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Metal recycling VEOLIA – Strategy & Activities

Jean – Marie Thierry , Dismantling & Circular Economy, Veolia France Daisaku Honda , Waste Recycling Dept., Veolia Japan

Tokyo, Dec. 8th 2016 / Workshop ADEME – NEDO

Agenda

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Source : EMF

1.Veolia and the Circular Economy Strategy and activities

3.Metals recycling from WEEE Our experience and ongoing projects

2. Veolia Japan : Circular activities Presentation and recent developments…

1.Veolia and the Circular Economy

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« VEOLIA can create innovations &

technology for circular economy.…

I am convinced of the need for business alliances,

where companies can co-create new solutions,

new technologies & new business models » Antoine FREROT Jan 27 2014 « the Guardian »

Ellen MacArthur : “a circular model reusing resources, regenerating, natural capital, and

designing for reuse”.

Rethink and redesign, reduce, reuse, recycle, dispose

Integrated services Water/ Energy/ Waste

For municipalities & industries

Large portfolio of proprietary technologies + expertise

Large client base worldwide ( access to secondary materials)

Industry: cross sector offer (plastics: F& B to automotive)

Co – creation : new partnerships (Danone – Veolia alliance)

Helping its customers to create value by going circular

* O&G, Mining,& Metals, Food & Bev, Pharma & Cosmetics

Pressure on resources

Favorable regulations

Societal evolution towards:

circularity

collaborative and functional economy

Circular Economy revenues (estimated) - €bn

2015 2018

CAGR

Market drivers Veolia’s growth targets

Compliance (regulations)

Urban communities : sustainability + job creation,

economic attractivity, cultural attraction.

Industries :

environmental protection

creation of shared value with stakeholders

license to operate, material resources

Clients’ expectations

Veolia’s differentiating factors

Secondary materials from waste, wastewater or

fatal heat (energy) recovery

Specialty materials (plastics, rare metals from

WEEE )

Fertilizers/animal feed from organics (food waste)

Energy : steam / electricity (RDF , biogas,

biofuel,...)

Engineering/ procurement/ Construction &

Operation of industrial facilities

Dedicated platforms (territorial ecology / industrial

symbiosis) : shared heating networks, water

reuse, materials recovery)

Energy efficiency & industrial services to protect

the environment

4.6

+10%

3.5 Municipal

Key industrial sectors*

Other industries

Our value proposition through Circular Economy

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Veolia’s approach is aligned with ADEME’s analysis)

Sustainable supply

Eco-conception

Industrial and territorial

ecology

Responsible consumption

• Purchase

• Collaborative use

• Zero waste target

Increased lifespan :

• Reuse

(salvaging)

• Repair

Supply of economical

actors

Demand and behaviour of consumers

Waste Management

Systemic approach Organic materials

recovery

Recycling

Efficiency

Sharing economy

Renewable energies Recycling

Functional

economy

Smart City

territorial

ecosystem

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Veolia’s material recovery business

Plastics: • PP (Polypropylene)

• PET ( Ethylene Polyterephthalate)

non ferrous materials: • Aluminium

• Copper

• Gold & silver

• platinoids

Recycling

VPFR (Veolia Propreté France Recycling)

Trading of secondary materials :

papers, cardboard and fibrous materials

Non ferrous materials

Main players (Europe)

Veolia Polymers NL (Polypropylene 40 000 T/yr)

Veolia Germany (PET 60 000 T/yr)

TRIADE (France) WEEE dismantling & materials recovery

(plastics, metals – special treatment for printed circuit boards.

New opportunities Construction waste 100% recycling rate for rubble,

wood and scrap

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2. Veolia Japan : Circular activities

Veolia Japan

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o Established: 2002

o Employee: 5,500 (99% are Japanese)

o Business base in all major cities

Major activities

o 11 Municipal O&M projects (Hiroshima, Chiba…)

o 115 Customer service projects (Tokyo, Osaka…)

o 2 Biomass Energy (6 MWe each)

o 4 Industrial O&M projects

o 100 EPC references built across major industries

o 3 Material Recovery Facilities

(Existing as of 2016)

WATER ENERGY

Material recovery facility

WASTE

Veolia Japan - Plastic Recycling

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Ecos Factory o Saitama Prefecture

Start plant: 2006

Capacity treatment：36,600 t/Y

Treated volume： 23,000 t/Y

Recovery volume： 11,500 t/Y

Targeted waste：Container &

packaging plastics

Staff no.： 60

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Green Loop o Shizuoka Prefecture

Start plant : 2006

Capacity treatment ：36,600 t/年

Treated volume ： 20,400 t/年

Recovery volume ： 10,200 t/年

Targeted waste：Container &

packaging plastics

Staff no. ： 66

NISEN o Ibaraki Prefecture

Start plant : 2012

Recovery volume：

9,000 t/年 （High quality compound)

Targeted waste ：Industrial waste plastics

Staff no. ： 30

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Veolia: Energy Solutions Provider

References in Japan

Two contracts: 12 billion Yen of revenues for 20 years

• Business model: Partnership with Takeei - Holco / Assetco / Opco scheme

• Tsugaru Project: Biomass to Energy - 6.5MWe – 6 billion Yen of revenues (FIT) – operated

• Hanamaki Project: Biomass to Energy - 6.5MWe – 6 billion Yen of revenues (FIT) - signed

Veolia Japan - Biomass projects

Tsugaru Plant

Design Construction/

Procurement Financing Supply Operation

Performance guaranteed

Core Business

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3.Metals recycling

Veolia Germany

Refrigerator recycling

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o Preparation : sorting of mobile parts (glass /plastic)

o Fluids removal : CFC gas & compressor oil

o Manual phase: copper cables/ tubes/ compressor

o Shredding :

Pre-shredder 35 mm

Shredder 25 mm

o Separation process:

Magnet separator : metallic fraction

Windshifter : polyurethane

Eddy current : aluminum

o Pelletization (polyurethane)

o Gas treatment

Recovered quantities • Aluminum 200 T/yr • Metallic fraction 2,200T/yr

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Veolia France

Triade’s metal recovery from WEEE

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1. pretreatment (manual)

extraction hazardous components

Ink cartridge,

accessible printed circuit boards ,

batteries (lithium = fire risk)

Cables

pre-dismantling of large pieces

Energy and telecom bay,

Large industrial equipments.

3:. « differential crusher »

mechanical separation : Ferrous,

Non-ferrous,

Plastics, …

2. Disintegrator Blow out (without crushing)

hazardous inside components extraction:

Batteries and accumulators,

Capacitors,

Printed circuit boards …

1 Feeding Hopper

2 Differential crusher

3 Densimetric separator

B Air filtration

Material

recycling

85%

1 Feeding hopper

2 Disintegrator

3 Ferrous mechanical

separation

4 Screen separator

5 Ferrous separation

6 Non ferrous/inert separation

7 Manual sorting

Capacity

100,000 t/y

PATENTED technology

(confidential site)

Printed circuit boards precious metal recovery

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• Extraction of gold, rare metals and rare earths

out of PCBs

• combined mechanical process

• and hydrometallurgy process

• Gold/silver/ copper & platinoids recovery

Extension

• Shredder, smelter, electro refining

• Capacity: Several tens of tons/month

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(confidential site)

Recovery from lithium batteries

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PATENTED technology

Metallic powder (« Black Mass »)

Chemical mix Mn/Zn – Ni/Cd – Li/Co

Further refined into Lithium

Situation: Streets contain precious metals.

(Catalyst converters release particles of

platinum, palladium or rhodium).

Veolia’s concept: Precious metals recovery from collected

urban waste

Pilot plant in Ling Hall, Warwickshire, UK

Potential yield (per year : • 1,5 ton of platinum, (one of the rarest

precious metals in the world)

• 1,3 ton of palladium

• 800 kg of rhodium

Environmental benefit: • Less pollution

• Environmental footprint reduced (less

natural resources consumed)

Veolia UK Urban Mining concept: precious metals from street dust

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