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The Sort for Value Matrix – A New APR Tool for MRFs April 23, 2014
The Sort for Value Matrix – A New APR Tool for MRFs
April 23, 2014
Today’s Presenters
Kara Pochiro APR Communications Director
Liz Bedard APR Rigid Plastics Recycling Program Director
Patty Moore Moore Recycling Associates
• National trade association
• Represents 90% of post-consumer plastic processing capacity in North America.
Specific APR goals include:
• Increasing supply • Reducing contamination
• Developing packaging design protocols
• Recognizing recycling compatible packages
• Recognizing recycled resin products
• Addressing plastic recycling beyond bottles
Membership committee representing 36 rigid plastic stakeholders –
generators, collectors recyclers, reclaimers brand names companies
resin producers public policy makers
• American Chemistry Council • Avangard
• Berry Plastics • Blue Ridge Plastics • Champion Polymer
• Clean Tech Inc. • ConAgra Foods • Custom Polymers Inc
• Dart Container • Denton Plastics • Dow Chemical Company
• Entropex • Envision Plastics.
• Graham Recycling Company • Green Mountain Coffee • Haycore Canada Inc.
• IntegriCo Composites • Kimberly-Clark • KW Plastics Recycling
• Merlin Plastics Supply
• Milliken & Company
• Moore Recycling Associates Inc
• MRC Polymers
• NAPCOR
• NatureWorks LLC
• New York City Depart. Of Sanitation
• North Carolina Envir. Assist. & Outreach
• Oregon DEQ
• Perpetual Recycling Solutions
• Plastics Forming Products
• Prime Plastic Products
• Procter & Gamble Company
• ReCommunity
• Recyc RPM
• Sims Municipal Recycling
• Starbucks Coffee Company
• Starlinger
• Talco Plastics, Inc.
• Technimark
• Waste Management – Recycle America
Recycled Resins Subcommittee ”Fit for Use” Project Design for Recyclability
National Rigid Plastics Bale Audit and Supply Analysis APR Grocery Store Rigid Plastic Recycling Project
Bale Definition Subcommittee Sort for Value Matrix Project
Early 2013 –China’s Green Fence Policy
MRF operators were sent scrambling for markets for Prepicked and Bulky Rigid plastic bales
Domestic plastic reclaimers are interested in purchasing non-bottle rigid plastics material.
Specific sorting by the generator may be necessary to access
some of these domestic markets -
the additional sorting may well result in additional revenue!
MRFs deciding how best to sort their rigid plastics, have many questions –
o What sorting options should be considered?
o Which sorting makes the most economic sense?
o How much additional revenue will result in additional sorting?
1. Marketable types of rigid plastics bales
2. Historic average pricing
3. Rigid plastic bale composition
All Rigid Plastics Commingled Bottles Bulky Rigids Pre-picked Rigids – No Bulky PET Bottles PET – Bottles & Thermoforms
HDPE bottles – colored & natural HDPE Colored Bottles HDPE Natural Bottles HDPE Colored Bottles & Containers
Tubs & Lids PE Injection
Polypropylene
Pricing needed for before and after “China’s Green Fence” policy
APR Plastic Reclaimer members were surveyed for January 2013 and May 2013 pricing.
Combined with Moore Recycling’s pricing database information = value of rigid plastic bales.
2010 APR Rigid Plastics Bale Audit –
1. Sorted bales from West Coast, East Coast, Midwest and Canadian MRFs.
2. Determined makeup of various mixed rigid plastic bales
3. Resulted in 82 different product categories and resin type sorts.
Plastic Scrap Has Value! There are domestic buyers!
1. Overall: drop in the value of all bales of rigid plastics All Rigid plastics (ARP) ↓ 86 % from $140 to $20 per ton
2. Sorting reduced impact: Last bar only 8 % ↓
• Not all MRFs can sort further: Growth of PRFs will help • APR Buyers and Sellers list [PlasticsRecycling.org] • PlasticsMarkets.org
• Updating historic pricing information • Creating an on-line calculator which can be customized
• Recyclable plastics scrap value (or use default data) • Disposal costs
• New model bale specifications • Polypropylene • HDPE Bottles & Containers - Colored • HDPE Injection Grade (Buckets, Totes, Crates, Lawn Furniture, Carts, Storage Bins)
• The APR Rigids Committee is pleased with the outcome of the “Sort for Value” Matrix.
• It can provide MRF operators with a solid base of information as they evaluate
their options for sorting rigid plastics. • Good source of options for marketing rigid plastics
• APR’s website • www.Plastics Market.org
Liz Bedard, Director
APR Rigid PlasticsRecycling Program 1001 G Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 [email protected]
Kara Pochiro
APR Communications Director [email protected]
Patty Moore Moore Recycling Assoc
PO Box 1327 Sonoma, CA 95476
