Composition of Foodservice Packaging and Impacts on Bales

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1 Paper Recovery Alliance Plastics Recovery Group The following charts illustrate the estimated proportions of various types of foodservice packaging materials in each material stream, and the estimated quantities that would land in existing material bale types if those foodservice packaging (FSP) items were sorted by material recovery facilities (MRFs) into those bales (there is simply not enough FSP to create bales specially for these items). These calculations are based on: data supplied by the PRA/PRG on FSP generation and sales per 250,000 population, by item type; data and assumptions by the PRA/PRG on FSP substrates and typical item weights of targeted FSP materials (cups, containers, boxes and paper bags); data supplied by RRS on existing material stream volumes per population; a hypothetical FSP recovery rate of 10 percent (intended as a mid-range target); assumptions about which items will/will not be accepted; assumptions about how the item will be handled by existing MRF sorting equipment (e.g. that OCC cup sleeves will stay on cups throughout the MRF and land in the mixed paper bale rather than being sorted as OCC). Resolving perceived barriers Identify targeted material In a city of 250K people, 3,050 tons of target FSP are generated annually A 1 recovery rate would mean 305 tons would enter a MRF annually That recovery would affect current bale make up X% Technical solution October

2 FSP Impacts on a Bottle Bale Adding FSP to Bottle Bale* *At a 1 recovery rate 2013 Foodservice Packaging Institute, Inc. 2

3 FSP Impacts on a Mixed Plastics Bale PS (Rigid) PP PP PS (Rigid) Rigid Plastics Rigid Plastics Adding FSP to Mixed Plastics Bale* PS (Rigid) PP PP PS (Rigid) *At a 1 recovery rate 2013 Foodservice Packaging Institute, Inc. 3

4 FSP Impacts on a OCC Bale Carry Out Bags - Kraft Pizza Boxes - OCC Pizza Boxes Carry Out Bags Adding FSP to OCC Bale* OCC Kraft *At a 1 recovery rate 2013 Foodservice Packaging Institute, Inc. 4

5 FSP Impacts on a Bale 52 Hot Paper Cup Sleeves - Clay Coated Hot Paper Cup Sleeves - OCC Carton Cold Bev. Cups - Poly Coated Carton Hot Bev. Cups - Poly Coated Carton Cup Sleeves - Poly Coated By Fiber Type OCC (Cup Sleeves) Carton 2013 Foodservice Packaging Institute, Inc. 5

6 Adding FSP to Bale 52* OCC (Cup Sleeves) Carton *At a 1 recovery rate 2013 Foodservice Packaging Institute, Inc. 6

7 FSP Impacts on a Mixed Paper Bale Hot Paper Cup Sleeves - Clay Coated Hot Paper Cup Sleeves - OCC Carton Cold Bev. Cups - Carton Hot Bev. Cups - Poly Coated Carton Beverage Cups Food Containers Pizza Boxes Cup Sleeves By Fiber Type Other Coated Clay Coated Molded Pulp OCC 2013 Foodservice Packaging Institute, Inc. 7

8 Adding FSP to Mixed Paper Bale* Hot Bev. Cups - Carton Hot Bev. Cups - Other Coated Carton Cold Bev. Cups - Carton Cold Bev. Cups - Other Coated Carton Carton Clay Coated Carton Beverage Carriers - Molded Pulp Beverage Carriers - Clay Coated Carton Pizza Boxes - Clay Coated Carton Hot Paper Cup Sleeves - OCC Hot Paper Cup Sleeves - Clay Coated *At a 1 recovery rate 2013 Foodservice Packaging Institute, Inc. 8