waste Management)  Relocated PRA to the Kentucky facility in 1997 adjacent to Signode strapping plant

SIGNODE RECYCLING OPERATION

POLY RECYCLING WEINFELDEN, SWITZERLAND

PET BOTTLES

2009 PET RECYCLING DATA  mm lbs PET bottles available for recycling  mm lbs PET bottles collected for recycling  28 % Recycling Rate

POST CONSUMER PET BOTTLE PURCHASES  642 mm lbs Purchased by US Reclaimers  802 mm lbs Purchased by Export  1,444 mm lbs Total US Material Recycled  98 mm lbs Import  740 mm lbs Total used by US Reclaimers

RPET 2009 MARKETS  Fiber 344 mm lbs  Sheet & Film 159 mm lbs  Strapping 114 mm lbs  Engineered Resins 10 mm lbs  Food & Beverage Bottles 203 mm lbs  Non Food Bottles 65 mm lbs  Other 42 mm lbs  Total 2009 Converter Consumption 937 mm lbs Consumption 937 mm lbs 

THE INDUSTRY NEED YOUR HELP  The demand for recycling content continues to grow  Companies are investing in additional recycling capacity  Supply is not adequate to support this growth

FUN FACTS ABOUT RECYCLING  The first PET bottle was recycled in 1977  An estimated 7,700 Curbside Collection programs and 10,000 Drop-Off programs collect PET in the US  Approximate number of PET beverage bottles per pound: 16 oz = 18 bottles per pound 20 oz = 19 bottles per pound 20 oz = 19 bottles per pound 2 liter = 9 bottles per pound 2 liter = 9 bottles per pound Source: Napcor

MORE FUN FACTS  Recycling a ton of PET containers saves 7.4 cubic yards of landfill space  According to the EPA, recycling a pound of PET saves approximately BTU’s  The average household generates 42 pounds of PET plastic bottles a year  It takes 19 bottles to make an x-large t-shirt Source: Napcor

NO ONE WANTS A LANDFILL IN THEIR BACKYARD RECYCLING… IS GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT PROVIDES JOB OPPORTUNITIES CAN BE PART OF A SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS MODEL

IT ISN’T EASY BEING GREEN.

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