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Eliminating Make Everything from Recycled Waste the Idea of Waste Materials ELIMINATING MAKE EVERYTHING FROM RECYCLED WASTE THE IDEA OF WASTE MATERIALS RECYCLE ALL WASTE ELIMINATE WASTE REDUCE WASTE IN GAIN USEFUL HEALTH EMERGING REGIONS INSIGHTS FROM WASTE 1 CLICK TO EDIT MASTER TITLE STYLE the raw material • Click toPhoto edit Master text of styles gin – Second level • Third level – Fourth level » Fifth level worm poop production line TERRACYCLE IS A GLOBAL LEADER Active in 21 Countries TerraCycle Locations • Brazil • Norway • Canada • Spain • Mexico • Sweden • US • Switzerland • Austria • UK • Belgium • China • Denmark • Japan • France • South Korea • Germany • Australia • Ireland • New Zealand Regionally, TerraCycle is partly owned by several • Netherlands large waste management companies to leverage In Process of Opening their expertise and credibility across the globe. • India • Taiwan 5 SAMPLING OF PARTNERS Beverage …and many more TerraCycle Japan Recycling Programs: Founded Jan 2014 Cigarrete butts Toothbrush Car Air Freshner Recycling Cosmetics Container Recycling Program Collection Program Project Recycling Campaign • Retailer, government office • School, Dentist, Office, Autobucks Store Innis Free Stores Retailer Pet Food Packaging Recycling Home and Hair Care Joyful Honda Store Recycling Campaign Aeon Stores June 2019 April 2014 December 2014 May 2015 December 2016 October 2017 November 2017 March 2018 January 2019 Kiehl’s Container Collection Daily necessities Refill Plastic Umbrella Collection Cosmetic Container Kiehl’s Store Pouch Recycling Program& Disposable Recycling Program Government Office, Spoon&Lid Collection Program L’Occitane Store NPO Office in limited areas 7 creates waste 448 MILLION TONS of plastic are produced Consumer product every year. companies are the 2nd largest producers of plastic. More than 40% of plastic products is used only once. Less than 20% of all plastic is recycled globally. Plastics refuse may remain on the Earth for more than 450 years. LIVING IN A PLASTIC CRISIS Data source: National Geographic 06.2018 OCEAN PLASTIC POLLUTION More than 9 MILLION TONS Nearly 700 Marine Species of plastics are illegally tossed are harmed by Ocean into the Ocean annually. Plastics. By 2050, there will be more PLASTIC in the ocean than FISH. 9 million tons is equivalent to Microplastic end up in water dumping 1 GARBAGE TRUCK sources and food chain. of plastics EVERY MINUTE. Data Source: National Geographic 06.2018 THE TERRACYCLE SOLUTION 1. 3. 2. 1. LOGISTICS 2. SOLUTION 3. VALUE TerraCycle creates custom collection logistics for TerraCycle develops the science and TerraCycle works with each client to each recycling program. Programs are designed technology to recycle the previously non- drive significant ROI and scalability to best suit the client and their waste stream. recyclable waste into a new raw material. through their recycling program. 13 14 GARNIER AND TERRACYCLE TerraCycle ®, the TerraCycle Logo ®, and Brigade® are all Trademarks of TerraCycle Inc. used under license, www.terracycle.com, Toll-free 866.967.6766. 15 18 19 20 RECYCLING THE NONRECYCLABLE Most products and packaging are considered non-recyclable only because of economics. Examples below: WHEN: WHEN: NON- LOGISTICS PROCESSING VALUE RECYCLABLE LOGISTICS PROCESSING VALUE RECYCLABLE NON-RECYCLABLE RECYCLABLE NOT RECYCLABLE Beauty Products PET Coffee Capsules Aluminum Polypropylene Complex Closures HDPE Uncoated Paper Flexible Plastic Packaging SOMEWHAT RECYCLABLE Cigarette Butts Glass 21 MAKE EVERYTHING RECYCLABLE Today we live in a linear world where most products are made, used once and then discarded. Extraction & Landfill or Incineration Manufacturing MAKE EVERYTHING RECYCLABLE TerraCycle’s first goal is to recycle products and packaging that do not currently have a solution to give materials a second life. Extraction & Recycle Manufacturing Value of Waste Gold Cheaper (+)VALUE Aluminum Air Care Bottle Recycled Shampoo Bottle Fabric Care Bottle 0 Trigger Sprayers AFTER COSTS OF RECYCLING AND COLLECTION AND RECYCLING OF COSTS AFTER Multi-Layerd Sachets – )VALUE - ( Blades/Razors Landfilled Expensive Dirty Diapers VALUE OF WASTE OF VALUE For mixed plastics value - http://www.recycle.net/cgi-bin/exview.cgi?item=LA1132175&w=01. Value of Different specs of PET - Mixed plastic value of separation is avg of PE, PET, PP and PS. http://www.recycle.net/Plastic/PET/xv100100.html - The value is negative because cost of separation and collection is more than the value of Value of waste- what the suppliers will buy the material for separation 24 Value of separation – what they are willing to pay for processed material. For Value of General MSW = cost of Landfilling - http://www.wastebusinessjournal.com/news/wbj20121003A.htm ELIMINATE THE IDEA OF WASTE TerraCycle's third step is to redesign products to enter into a reuse platform, completely eliminating the idea of waste. Redesign Reuse 25 Loop is a global platform that enables consumer product companies and retailers to shift from a disposable supply chain to a durable one. HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – MANUFACTURER OVERVIEW LOOP のサポーター The Loop Alliance aims to establish a new model of consumption that ends society’s dependence on disposability and eliminates the idea of waste. By doing so, it supports responsible economic growth with clear benefits to consumers, 世界経済フォーラム 東京都 businesses, governments and the environment. 公式認定事業 公募事業より選定 Loop Overview Consumer goods activities are responsible for significant social and environmental impacts. Our The World Economic Forum is current path of delivering on goals for growth in business and national economies is straining natural uniquely positioned to support capital assets far beyond sustainable thresholds, representing a growing systemic risk. This year was a milestone for evaluating progress towards the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development where this type of initiative: progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12 on Sustainable Consumption and Production was reviewed by the United Nations High Level Political Forum. The outlook is not − The Forum convenes key stakeholders positive. across sectors necessary for substantive collaboration, including policy-makers, Fortunately, initiatives such as the Loop Alliance are emerging as solutions that can have a positive business leaders, technology pioneers, impact on multiple sustainable development goals through a single initiative. The Loop Alliance will academics, civil society and labour leaders. bring about a series of new global consumer goods delivery systems, currently being developed by TerraCycle and its partners, that seek to redefine how consumers can access their favorite products in − The Forum’s platform has supported a a more convenient and quality experience, all while eliminating the idea of waste. number of leading multistakeholder Such more sustainable, circular systems are designed to deliver (full) and pick up (empty) branded initiatives, including on future consumable products to and from homes in durable, smart, non-disposable/fully reusable packaging. consumption models and advancing the The Loop platform is currently being evaluated and advanced by TerraCycle and the World Economic circular economy, developing a strong Forum in collaboration with select governments and private sector partners. A formal launch is body of knowledge and relevant planned for the upcoming Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland in stakeholder networks. January 2019, followed by initial pilot programs in the US Northeast and France. The Loop Alliance aims to establish a new model of consumption that ends society’s dependence on disposability and eliminates the idea of waste. By doing so, it supports responsible economic growth with clear benefits to consumers, businesses, governments and the environment. Loop Overview Consumer goods activities are responsible for significant social and environmental impacts. Our The World Economic Forum is current path of delivering on goals for growth in business and national economies is straining natural uniquely positioned to support capital assets far beyond sustainable thresholds, representing a growing systemic risk. This year was a The winners will be those who are milestone for evaluating progress towards the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development where this type of initiative: progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12 on Sustainable Consumption and Production was reviewed by the United Nations High Level Political Forum. The outlook is not − The Forum convenes key stakeholders positive. across sectors necessary for substantive collaboration, including policy-makers, able to participate fully in Fortunately, initiatives such as the Loop Alliance are emerging as solutions that can have a positive business leaders, technology pioneers, impact on multiple sustainable development goals through a single initiative. The Loop Alliance will academics, civil society and labour leaders. bring about a series of new global consumer goods delivery systems, currently being developed by TerraCycle and its partners, that seek to redefine how consumers can access their favorite products in − The Forum’s platform has supported a a more convenient and quality experience, all while eliminating the idea of waste. innovation-driven ecosystems by number of leading multistakeholder Such more sustainable, circular systems are designed to deliver (full) and pick up (empty) branded initiatives, including on future consumable products to and from homes in durable, smart, non-disposable/fully
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