Recycling for next generation

Recycling for next generation
WEEE Conference London September 2012
The RETHMANN Group’s three divisional companies.
The RETHMANN Group
> Environment
> Logistics
 Water Management
 Environmental Services
– Raw Materials
– Energy
– Services
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Contract Logistics
Freight Logistics
Port Logistics
Public Transport
> Bio-Industries
 High quality products made from
animal by-products
 New forms of energy
 Services for the agriculture and food
industry
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The RETHMANN Group: Turnover & Employees.
Turnover 2009 in Mio. €: 3,800
Turnover 2010 in Mio. €: 5,400
Turnover 2009 in Mio. €: 2,600
Turnover 2010 in Mio. €: 3,100
Turnover 2009 in Mio. €: 700
Turnover 2010 in Mio. €: 800
Employees 2009: 18,600
Employees 2009: 16,500
Employees 2010: 17,000
Employees 2009: 3,900
Employees 2010: 4,000
Employees 2010: 20,000
Turnover 2009 in Mio. €: 7,100
Turnover 2010 in Mio. €: 9,300
Turnover 2012 (est) 12 Billion
Employees 2009: 39,000
Employees 2010: 41,000
Employees 2012 (est) 50.000
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All figures (in this presentation) are consolidated figures
Figures 2010 are based on projections
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The Company
Activities in 28 Countries
Europe:
Asia:
Australia/Oceania:
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Austria
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Germany
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Russia
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Bahrain
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Australia
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Belgium
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Great Britain
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Slovak Republic
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China
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New Zealand
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Belarus
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Hungary
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Spain
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India
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Bulgaria
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Italy
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Sweden
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Taiwan
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Czech Republic
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Netherlands
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Switzerland
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United Arab Emirates
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Estonia
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Poland
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Turkey
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France
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Romania
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Ukraine
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Raw materials provided by REMONDIS
Material Flows
Volume t/year
Scrap Metal
10,200,000
Construction Waste
3,000,000
Earth
2,550,000
Paper / Cardboard / Card
2,000,000
Organic / Garden Waste
1,584,000
Sewage Sludge
1,200,000
Waste Incineration Slag
1,112,000
Hazardous Waste
1,000,000
Glass
775,000
Wood
674,000
Light Packaging
560,000
Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment
150,000
Metal Slag
145,000
Photo Chemicals
33,000
Precious Metals, Silver
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Products manufactured by REMONDIS – own brands
Products
Building Material: remexit®
Volume t/year
2,350,000
Gypsum Products: RADDIPUR®, RADDIPLUS®, RADDITRANS® etc
865,000
Composts and Earth: humerra®
800,000
Fuels: SBS®, BPG®, RENOTHERM®
150,000
Plastic Granulates: PLANOLEN® / PLANOMID® / PLANOPET®
60,000
Special Chemicals: alumin®
45,000
Solvents and Fresh Chemicals: recolor, AQUASIN, XELIN, ILLUMIN
22,000
White Mineral Pigment: casulwhite®, casulbin®, casulprint®, CASUBLANCA paints
14,000
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Macro – Economics for WEEE
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Population in 2009
6,7 Billion
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Population in 2025
9,0 Billion
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Population with income to buy electrical products
2009:
3,0 Billio
2025:
4,5 Billion
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In 2020 7 Million electric cars will be used, which equals 7 Billion Laptop batteries
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In 2025 1,5 Billion people will live in slums
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Macro – Economics for WEEE
In 2012 : 50 Million tons of WEEE
will be collected
In Asia : 12 Mio tons/year
(less than 1 kg/inhabitant)
USA
: 2 Mio tons/year (majority
goes to landfill/export)
EU: 6,5 Mio tons/year (14 kg person/year),
16-25% growth every 5 years
(University of Southampton)
By 2015 13 Mio tons of WEE in Europe, 80 % going to China for reuse or recycling/landfill
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Driving Factors for WEEE
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Amounts of waste are determined by 3 factors :
– Population
– Consumption patterns
– GDP
– (GDP in 2025 will have grown 1,5 times in comparison to today, 1% of national income
growth creates 0,7 % increase in municipal solid waste amount in OSCD countries )
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Competing for Raw Materials
From paying to get rid of „waste to
Competing for input materials
Challenge for „traditional“ recycling companies :
5-10 years contracts, bring or pay, PPP models etc
New competitors in the market, who is first at the customer
Numerous participants in a big grey market
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Competing for Raw Materials
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Besides lamps you have to accept material input for „0“ or you even have to pay
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Tender contracts sometimes only for 1 year - investments?
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Different legal frameworks in different countries
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Ownership of material
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Possible future trends
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New ways to access WEEE (social projects, door to door collection, internet .....)
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Biggest reuse platform: e-bay not reporting any figures to fulfil producer responsibilities
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Producer starting to involve in this business (eg IT B2B activities, car batteries only for
rent )
E-Stewart, EPEAT, WEELABEX : what to be fulfilled as an international producer or
recycler ?
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Possible future trends
Role of compliance schemes in the future ? (Financial guarantees, IT platform .....)
From recycling to urban mining
Direct collection from user – in competition with
municipalities, small shredders, self employees
Raw materials occur in geographical areas, where you have less and less production
Influence of logistics steadily increasing
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Recyclers competitors/equal level playing field ?
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Future Recyclers world
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Concentration process ongoing, the big companies get bigger, small niche players will
survive
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Packaging schemes start to involve in WEEE business and vice versa
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Globalisation of WEEE business in all aspects : customers, collection, recycling, trading
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Desperate need for harmonisation of legal frameworks to secure compliance in all aspects
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Transparency (open books)
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Future Recyclers World
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Close cooperation with producers in all aspects
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Globalisation of business
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Harmonised reporting
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Compliance services for all countries needed
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Track and trace for all material flows
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Recovery of all precious materials
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How to include „grey“ collection
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Future Recyclers World
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Only short term contracts
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Constant tendering processes
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High level of competition
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Different obligations in different countries
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New organisational structures and cost management
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Increase quality of employees and management
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WELCOME TO THE ENVIRONMENT OF ORDINARY BUSINESS !!
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