united dms of tennessee, llc, a united resource recovery corp company boosting recycling in...
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UNITED DMS of Tennessee, LLC, a United Resource Recovery Corp
Company
BOOSTING RECYCLING IN TENNESSEE
UNITED RESOURCE RECOVERY CORPORATION
• Develops PET Bottle to Bottle recycling technology
• Have 8 plants around the world utilizing URRC process for Bottle to Bottle Recycling of PET
• Have invested in IRG. They are taking low value non recylable plastics and making a replacement fuel for Coal Coke in the steel industry
UDMS COMMITMENT
• Founded in 1988
• URRC Acquires DMS 2005
• JV Purchase Gemark Film Recovery Assets 2011
• Installing Thermo-Reduction Units 2012
• The largest recycler of X-ray film in the US. • 3 Plants – Knoxville, Dandridge & Exeter, PA
• Recycle 30 + million pounds per year of silver bearing materials
• Employ approximately 55 people
UDMS COMMITMENT
• We are a secure document destruction company • We are NAID certified
• We source our material internationally
• We will be upgrading the value of the PET flake
UDMS COMMITMENT
PLASTIC RECYCLING INDUSTRY
INDUSTRY COMMITMENT
• PET & HDPE continues to expand recycling capacity even though supply is not keeping up
• 90% plus of the PET & HDPE recycling capacity is in the Southeast
• 2 end users of Pet are in Tennessee
UNDERSTAND THE SUSTAINABILITY FACTOR
• There is a sea change in attitudes to create a more sustainable world.– Wal-Mart– Energy availability– Global warming– Carbon foot print– Scarce commodities– Pressures from Global Growth
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO YOU ?
• In total and every case the most frequently mentioned answer is RECYCLING.
• You will see increasing demand
• You will see increasing Value
• You will have to opportunity to deliver
WE ARE SENDING MONEYTO THE LANDFILL
THE MARKET SUPPLY SITUATION
• PET baled bottle supply is not keeping up with Market demand– PET bales collected in 2010 – 1.557 billion
pounds– 719.6 mm pounds exported– 775.9 mm pounds for US Reclaimers– 61.7 mm pounds are component of mixed bales
exported
PET
THE MARKET SUPPLY SITUATION
• HDPE baled bottle supply is not keeping up with Market demand
• HDPE Cleaning Capacity – 1,006 mm lbs– HDPE bales collected in 2010 – 984 million
pounds– 197 mm pounds exported– 787 mm pounds for US Reclaimers
UNDERSTANDING PRICING
• Recycling is a substitution business.– The commodity cannot sustain net pricing
different from the next choice for long.
• Recycling is a matter of freight.– Proximity to market and full loads matter.
• Recycling is not the trash business– Quality in terms of Yield is money
UNDERSTANDING YOUR MARKET
• Understand the economics of recycling as your municipality or county may not.
• If you use a middleman understand if he/she provides value.
• Meet your recycled plastics processors to help you make the case to expand markets and improve value.Find Them at www.plasticsrecycling.org
UNDERSTAND HOW TO DRIVE SUPPLY
• SMART legislation – Save Money And Recycle Trash ( aka PAYT)
• Tipping fees to fund infrastructure
• Contact Recycle Bank to drive curbside participation.
• Develop Grass Roots Support (such as SERDC) to drive incentive based programs
END USE DEMAND
• Bottle to Bottle demand is extremely strong.
• Thermoform industry has very strong demand for FDA PCR
• Domestic Fiber demand may start to strengthen due to the demand by major retailers for PCR content.
Disclaimer
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