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An ITW Company
Statewide Solid Waste Planning and Recycling ConferenceLake Cumberland State Park
Jamestown, KentuckyJune 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 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
SIGNODE RECYCLING OPERATION
POLY RECYCLINGWEINFELDEN, SWITZERLAND
PET BOTTLES
2009 PET RECYCLING DATA
5.149 mm lbs PET bottles available for recycling
1.444 mm lbs PET bottles collected for recycling
28 % Recycling Rate
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
771 769 834 797 841 1003 1170 1272 1396 1451 1444
32503445
37684007
4292
46375075
54245683 5366 5149
PET RECYCLING GAPRecycled Available
LANDFILL
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
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
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 12000 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.
Additional Information
Contact Information:
Rick Moore
Sources:– www.napcor.com– www.plasticsrecycling.org