MBA Polymers produces tech plastics from shredded E-Waste

1. from Supply Chain to Supply Cycle
Chris Slijkhuis
Ch i Slijkh i
Director Sourcing and Logistics

2. What is necessary to produce 1 ton of plastics?
approx. 900 liter crude oil
approx. 2 tons e-waste
approx. 14.000 kWh
approx. 950 kWh
pp
OR
<10% of the energy consumption
gy p
2-3 kg reduction of CO2 emissions per kg of recycled plastic

3. Agenda Presentation Speed Chain 2009
Reverse L i ti i El t i
R Logistics in Electronics
De Pollution, Ferrous/Non-Ferrous
De-Pollution Ferrous/Non Ferrous Metal Separation
Tech Plastics meet their Re-Maker
Converting the Supply Chain into a Supply Cycle
g pp y pp y y

4. Forward & Reverse Logistics
Producers in forward flow Users in forward flow
(users in reverse flow) (producers in reverse flow)
Raw Distributors Households & Institutions
h ld
Materials Manufacturer Wholesale
Producer Retail
Reverse
Different
Intermediaries
Manufacturer Rest fraction
Recyclers
= waste
Reverse Flow
New
Markets Forward Flow
The
Th new „Reverse
R
Industry“

5. Reverse Logistics – from Supply Chain to Supply Cycle
Raw Materials New Components Build
Returns logistics:
Certified Closed Loop Certified
Deliver
Reprocessing Recycling Reprocessing
• Product repair Return to
Suppliers Sort/Inspect
Customer Usage
• Product upgrades Third Party
Recycling
Remove
• End Of Life Take back
End-Of-Life
Materials for
Recycling
Dismantle
Alternative
Uses
Disposal Goal
Zero Landfill
Recovery, Re-Manufacture
Recovery Re Manufacture and Recycling
• Asset recovery
• Re-Manufacture
• Recycling
• Liquidation management
q g

6. End-of-Life Legislation
Directive on Waste Electrical and
Electronic Equipment (WEEE)
q p ( )
Waste Electric and Electronics 1998 6 Mio Tonnes (4 %)
Growth of waste flow 3 times average municipal waste
Back in 1998 90 % of WEEE was landfilled or incinerated
Special problem the hazardous content
Therefore 2 Directives:
WEEE (reduction of electro-waste) &
( )
RoHS (restriction of hazardous substances in electronics)

7. WEEE Directive – Reduction electronic waste
Encompasses all Electrical & Electronic Appliances
Many Similarities with Packaging Waste Directive (1992)
• Source Reduction (specifically hazardous substances)
• Re-Use
• Recycling
• Incineration (thermal recovery)
• Management of Restwaste
Consumers can Return without Costs
Targetted 4 kgs Waste per Inhabitant/Year (2005)
OEM Producers bear costs (to be included in Salesprice)

8. Agenda Presentation Speed Chain 2009
Reverse L i ti i El t i
R Logistics in Electronics
De Pollution, Ferrous/Non-Ferrous
De-Pollution Ferrous/Non Ferrous Metal Separation
Tech Plastics meet their Re-Maker
Converting the Supply Chain into a Supply Cycle
g pp y pp y y

9. Global End-of-Life Material Return Growing
Millions of tons of durable goods are shredded every year to liberate
and recover th f
d the ferrous and nonferrous metals
d f t l

10. The E-Waste Supply Cycle focussing on plastics
De-Pollution
Shredder Ferrous-Metals
Size d i
Si reduction,
liberation and
Non-FE Non-Ferrous-Metals
separation
Separations
Smelters
S lt
Separate Non-
Plastic Items
Further Separation Plastic/non-Plastic
Mixed Plastic Rich E-Waste

11. De-Pollution
Taking out
• Hazardous components
• Big Condensators
• Printed Circuit Boards
• Batteries
• In li
I line with WEEE l
ith laws
Recovering valuable components
Taking out fractions that disturb further separations

12. Shredding & Ferrous Recycling
Shredding Process
• “Cut” materials into pieces
• Shredders can be small to 6000 HP
Magnetic Ferrous Seperations
• Taking out FE-Metals
FE Metals
The Shredder Residue is raw material

13. Non-Ferrous Metals – Size Reduction & Air Tables
Some examples of using physical properties of the
materials to Separate:
• Size
• Density
• Induction
• Colour
• Surface to weight ratio’s

14. Non-Ferrous Metals Separation - Smelting
Using physical properties of the materials to Separate:
• Size
• Density
• Induction
• Colour
• Surface to volume ratio’s
Smelting to concentrate and refine non-ferrous metals
• Copper
• Aluminium
• Precious Metals (Gold, Silver, P l di )
P i M t l (G ld Sil Paladium)

15. Agenda Presentation Speed Chain 2009
Reverse L i ti i El t i
R Logistics in Electronics
De Pollution, Ferrous/Non-Ferrous
De-Pollution Ferrous/Non Ferrous Metal Separation
Tech Plastics meet their Re-Maker
Converting the Supply Chain into a Supply Cycle
g pp y pp y y

16. Options for Plastics-Rich Streams after Recycling
Landfilling:
df ll
banned in some countries, costs increasing, questions about pollution, lose
important raw material
Incineration:
(in many forms) costly and becoming more-so, questions about air pollution,
capacity issues lose important raw material
issues,
Sell to brokers or directly to third world recyclers:
might not be legal in some countries depending on material make-up rules always
make-up,
changing, some brokers come and go, does recycler adhere to acceptable
environmental standards? What happens to byproducts?
Recycling in line with the European Standards:
large customers require a more reliable and dependable solution, customers for
these plastics can p
p push feedstock to e-cycle suppliers, but need large volumes and
y pp , g
ideally global presence to do this successfully.

17. Plastics Rich Material Quantity Growing
And tens of millions of tons of plastic-rich shredder residue that is mostly
incinerated or land-filled

18. The Raw Materials

19. The Raw Materials

20. The avg. composition of the Sourcing Material EU
Ferrous & N-Ferrous
1%
Fluff/Foam
Other Plastics Wires & Elect Parts
17% 4% 1% Wood
Other Non-Plastics
Non Plastics
Rubber 3% 1%
3% Fines
1%PP
PVC
3%
1%
POM
1%
PC-ABS & PC
6%
HIPS
PE
27%
1%
ABS-FR
3%
PPO
2%
ABS
HIPS-FR
24%
2%

21. May I invite you to one of our plants?
A joint-venture between
MBA Polymers and
Müller-Gutenbrunn
Müller Gutenbrunn
Location
Kematen an der Ybbs
Danube vincinity
Direct Rail-Connection
(2007)
Near A1 Motorway
Easy access Western/
Eastern Europe
Capacity
40 000 Tonnes per annum

22. Goods-In, Analysis & Pre-processing
Sourcing & Goods In
Goods-In
• Material Handling
• Assaying
• Material Analysis
Pre-Processing
• Taking out remaining metals
• Cleaning material of minerals (glass, stones, dust)
• Eliminating organic fractions such as wood and rubber
g g
Size reduction to a standard particle size
Conveying plastic material into high tech seperations
l l h h h

23. High Tech Separations & Extrusion/Compounding
Cleaning plastics
• Closed circuit water treatment
High-Tech Seperations
• Obtaining ABS and PS
• In three grades
• Injection Moulding
• Extrusion
• General Purpose
High quality extrusion and compounding
• RoHS compliant products

24. Laboratory services 24/24 hours
Incoming Material Analysis
• Yield & contaminations
Process Control
• Numerous checkpoints
• In-time feed-back cycles
• Purity
P it control fi l products
t l final d t
Final products Quality Control
• Each big bag is quality controlled
• MFI, Izod and Tensile Strength

25. Why a High-Tech Global Footprint.......
Electronics OEM’s are Global and they demand:
• Global Supply of Plastics
• Virgin like quality of the tech plastics the use
Virgin-like q alit they se
• Large, dependable and consistent volumes
• Consistent technical specifications
• A global answer to their Waste Plastics
• Reliable service levels
to become designed in
in........

26. Global Footprint to produce „Green Plastics“
England
California Austria
Guangzhou

27. The Challenges........
Rapidly changing environment
• Legislation WEEE, RoHS, REACH, Waste Transport
Directives
• The interpretation changes continuously
• Import/export rules continue to change
Post-consumer E-waste relatively “new”
Complex waste streams
• Different types of plastics
• Different grades
Developing a Global footprint

28. Products – ABS, PS, PP as pellets & compounds

29. Stable Properties with MBA Polymers’ Resins
10,0
MF (200°C/5k in [g/10min]
9,0
90 MFR Analysis Type MBA PS 3 30
a ys s ype S 3130
8,0
kg)
7,0
6,0
FR
5,0
4,0
40
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160
Samples

30. Some examples of recent green products
Europe - Electrolux
“Made with 55% recycled plastic, the Ultra
Silencer Green from Electrolux is the most
energy‐efficient cleaner on the market. Its
new, high‐efficiency motor reduces the Ultra
Silencer’s energy consumption by 33%
compared to a standard 2,000 watt vacuum
cleaner. Because Ultra Silencer Green is made
out of recycled materials, it is only available
in black, as this color allows to achieve the
best looking finish and quality when using
recycled materials. To signify Eco friendliness
of the Green vacuum cleaner, Electrolux
designers added signature elements of green
on the graphics and buttons.”
SOURCE: Electrolux Pressrelease

31. The World Economic Forum recognized MBA Polymers
Technology Pioneer 2006
The criteria for becoming this
WEF recognition as Tech Pioneer are:
Innovation
Potential Impact
Proof of Concept
Growth and Sustainability
Leadership
L d hi
Status

32. Thank you.