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GLASS is the HARDEST <br />• Triple Economic Hit <br />— Consolidation in local markets <br />• Strategic Materials acquired Reflective in December 2015 <br />eliminating competitive pricing for glass. <br />• Revenue neutral in 2015, SONOCO charged tip fee in 2016. <br />— Low value material (25% of what the MRF gets) <br />• New custom to quote two rebate prices— commingle with glass, <br />and commingle without glass. <br />— Damages equipment, reduces value of other commodities <br />• Chews up disks; $12,000/ month replacement costs <br />• Sorting suffers when disks fail; plastic with paper, glass goes with <br />plastic, reduces sale value across the board <br />• Glass shards stick to other commodities making them harder to <br />process and clean for remanufacture <br />