An ITW Company

1. 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

2. Fortune 200 Company • 2010 Revenues = $15.8 Billion • 825 Business Units • 60,000 Employees in 52 countries

3. 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.

6. 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.

7. Signode Plastic Strapping • Global manufacturing operations with plastic strapping plants in 20 countries • 4 plants in North America

8. Types of Plastic Strap • Polypropylene – light/general duty applications • Graphic Arts • Newspapers • Corrugated • Small Bundling

9. Types of Plastic Strap • PET – general duty applications • Cans • Plastic bottles • Glass bottles • Corrugated

10. TYPES OF PLASTIC STRAP • High Strength PET – Heavy duty applications • Synthetic Fibers, Cotton • Lumber • Brick • Metals

11. PET RAW MATERIALS • The manufacture of high quality PET strap requires cleanable, upgradeable raw materials Virgin PET Pellets Recycled PET Bottles Recycled PET Flake

12. ITW RECYCLING FACILITIES Signode Plastic Recycling – Florence, KY Blue Ridge Plastics – Eden, North Carolina Poly Recycling – Weinfelden, Switzerland

13. SIGNODE RECYCLES

14. SIGNODE PLASTIC RECYCLING Florence, Kentucky

15. 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

17. SIGNODE RECYCLING OPERATION

18. SIGNODE RECYCLING OPERATION

21. POLY RECYCLINGWEINFELDEN, SWITZERLAND

22. PET BOTTLES

23. 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

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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

28. 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

29. 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

30. 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

31. IT ISN’T EASY BEING GREEN.

32. Additional Information Contact Information: Rick Moore RMoore@signodeflorence.com • Sources: • www.napcor.com • www.plasticsrecycling.org