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<p class="Default">You are eligible for this grant opportunity if your organization is a p<span style="font-size:11.5pt">ublic, private, or non-profit Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) operator, or a post-MRF or secondary processor, or a mixed waste, or municipal
solid waste facility. See more attached and below…</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Scott Breen <SBreen@cancentral.com> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 29, 2020 4:08 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Scott Breen <SBreen@cancentral.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Grant Opportunities and New Circularity Research<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear State Recycling Leaders,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I want to make you are aware of new aluminum can capture equipment grants for MRFs and of new research analyzing the circular performance and potential of U.S. beverage containers.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u>Aluminum Can Capture Equipment Grants for MRFs</u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">My organization, the <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cancentral.com%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cilda.hershey%40okstate.edu%7Cdf366a2b61024def9f5308d87c4ec7a9%7C2a69c91de8494e34a230cdf8b27e1964%7C0%7C1%7C637396025089519202%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000&sdata=P10OL217%2Bnutt0u4oHWMctjhtllirZRw4ayZRU0Chxk%3D&reserved=0">
Can Manufacturers Institute</a> (CMI), which represents U.S. metal can manufacturers and their suppliers, released
<a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cancentral.com%2FCansDriveRecycling&data=04%7C01%7Cilda.hershey%40okstate.edu%7Cdf366a2b61024def9f5308d87c4ec7a9%7C2a69c91de8494e34a230cdf8b27e1964%7C0%7C1%7C637396025089524191%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000&sdata=CVRoq95F3FLtMwWBnhvkh2b7eKKisomz0U9U%2BJMKt6Q%3D&reserved=0">
research</a> earlier this year that found while used beverage cans (UBC) provide significant/critical revenue to MRFs, up to 25% of UBCs that flow through MRFs are missorted. These missorted cans can be effectively captured with additional aluminum can capture
equipment (e.g., second eddy currents and robots) that can pay for itself from the additional revenue generated by capturing and selling more cans. To help spur more of this equipment in MRFs, CMI
<a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cancentral.com%2Fmedia%2Fnews%2Fcan-manufacturers-institute-ardagh-group-and-crown-holdings-offer-2021-grants-aluminum&data=04%7C01%7Cilda.hershey%40okstate.edu%7Cdf366a2b61024def9f5308d87c4ec7a9%7C2a69c91de8494e34a230cdf8b27e1964%7C0%7C1%7C637396025089529186%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000&sdata=CQ8yx%2FlfBAwbVw6lAegNXxsRj1u%2FiSVgPW7haS8kiQY%3D&reserved=0">
announced</a> a grant program for 2021 funded by beverage can makers Ardagh Group and Crown Holdings. With a more immediate deadline, Ball Corporation released a RFP for aluminum can capture equipment (attached).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u>New Circularity Research</u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A new report titled <i><a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cancentral.com%2Frecyclingunpacked&data=04%7C01%7Cilda.hershey%40okstate.edu%7Cdf366a2b61024def9f5308d87c4ec7a9%7C2a69c91de8494e34a230cdf8b27e1964%7C0%7C1%7C637396025089534177%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000&sdata=A4kNwIIzsCjoH7l0UGU8HgkS6c7omIPaVP8nn0NMdE4%3D&reserved=0">Recycling
Unpacked: Assessing the Circular Potential of Beverage Containers in the United States</a></i> concluded that aluminum beverage cans have the highest circular performance in today’s U.S. recycling system and the highest circular potential. The material flow
analyses in the report show visually how aluminum cans, glass bottles, and plastic PET bottles are flowing through the U.S. waste management system. It finds that
<span style="color:black;background:white">more than 80 percent of beverage cans collected for recycling are recovered and turned back into new beverage containers, compared with 59 percent of glass bottles, and only 13 percent of plastic PET bottles. In addition
to the analysis of current circular performance, the report analyzed the carbon emission reduction potential for the three beverage packaging types under three future scenarios – 100-percent collection, 100-percent sortation, and a national deposit system.
In each future scenario, the aluminum can delivered the highest carbon emission reduction potential. For example, once a 100 percent deposit collection rate is achieved for each material type, the total emissions impact reduction potential for recovering one
metric ton of aluminum cans is three times higher than plastic PET bottles and 42 times higher than glass bottles. Please check out the full report
<a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cancentral.com%2Fsites%2Fcancentral.com%2Ffiles%2Fpublic-documents%2FMetabolic_Report_RecyclingUnpacked.pdf&data=04%7C01%7Cilda.hershey%40okstate.edu%7Cdf366a2b61024def9f5308d87c4ec7a9%7C2a69c91de8494e34a230cdf8b27e1964%7C0%7C1%7C637396025089539172%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000&sdata=ZHRj48w2oSbmo42tC31UlqvLmVU7Pk9WEA4f%2B2POWMw%3D&reserved=0">
here</a> and the press release <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cancentral.com%2Fmedia%2Fnews%2Faluminum-cans-show-highest-circular-performance-us-beverage-packages-new-analysis-finds&data=04%7C01%7Cilda.hershey%40okstate.edu%7Cdf366a2b61024def9f5308d87c4ec7a9%7C2a69c91de8494e34a230cdf8b27e1964%7C0%7C1%7C637396025089544158%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000&sdata=uxSnRlPk2B3dKSRjQMMayYzmCgfD%2B9wn5h6uYIIGLws%3D&reserved=0">
here</a> for more information.</span><span style="background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for checking out and sharing the grant opportunities and research! Please email me if you have any questions. Best wishes for good health to everyone across the country.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks again,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Scott Breen<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Vice President of Sustainability<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">202-232-4677 (o); 847-207-1019 (m)<o:p></o:p></p>
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