1. Mapping Demand for Recycled Content Material A profile of the Southeast March 22, 2011 Will Sagar Policy Director

2. PROFILE OF THE SOUTHEAST REGION A summary of key Southeastern manufacturers who look to recycled content feedstock to build their consumer level goods.

3. Sponsor members

4. Regional Collaboration = Increased Access to Markets Summary of Region Wide Findings: 206 manufacturers 47,525 employees $29.4 Billion sales revenue

5. Georgia 31 Manufacturing Facilities $4.5 Billion in yearly sales 7,000 Georgia Jobs

6. Georgia has strong markets for recyclables

7. MaterialSalesJobs Aluminum2,024,700,0001,992 Paper$1,085,600,0001,889 Plastic$646,930,0001,700 Steel$556,500,000946

9. Novelis

12. Underutilized Aluminum Capacity

15. Special Thanks EPA Region 4 http://www.epa.gov/region4/recycle Municipal Government Toolkit

16. Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs

17. What to do with this knowledge?

18. Target Audience SERDC plans to make sure the recycling coordinator gets the support from the top down. Elected Decision Makers

19. Concrete & Unique Approaches Using manufacturing case studies to express need to elected officials – Google-based interactive map of 207 manufacturers (and growing!) – Talking points, fact sheets, economic information, resources – Presentations to and conversations with regional elected decision makers about the importance of recycling

20. Objectives State level – Better planning requirements – Higher diversion goals – Funding – Extended Producer Responsibility Local level – Increase infrastructure investment – Improve outreach

21. SERDC Resources www.serdc.org/regionalresources Economic Reports State Recycling Resources Market Directories Waste Exchanges

22. Will Sagar Policy Director will.sagar@serdc.org (828) 507-0123