CHANGES & CHALLENGES ARKANSAS RECYCLING COALITION OCTOBER

MSW GENERATION RATES

WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN: 2013: million tons (actual) 2013: +8.5 million tons (population) 2013: million tons (previous decades)

THE EVOLVING TON Less paper More plastic Electronics Future products?

ELECTRONICS

2012 Generation by Product Type EPA MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE IN THE UNITED STATES: 2012 FACTS AND FIGURES

MANAGEMENT TRENDS

LIGHTWEIGHTING

ZW COMPANIES 2015 Speedo Cox Enterprises Sealed Air Corp Dewars Belu Levi Strauss Owens-Corning Adidas Domtar LiquiGlide – Elmers Glue Ford US Air Force Community Partnership Program Pepsi Hormel Proctor & Gamble Molson Coors Walmart GM Boulevard Beer

ZW SUBSTANCE 2015 PowerFlex ECO swimsuit made from abandoned fishing nets & old carpets RecycleD/reused 1000 tons from HQ in decade Bubble wrap shipped flat, filled by retailer Aberfeddy Distillery burns wood pallets – reduced carbon footprint by 90% New glass bottle 18% lighter All US stores have recycling bins for clothing Recycled 2.4 billion pounds of end-of-life shingles & 1.3 billion pounds of glass Shoe made from recycled ocean waste 23% reduction in mill waste to landfill Invented technology allowing consumers to get more viscous liquids out of container Diverted 140 million pounds of damaged vehicle parts from landfill Goal includes increased recycling & food bank donations from commissaries Increased use of recycled PET by 23% & cut packaging by 89 million pounds Met waste reduction to landfills goal 6 years early Goal to increase use of recycled plastic: 230 million recycled plastic bottles annually Reduced amount of waste generated per pint of beer by 11.5% US operations waste diversion improved to 82.4% 122 landfill free facilities worldwide Founded Ripple Glass

ZW: SMART CAPITALISM “Cost” becomes an “asset” Input/output control Profit motivated Internal rewards

RECOVERY RATES

EVOLVING TON & MRFS Less paper More glass More plastic Lower revenues Higher costs Stalled recycling

ORGANICS

CHALLENGES New products Markets Goals

FLEXIBLE PACKAGING

MARKETS

MARKETS: WHY Strong dollar Slowdown in Chinese economy Overcapacity of Chinese paper industry Overcapacity worldwide steel industry Overcapacity US PET resin industry Price of oil

GOALS: DIVERSION OR RECYCLING Realistic goals Long-term strategies Revise

SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS MANAGEMENT “Materials management is an approach to serving human needs by using/reusing resources most productively and sustainably throughout their life cycles, generally minimizing the amount of materials involved and all the associated environmental impacts.”

SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS MANAGEMENT Is recycling the ultimate goal? or Less overall waste in the ecosystem?

OTHER CHALLENGES Portion sizes: food waste vs packaging 3-D printing Food safety

RECYCLE RIGHT

RECYCLING IS NOT FREE Webinar “The Costs of Recycling” resources/webinars resources/webinars “There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch – or Free Garbage – or Free Recycling” no-such-thing-free-lunch-or-free-garbage- or-free-recycling no-such-thing-free-lunch-or-free-garbage- or-free-recycling

THE GOOD NEWS

FUTURE: OVERALL Less waste Less disposal Organics recovery Evolving material mix Continued zero waste by industry Improved processing technology

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Chaz Miller