International Symposium on

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Electronics and the Environment Recycling Summit

• International Symposium on
• Electronics the Environment

Tony Kingsbury Dow Chemical
Summit May 10-11, 2000 San Francisco, CA
ISEE May 8-10, 2000 San Francisco, CA
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APC MEMBERS
Ashland Chemical Company BASF Corporation Bayer
Corporation BFGoodrich Performance Materials BP
Amoco, P.L.C. Chevron Chemical Company Dart
Container Corporation The Dow Chemical
Company DuPont Eastman Chemical Company Equistar
Chemicals, L.P. ExxonMobil Chemical Company
The GEON Company GE Plastics Huntsman
Corporation Lyondell Chemical Company Montell
North America Inc. NOVA Chemicals
Corporation Occidental Chemical Corporation Sasol
Chemical Industries, Ltd. Shell Chemical
Company Solvay America, Inc. Union Carbide
Corporation The Vinyl Institute
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APCs Mission

• Ensure plastics are a preferred material by
  actively demonstrating they are a responsible
  choice in an environmentally conscious world.

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Find Out More about the APC and Plastics in the
Environment on the Internet
START WITH PLASTICS.ORG
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plasticsresource.com
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Recycled Plastics Market Database
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Searching the Market Database
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APC DURABLES BUSINESS GROUP

• Electrical and Electronics/Information Technology
  Program
• EE/IT Group Chair Tony Kingsbury (Dow Chemical)
• Program Scope
• Environmental and Product Benefits
• Recovery Technology and Economics
• Mechanical Recycling
• Feedstock Recycling
• Energy Recovery/Process Engineered Fuel
• Integrated Resource Management
• Communications
• Advocacy

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APC EE/IT Program

• Key Issues Associated with EOL EE/IT
  Product/Plastics Recovery
• Technical
• Infrastructure and cost-effective
  dismantling/sorting
• Multiple plastics and economies of scale
• Coatings removal, e.g., metallic
• Additives, including FR packages
• Quality, cost, availability
• MARKETS!
• Expanding collection initiatives (CRTs often
  initial driver)
• Progress through Public-Private Partnerships
  (e.g., MNOEA Project)
• Stakeholder Dialog to Drive Initiatives (e.g.,
  Tufts, ARC Workshops, etc.)

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Durables Recycling Technology Development
Plastics ID Sorting
Hand-held
Bench-top
Automated
Parts
Flake
Size Reduction Liberation
First Stage
Second Stage
Granulation
Non-FerrousRemoval
Single-Stage Air Classification
FerrousRemoval
Electrostatics
Dry Processing
EmergingTechnologies
Multi-Stage Air Classification
Material Separation
Sink-Float
Single StageHydrocyclones
Centrifuges
Wet Processing
Granulation
Froth Flotation
Multi StageHydrocyclones
EmergingTechnologies
Process Design and Control Strategies
QC
Product Testing
Economics Analysis
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Plastic-Plastic Separation

• Dry Processes
• Density
• Non-density

• Wet Processes
• Density
• Non-density

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Macro-SortationMicro-SortationMolecular
Sortation
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A New Groundbreaking APC Report From the
Electrical and Electronics Group
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APC Websites

• Plastics.org
• Plasticsresource.com
• Plasticsinfo.org
• Plastic-car.com
• Please visit us at the above websites and provide
  us with your comments

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APC EE/IT Program

• For additional information, please contact
• Dr. Michael M. Fisher Tony Kingsbury
• Director of Technology Environmental Bus. Devel.
  Mgr.
• American Plastics Council Dow Chemical
• 1300 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 800 2040 WHDC
• Arlington, VA 22209 Midland, MI 48674
• Tel [phone] Tel [phone]
• Fax [phone] Fax [phone]
• Email Mike_Fisher_at_plastics.org Email rakingsbury_at_d
  ow.com