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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
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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 Bottles Recycled PET Flake
ITW RECYCLING FACILITIES Signode Plastic Recycling – Florence, KY Blue Ridge Plastics – Eden, North Carolina Poly Recycling – Weinfelden, Switzerland
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
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
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
Additional Information Contact Information: Rick Moore RMoore@signodeflorence.com • Sources: • www.napcor.com • www.plasticsrecycling.org