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Economically Profitable, Environmentally Beneficial, Massively Scalable
THE FUTURE OF PLASTIC RECYCLING
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Worldwide Plastic Production & Recycling
•300 Million Tons: plastic production
•150 Million Tons: disposed annually from households & businesses
•~1 million tons of agricultural plastics disposed from farming
operations
•~1 million tons of plastics disposed from industry and auto &
appliance shredder operations
•Scope of opportunity: less than 10% of the 152 million tons of plastic
disposed annually is recycled!
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Save equivalent of 874 billion
kWh of electricity, or 103 billion
gallons of oil compared to using
virgin plastic materials.
Potential Environmental Impacts of JET Recycling
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Reduce CO2 greenhouse gas
emissions by 1.2 billion tons, air
pollutant SO2 by 205.2 million tons
and NOx by 1.2 million tons
compared to using virgin materials.
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Save at least 1.5
billion cubic yards of
landfill space at
average compaction.
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Save 152 million large trees
and associated habitat
when used to replace wood
construction materials, and
reduce CO2 greenhouse gas
by 15.2 million tons.
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Permanently sequester all the
carbon and 30,000+ chemicals used
to make the original plastic products
with no leaching or outgassing into
soil, water or air.
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Keep millions of tons of
dangerous materials and
chemical compounds from
escaping into the environment
where they threaten wildlife
and human health.
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Add at least 840,000
well-paying, full-time
jobs and up to
$190 billion in profits to
local economies.
Potential Economic Impacts of JET Recycling
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• 254 million tons
• 152 million tons
worldwide
• 32.5 million tons
USA
EPA Data
Total MSW Generation (by material) 2013
32,512,000 tons per year in USA
65 billion pounds of plastic per year
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In municipal solid waste…
Plastic is the biggest
environmental problem,
but also the greatest
economic opportunity.
New MRF technology* allows
recovery of high volumes of
plastic films and flexible
packaging to greatly increase
both environmental and
economic benefits.
*Flexible Packaging Sortation at Materials
Recovery Facilities – RRS, September 21, 2016
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“Ag Plastics” can be processed
and recycled using JET technology
Agricultural Film Creates New Opportunity
Industrial and non-hazardous
medical waste plastics can further
increase volume and value
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• MSW plastics = Over 50% film and “off-spec” plastics
• Ag plastics = Over 90% film and “off-spec” plastics
• Industrial and medical waste plastics also “off-spec”
Connecting the Dots for Off-Spec Plastics
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PROBLEM
Insufficient market value of most plastics
Commodity prices paid for plastic waste
do not support recycling efforts.
Plastic films, EPS foam and other “off-spec” plastics, plastic
waste contaminated with other household, commercial,
institutional or industrial wastes, agricultural plastics – most are
too dirty, too comingled, too contaminated, too wet.
Too costly to recover, too costly to sort relative to value, and too
costly to clean, dry and bale.
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Create higher value for virtually all plastic waste
SOLUTION
JET’s unique capability to accept and recycle virtually all plastic
waste from any source – regardless of grade, type, composition,
comingling or contamination – generates the most profit of any
recycling technology.
Combining all plastic grades in manufactured products allows
virtually all plastic waste to be used to generate maximum
value.
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CONVERT – Impressive technology, but very
limited profitability and still results in burning
a non-renewable carbon resource.
RECYCLE – Middleman costs, costs of sorting to pure grade,
and competition with low-cost virgin plastics reduce
margins and the amount that buyers will pay for waste
materials. Purity requirements of conventional recycling
leave the great majority of plastic waste unused.
TRANSFORM – JET’s unique capability to transform mixed, dirty plastic waste
directly into high-value end-products generates the most profit of any recycling
technology. Combining all plastic grades in manufactured products allows
virtually all plastic waste to be used to generate maximum value.
JET Creates More Value Than Other Technologies
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Regardless of environmental, social or political goals, recycling must be
not just environmentally sustainable, but economically sustainable as well.
End-products made with recycled materials must be
sufficiently profitable to cover the costs of collection,
recovery, recycling, manufacturing, marketing and
sales.
Waste haulers, MRF operators
and municipalities say,
“SHOW ME THE MONEY!”
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Increasing the value of all plastic waste will
greatly increase investment in collection and
recovery, and insure profitable returns on
these investments.
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The Alchemy of Plastics Transformation
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Plastic waste
generation
Plastic waste
recovery

JET Recycles Virtually All Plastic Waste
Grocery bags, shopping bags, produce bags, multilayer snack bags
and drink pouches, tube packaging, plastic food wrap and films of all
kinds are recycled by JET regardless of typical contamination.
Though a comparatively small
portion is currently recovered,
films and flexible packaging make
up the majority of all plastic waste.
DSNY (Department of Sanitation New York) data
, PP
, EPS
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JET creates a major profit opportunity for
recycling of film and flexible packaging along with
virtually all rigid plastics
New film recovery technology for MRFs* and emerging mixed waste processing
technologies show the possibilities for massive increases in collection, recovery and
recycling of films and flexible packaging.
With JET, virtually all recoverable plastic waste – regardless of grade, type or
composition – can be used to directly manufacture permanently durable, high-value
end-products.
JET products can create as much value and profit from a potato chip bag, multilayer
drink pouch or turkey wrapper as from an HDPE bottle.
*Flexible Packaging Sortation at Materials Recovery Facilities – RRS, September 21, 2016
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What can you do with 300 billion pounds
of plastic per year (65 billion pounds in the US alone)?
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Expanding Markets Where JET Can Be
The Profitable Low-Cost Manufacturer
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New products made possible by
JET’s lower cost manufacturing
add billions more potential.

Commercial Products
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Boards and Posts for Conventional Construction
Lasts virtually forever
even if buried or
submerged
Unattractive to gnawing
insects and animals
Impervious to mold,
mildew, algae
Fire resistant
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JET™ Construction System
pre-engineered kits require
no measuring, sawing or
nailing, and usually require
no foundation.
JET plastic lasts indefinitely
even if buried or
submerged.
Fencing and Landscape Structures
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Municipal Infrastructure
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Modular Decks – Furniture - Construction Kits
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Similar product can be made by JET
at lower cost.
at lower cost.

Sight & Sound Barriers
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at lower cost.

Equestrian Structures
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JET construction materials
can be made fire-resistant
to not spread flame

Farm & Ranch - Porous Roadway & Driveway
Some products shown are from other manufacturers, but equivalent
products can be made by JET at lower cost and greater environmental benefit.
Porous roadway and driveways
Erosion and mud control
Isolation grid to protect hooved animals
in confined animal feeding operations
Specialized fencing
Modular/portable feeders
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Tropical House from Marine Plastic Waste
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JET Products Can Replace Wood, Treated Lumber,
Asphalt, Concrete & Metal
• Waterproof, rot-proof and splinter-free
• Fire-resistant and self-extinguishing for specific applications (e.g., animal housing)
• Ideal for earth-buried and water-submerged construction
• Does not leach or outgas chemicals into surrounding earth, water or air
• Sterile – easy to wash and disinfect
• Highly insulating
• Unaffected by all typically used chemicals and cleaners
• Resistant to mold, mildew, fungi, and all insects and gnawing animals
• Highly resistant to impact, abrasion and wear – can be made flexible, resilient and almost
unbreakable for special applications (e.g., bulkheads, porous roadway)
• Acoustically superior to wood, concrete and metal – quieter in all applications
• Extremely resistant to electrical conduction even when wet
• Guaranteed forever against environmental degradation
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• Simplifies and increases curbside participation by accepting virtually all plastic
waste
• Can dramatically increase landfill diversion by processing all plastic films,
multilayer flexible packaging, EPS foam & other plastics previously considered
“unrecyclable”
• Gives value to previously difficult to dispose plastics (unique product designs can
achieve same value for snack bags, drink pouches and poultry wrappers as for HDPE
bottles)
• Can increase profitability for waste haulers and MRF operators by increasing both
sales volume and margins
• JET recycling revenue can support other “zero waste” technologies
JET Systems Support & Enhance
Existing Recycling Programs
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New MRF technology
for recovery of films
and flexible packaging
may eliminate need for
separate bag and film
collection.

Conventional Supply Chain vs JRW Business Model
1. Materials Collection
2. Materials Recovery with multilevel sort
requirements
3. Sale of sorted high-value grades (disposal
of low-value materials to burn or bury)
4. Sales to Brokers/Distributors
5. Sales to Processors
6. Transportation to Processors
7. Processing to create intermediary
feedstocks
8. Sales of intermediary feedstocks to
Brokers/Distributors
9. Transportation of intermediary feedstocks
to end-product manufacturers
10. Manufacturing of finished end-products
11. Finished end-product wholesale/retail
sales
12. Transportation to end-product Buyers
1. Materials Collection
2. Materials Recovery with minimum
sortation requirements
3. Integrated processing/manufacturing of
finished end-products
4. Finished end-product wholesale/retail
sales
5. Transportation to end-product Buyers
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JET eliminates costly creation of intermediary feedstocks,
and multiple levels of sales, distribution and repeated
transportation.
Low-value “unrecyclable” materials that typically go to
landfill or burn are incorporated into high-value JET™ end-
products.
Washing, processing and final product manufacturing all
happens in JRW facilities located at the source of plastic
waste.
End-products sold to the same demographic/geographic
area that generated the plastic waste – a true local circular
economy.

• Consumer
• Big box retailers
• Home improvement
• Pet owners
• Gardening/Food growing
• Do-It-Yourself
• Commercial
• Landscaping contractors
• Fencing contractors
• Deck & Dock builders
• Building Supply & Lumberyards
• Resorts
• Agricultural & Equestrian
• AFO/CAFO Farms & Ranches
• Beef & Dairy cattle
• Hogs
• Sheep
• Horse owners and breeders
• Institutional
• Schools/Universities
• Hospitals
• Municipal
• State, County, City, Town
• Parks & Recreation Departments
• Highway Departments
• Federal
• National Park Service
• Federal Highway Administration
• Army Corps of Engineers
JET – a critical solution for achieving Zero Waste and a
Circular Economy
Non-centralized, regional business model puts facilities where plastic waste is generated and recovered.
Virtually all plastic waste from all sources is accepted and processed regardless of comingling or contamination.
Mixed plastic waste is used to manufacture permanently durable, high value products for the same communities
that generated the original plastic waste.
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JET – The Future of Plastic Recycling
• Accepts virtually all plastic waste from any source – regardless of grade, type, composition,
comingling or contamination and directly manufactures 100% recycled end-products from
this mixed material (uses comingled and composite polymers in the same proportion that
they occur in the plastic waste stream).
• Uses all recoverable plastic waste allowing a JET facility to get all the raw material required
for cost-efficient production from the output of a single large MRF or MWPF (can readily
add and incorporate waste plastics from agricultural, industrial and medical sources).
• Eliminates multiple, costly steps from the current supply chain model.
• Manufactures a sufficient variety of end-products to sell all recycled production right back
to the same demographic/geographic area that generated the waste material.
• Creates about the same end-product value from a potato chip bag, poultry wrapper or
multilayer drink pouch as from an HDPE bottle.
• If broken or no longer needed, JET products are indefinitely recyclable by the same process.
• Puts plastic waste from all sources to its highest and best use for both environmental
benefits and economic contributions.
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