Recycling in SC



Recycling Market Development Advisory Council (RMDAC) Meeting

Oceana Gold Mine

Kershaw Train Depot, N Cleveland Street Kershaw, SC

Tuesday May 15th, 2018

10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

David Thomas, Haile Gold Mine: Safety Update

Scott McDaniel, Haile Gold Mine: Using local labor and local suppliers has been a benefit to the company. Haile is grateful to be a part of this community. They plan to mine this area for the next 18-35 years. They will spend $55M in restoration when they exit the site. Environmental safety is important to the company.

David Thomas and Scott McDaniel provided Haile Gold Mine tours.

RMDAC

Norman Chandler, Republic Services

Bill Laursen, Universal Environmental Services

Chuck LaGrange, Greater Greenville Sanitation Commission

Andy Spicer, Ph.D. USC Darla Moore School of Business

Chad Prescott, Mid-Carolina Steel

Vic Carpenter, Kershaw County

Kristen Brown, WasteZero

Ronnie Grant, Retired (proxy Carol)

Chris Fisher, Fisher Recycling

Tina Huskey, Mumford Industries (phone)

ABSENT

Wes Westbrooks, BMW

Carol James-Gilchrist, Sonoco Recycling

Angel Lara, Southeast Recycling Resources

Brad Dutton, FiberQuest

Drew Smith, Michelin

GUESTS

Glenn Odom, Retired

Ron Baker, D4 Energy Group

Rick Setzer, D4 Energy Group

Steve Cole, Greater Greenville Sanitation

David Thomas, Haile Gold Mine

Scott McDaniel, Haile Gold Mine

STaff:

Chantal Fryer, SC Department of Commerce

Anna DeLage, SC Department of Commerce

Call Meeting to Order

Kristen Brown motions to call the meeting to order at 12:40pm

Acknowledgement of visitors. RMDAC introductions. Chris Fisher gives brief introduction of Fisher Recycling. They recycle glass into countertops for the commercial and residential sectors and are beginning collection in the Upstate with RAM Recycling.

 

Minutes

Minutes approved for the January 2018 meeting.

Discussion

Chantal Fryer provided an overview and highlights of the ongoing activities of the Recycling Market Development program by presenting the dashboard. Annual Report: DHEC numbers received 4/20/18. Report has been submitted to General Assembly.

|Activity |Status |Due Date |

|Continue to manage market development efforts for more |Working with local composters on market needs |Ongoing |

|organics diversion and composting in South Carolina |4/3 Councilman Cain Batesburg-Leesville | |

|through the Don’t Waste Food SC program. | | |

|Coordinate meetings with grocery stores on Don’t Waste |USDA Grant(s) |Spring/Summer 2018 |

|Food SC | | |

|Continue to develop and support compost markets around |3/19-3/21 CRA Composting Track |Ongoing |

|the state |4/14 DeLage presented at Waste Expo: | |

| |40 Under 40 panel discussion | |

| |Food Reduction Spotlight Session | |

|Work with DHEC on DWFSC Summit and SERDC meeting to |Summit will be held later in year. SERDC |Ongoing – specific deliverables|

|celebrate 2nd anniversary of campaign. |11/13-15 |TBD |

Anna DeLage was a recipient of the Waste 360 the 40 under 40 awards the program recognizes inspiring and innovative professionals under the age of 40 whose work in waste, recycling and organics has made a significant contribution to the waste, recycling and organics industry. Awards were presented at WasteExpo in Las Vegas, April 23-26, 2018.

On April 26th Governor Henry McMasters presented Atlas Organics with the Recycling Industry Excellence Award during the Industry Impact Awards.

South Carolina Department of Commerce exhibited at the NPE Show. This is the largest plastics show in the country, occurring only every 3 years. Two SC recycling companies exhibited at the booth with a focus on increasing export markets for recycled materials.

Recycling staff stayed busy during Earth Day with Your Bottle Means Jobs exhibiting at BMW (6,000 attendees), Colonial Life, the RBC Heritage, and at York County’s Earth Day Birth Day.

|Activity |Status |Due Date |

|Events- CRA conference, Earth Day, and Fall campaign Columbia |4/13 -Heritage |Ongoing |

| |4/18 USC Sustainability | |

| |4/19 -BMW | |

| |4/20 – Colonial Life | |

| |4/28 -Earth Day/B-day York | |

|Annual report/brag piece for YBMJ |Done |4/15/18 |

|Promote Your Bottle Means Jobs Videos – shows jobs through |Ongoing |CRA Demonstration Café |

|recycling | |and Booth |

| | |3/22/18 |

|Fundraising for Your Bottle Means Jobs – tolling strategy and |Ongoing |Ongoing |

|traditional method | | |

|Social Media – 598 follows on Facebook; 6,100 video views (4672 |Ongoing |Ongoing |

|previous dashboard) | | |

|Carpet America Recovery Effort |5/8 – Board Meeting |Ongoing |

| |5/9 – Annual Meeting | |

|Plastics recycling company locating in the Carolinas |Loop Industries |Ongoing |

| |Daniel Solomita | |

RePower South held their ground breaking April 17th. BHS will be the equipment manufacturer. Palmetto Commerce held grand opening April 19th. They are taking old clothing, many of which people would otherwise throw away, and re-purposing them for cleaning rags, automotive, machine shop, painting, custodial, staining, etc.

|Activity |Status |Due Date |

|Meetings with Upstate Glass Recycling Group – looking at drop off sites |Ongoing |Ongoing |

|in partnership with Greenville and Spartanburg Counties, Fisher Recycling| | |

|and Strategic Materials | | |

|Met with Midlands stakeholders: DHEC, USC, Ft. Jackson, Richland County, |Ongoing |Ongoing |

|Strategic Materials, Glass Packaging Institute, City of Columbia to | | |

|discuss status of glass recycling | | |

Ron Baker with D4 Energy provided company overview. Don and Ron formed company in 2009. Ron worked for Michelin Tire and was tasked with the question of how to handle tires at end of life. This created the interest in finding solutions for materials end of life. D4 Energy has a patented devolcanization process. Utilizing pyrolysis, D4 Energy creates syngas and carbon. They utilize a fixed waste to energy solution. D4 Energy has a mobile system application that could be utilized during natural disasters, or in remote areas. They have flexible output solutions for natural gas, jet fuel, diesel, or electricity. The system is modular and scalable. D4 Energy is backed by Energi/Hanover for performance insurance. In Greenville, D4 Energy has partnered with Smart City to provide energy solutions for the proposed facility. The BCF unit is a vacuum with temperatures up to 450 degrees. Each module can take 40/T a day. D4 Energy set up a facility in Poland. Tipping fee would be $12 for MSW because D4 Energy can make money off of the fuels coming out of the process.

In Europe these facilities are more prominent because they utilize pay as you throw programs and capture the valuable recyclables on the front end. A system like this could work well with a PAYT model.

Demand for PET is expected to increase steadily in the next 15 years.

Tire recycling has been challenge for local governments, and one that has been increasingly costly. Many counties are paying well over 100 a ton plus the cost fuel for tire recycling. Is there an opportunity for a state contract with tires? There are limited companies picking up tires on this scale and they are setting their price (US Tire/ SC Tire Processing/ Kiln Direct). Viva Recycling has shut down due to their inability to take tires. Some of these counties are getting stuck with high cost 5 year contracts. Georgetown is struggling to find someone to bid on their contract. There are not enough markets for these tires. Recycled tire asphalt is not being utilized on SCDOT roads other than a handful of “test” areas, but the technology is proven. ARTS is no longer active and the current DOT spec is difficult to meet because the material has to be terminally blended and comes at a higher upfront cost.

OLD business/ market updates

Glass: One player on the market (Strategic Materials) $20 ton for clean, clear glass.

Carpet: Nylon 66 is in high demand there is not a lot of it. Nylon 6 has little demand and there is not a lot of PP in the stream. The majority of the carpet is polyester and there are no markets for PET right now. Testing at the non-wovens institute at NC State seems promising.

Paper: Cardboard is not moving due to China ban, high grade is doing better. Domestic markets are good. Tissue plant about to open in Barnwell.

Metals: Aluminum 2,300 some higher grades are at high levels. Russian aluminum manufacturer was sanctioned, that is creating some market fluctuation.

Recycling: The 30 day moratorium with China has put a strain on exports.

new business

None

Motion to adjourn (Norm) seconded by Chris.

Adjourn 2:08

 

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