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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