Mike Centers Titus MRF Services

1. Speaker Background
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1993 - 1999 1999 - 2001 2001 - Present
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Mike Centers, CEO & President
2006 - 2013 2013 - 2017 2018 - Present
205 - 2006
1995 - 2004
Unitus Recycling,
“MRFs Unite!”

2. We work to create…
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better solutions for material recovery
new markets for recovered materials
recycling stakeholder connections

3. We work to prevent…
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the landfilling of valuable resources
the generation of greenhouse gases
the pollution of our oceans

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Project Portfolio – Glass Cleaning

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Project Portfolio – Film Recycling front end

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Project Portfolio – Install: Wash, Extrusion & Silos

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Project Portfolio – Robot Installation

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Project Portfolio – MRF Integration for BHS

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Project Portfolio – MRF Integration for BHS

10. Titus Project Portfolio is driven by Innovation
• Glass Cleaning System – Equipment/Process Patent March 2007
– 20 machines sold since 2008
– $12M+ in revenue
• Secondary MRF – Patent August 2014
– Process demonstration plant 2013 to 2020
– $10M+ in Revenue 2014-2022
– 2023 developed a Flexible mean and method to expand processing capacity throughout the US
• As Equipment Installers and Integrators
– Partnered with MRF System Providers on MRF retrofits reducing downtime to insure the MRF under retrofit does not have to
divert material (20 projects over 7 years)
– Partnered with Innovative plastic recyclers to pre process plastics to meet a wash grind or wash grind pelletize output (9
processing lines over past three years)
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Thought Leader in the Waste & Recycling Industry
Delivering Solutions to our Customers
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Project Portfolio – Stakeholder Studies, Portable
Sorting and LA Secondary MRF
The McKinsey article comes at a time when the American
Chemistry Council also recently looked at the issue with similar
findings.
A study performed by Titus MRF Services of Danville, Calif., for
the ACC concludes that collecting the back-end material from
MRFs on a regional basis would give a secondary MRF the
needed volume to pull out enough quality recyclables to
support operations.

12. Providing Sustainable Solutions for Material Recovery
Explain the chicken or the egg when it comes to recycling low
volume materials
The "chicken or the egg" problem in the context of recycling
low volume materials refers to the challenge of determining
which should come first: the development of technology and
infrastructure for recycling these materials, or the creation of a
market for them. Without the technology and infrastructure in
place, it can be difficult to recycle low volume materials, but
without a market for them, there may be little incentive to
develop such technology and infrastructure. This creates a
Catch-22 situation where the lack of one aspect prevents the
development of the other, leading to the question of which
should come first in order to break the impasse.

17. • 460 lbs./12 months = 38 lbs/month
• 52 homes equal one ton (raise rates $3 per home close the loop)
• MRFs send to market 80% of the 38 lbs
• 4 lbs are not recycled at the MRF and an opportunity to
improve the quality of existing plastics bales generated at a
MRF

18. Secondary MRF Mission
Our mission is to create a pathway for closing the loop for
all materials collected for recycling for the benefit of all
stakeholders.
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19. SB54 will elevate the need for the
industry to use Secondary MRF s
given all single use packages will be
recycled or banned
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20. We see an opportunity…
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Mixed Paper
Newspaper
Cardboard
Glass
Aluminum Cans
Steel Cans
PET
HDPE Natural
HDPE Color
Mixed Plastics
Cartons
Residue (Trash + Yield Loss)
Existing Material Recovery Facilities (MRFs) sort to produce truckload quantities of direct-
to-mill commodities that meet industry specifications
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Mixed Plastics have low value and limited domestic markets.
Historically, much of this material was exported to
developing countries for further sorting where residual
waste was not always properly managed.
Cartons can be sorted in existing MRFs, but it requires space
and takes too long to generate truckload quantities.
End-of-container line residue contains yield loss – good
materials missed by sorting machines – and other low
volume materials that MRFs are not designed to sort. This
material is typically sent to landfill or incineration.
Opportunity for
additional material
recovery through
Secondary Sorting

21. Our solution: Secondary MRFs
Existing
MRF “A”
Existing
MRF “D”
Existing
MRF “B”
Existing
MRF “C”
Existing
MRF “E”
Secondary
MRF
Any mixed
materials
Direct-to-mill
commodities
Properly managed
residual waste
Mixed Waste Paper
Cardboard (OCC)
Ferrous Metal
Non-Ferrous Metal
PET Bottles
HDPE/LDPE
PP
PS/EPS
PLA
PET Thermoforms
Aseptic Cartons
PETG
PVC
• Machine yield loss
• #3-7 mixed plastics
• Mixed bulky rigid plastics
• 2” minus
• Low quality PET grade B bales
• Mixed HDPE or Z bales
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Chemical Feedstock
& Fuels or upcycle
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Titus Secondary MRF
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23. What is the optimal way to expand secondary
processing?
Issue license to sort residual region by region and deploy the Secondary MRF Line as designed by Titus
• Target Plastic Recycling Facilities (PRFs) and Feedstock Preparation Facilities (FPF)s
• Work with Cities, MRFs, and using existing equipment manufacturers to modify or add a processing line
capable of processing the last 4 lbs in a residence recycling bin to close the loop for up to 1,400,000 residences or
about 3,640,000 people
Capital cost is $3 to $6M and collection and sort incremental cost is by household is $2.00 to $3.00 per month.
• Can a Municipality or MRF provider find means and methods to capture an additional $3 per month rate
increase?
• Will a resident pay more for a collection and sorting service that deliver a 5% increase in diversion and no
ocean pollution plastic leakage?
Our solution is to enhance curbside collection and sorting SERVICE to
residents and cities and cover the cost thru residential collection fees.

24. Impact of building three facilities in major metro
markets!
• Blue Bin Accountability for ~25 million consumers!
• Extends existing MRFs ability to adapt to the “ever changing” blue bin
• Conserves valuable resources and reduces need for virgin materials
• Reduces greenhouse gas generation by 330,000 tons CO2eq
• Reduces leakage to the marine environment by managing mixed
materials domestically
• Creates 138 direct clean technology jobs
• Provides data to encourage product stewardship
Blue Bin Accountability - sorting to recover direct-to-mill commodities and
managing residual wastes responsibly
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Stakeholders who benefit
MUNICIPALITIES & RESIDENTS
• Provides “Blue Bin Accountability” and data to
encourage product stewardship
• Reduces environmental impacts
• Improves recycling/diversion rates
• Creates domestic clean technology jobs
• Harmonize material types by region not by
MRF/City
MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITIES (MRFs)
• Increases operational flexibility
• Decreases reliance on export markets
• Extends ability to adapt to the “evolving ton“
• Reduces costs associated with machine yield loss
• Shares revenue from material sales with MRFs
BRAND OWNERS & PACKAGING PRODUCERS
• Adapts to and facilitates introduction of new
packaging formats and/or materials
• Creates markets for low-volume materials
• Provides a cost-effective pathway to product
stewardship SB54 model?
DOWNSTREAM MILLS / PROCESSORS
• Increases availability of high-quality feedstock
• Produces feedstock that meets domestic mill
requirements
• Processes mill rejects to improve overall yield
• Reacts quickly to support new businesses
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26. Providing Sustainable Solutions for Material
Recovery
• Provide installation services to existing
equipment suppliers
• Assist in altering designs to facilitate
sorting the container line residual stream
from primary MRFs
• Assist in altering design to facilitate the
soring of post fiber reject from MRFs
• Provide patent protection for processing
MRF residual (Regional license)
• Work with operators on how best to sort
residual material
• Work with operators on how to maximize
the data from closing the loop on the
recycling bin