Mid America Paper Recycling Overview

Your waste is worth more than you think .

Growing the worth of your waste.

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Mission:

Vision:

Since 1926, our mission has been to add value by proactively educating, serving, and presenting a clear pathway for fiber recycling that lessens the use of natural resources, increases corporate and personal growth, reduces costs, and promotes safety.

Our team is dedicated to continually designing solutions for our customers, suppliers, and employees that result in achievable opportunities for growth and make a positive impact on the environment.

core values • Accountable:

Accountable to following through

Attitude: Create a positive work environment with a team first attitude

• Positive

• Dedicated:

Dedicate yourself to one another, our customers, and our suppliers Communicator: Proactively communicate; keep everyone informed

• Proactive

• Differentiate:

Commit to differentiate

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Waste is a terrible thing to waste.

If you don’t recycle with Mid America, you’ll never know how much more your waste is worth. We understand the paper recycling market better than just about anyone, and we know what other service providers are lacking. How do we know?

Over 90 years of industry experience has taught us how to overcome challenges and grow. We also conducted a comprehensive study on the challenges our customers face.

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“Is there any way we can reduce the hours our staff spends recycling?”

“Too much of our waste is ending up in landfills.”

“Do you have a solution to our environmental challenges?”

“Too much paper is being wasted. I need to increase my recycling rates.”

“I know I’m not making as much revenue as I could, but I don’t know why.”

Customers tell us all about their struggles with waste “What kind of equipment do we need to streamline our processes?”

“How can I make more money from segregating paper grades?”

“We have a new zero waste initiative.

We’re not sure how to achieve it.”

“What can I do to improve my waste handling?”

“Can you help us find new, more reliable revenue streams for our waste?”

“Our customers expect us to recycle more waste. Can you help with that?”

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We turn waste streams into growing value streams.

At Mid America, our culture is based on the principles of continuous improvement. We design recycling solutions for commercial and newspaper printing companies, box manufacturers, fulfillment and distribution centers, contract packagers, processors, and other similar companies who have paper waste streams.

Our National Account Managers analyze how waste is generated, how waste flows through plants, how loads are shipped, how processes can be improved, and how to generate more revenue per ton.

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Discovery Review

Objectives

Execute Plan

Continuous Improvement

Discovery

Objectives

Plan

Execute

Review

Need analysis, challenges, opportunities for improvement

Critical objectives to accomplish during the quarter

Who is involved and what will be done

Implement the plan and focus on the priorities

Reflect, adjust, and report key metrics with the customer(s)

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Your recycling plan starts with a free waste audit.

The waste audit is a proven process, based on continuous improvement methods, that forms the foundation for our strategic business partnership with you.

After a comprehensive site audit analyzing everything – from generation to exit for every facility – we develop a plan to improve the flow of waste through your facilities, eliminate cost streams, and find ways to capture the most value possible.

Take the Waste Audit Survey: www.surveymonkey.com/r/MAPRAudit.

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report

waste audit process Plant tour

Handling of recyclables

Baling and equipment

mill direct

trucking and logistics

cost stream elimination

To request a free waste audit, visit midamericapaper.com

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Mid America’s Waste Audit steps Growing the worth of your waste starts by gathering accurate information on your company, facilities, and waste stream. Our comprehensive process includes an audit of all the following areas:

Information about your company

Organizational Goals

• Mission and values.

• Number of employees.

• Where are you now in recycling vs where you want to be?

• Number of sites and their square footage.

• How much material are you handling and how is it being disposed?

• What are your goals and current initiatives?

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Logistics

Service

• What is your current logistics situation?

• Where is your product moving?

• Does the service you are receiving meet expectations?

• How are your loads weighed?

• Details about your facilities.

• How could service be improved upon?

Waste Volumes • How much volume do you handle?

Continuous improvement

• Where does your waste come from?

• Do you currently have a continuous improvement plan?

• What do you do with excess or damaged inventory?

• Identify the managers for various roles in your company.

• What were the last three programs you successfully executed?

Equipment/labor • What equipment do you have now?

• What is your process like?

• How experienced is your staff?

Financial goals

Safety • What are the transportation lanes in your plant?

• Have you incorporated recycling into your safety initiatives?

• Where are the contamination risks?

• What are your financial goals?

• Are you recieving deductions in your reporting?

• Have you considered costs and gains from recycling?

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Mill-direct insights earn a higher price for your waste.

Paper mills have idiosyncracies, and no two are the same. Mid America has built strong relationships with numerous mills, and we have unique insights into their operations from visiting each one of them.

We know the equipment they’re using, and precisely which paper grades they need, down to being able to match individual mill pulping machines with the most optimal fiber inputs.

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Mill-direct relationships from coast to coast Paper mills rely on our supply expertise, which means we can secure a premium over prevailing market prices through the natural ups and downs of the market. This helps our partners gather more revenue from waste, and it’s made possible by insights most recycling vendors can’t offer.

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Every service is optimized for revenue generation At our facility, we process over 50 grades of paper, and operate high speed balers, shredders, sorters, and guillotines. Our training programs will help your personnel improve safety and capture value with solutions we’ve used at our own plant. In addition, equipment and program recommendations will reduce handling steps, increase safety, and eliminate costly rejections and downgrades.

We have mission-critical logistics services as well. Our own trucking fleet has 150 trailers, backed by a network of freight brokers, individual carriers, electronic logistics boards, and 3rd party logistics partners. Overseeing it all is a team of coordinators in charge of our brokerage division’s transportation needs.

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150 Company Owned trailers

Company Owned

headquartered in Chicago with national and international operations

3rd party logistics partners

trailer drop programs

50 grades of paper processed in our facility

Transportation Management System (TMS)

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We track recycling results, so you can report on its impact.

Mid America is responsive and accountable to your organization’s goals for sustainability and increased revenue. We conduct quarterly meetings to review progress and agree on next steps. Status of individual projects, accurate and timely reporting on flows, rates, payments, recycling values, overall revenue generated and all of its resulting environmental impacts are tracked every step of the way.

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We find every angle to reduce costs and grow revenue.

Our ninety-year history has been made possible by the great relationships we’ve built with our client partners. We’ve helped municipalities, companies, and organizations of all sizes grow the worth of their waste. Whether our client partner is a small company or a large Fortune 500 corporation, we rigorously follow our proven process in 10 key steps.

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10 key steps in our partnership with you.

Site audit: waste stream review from generation to exit for every facility

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MAPR expertise to match best mill for each paper stream and grade

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Process to eliminate costly rejections and downgrades

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Educate frontline employees in best practices to boost efficiency, safety, and revenue

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Annual Environmental Contribution Report

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Maximize revenue through superior logistics coordination

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Dedicated resources for mill-direct logistics

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Find missing revenue streams and minimize waste

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Accurate and timely reporting on flows, rates, payments, recycling values

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All led by Account Managers who personally manage the game plan

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A proud and independent partner.

As a fourth-generation family-owned company, it’s our privilege to be at the forefront of an industry that has a positive impact on the environment. Our ownership team is vested in our relationships with customers and partners. Our financial strength is unwavering.

Above all, we know how to deliver higher productivity, safety, and economic value, all while turning waste streams into value streams.

Global brands have benefited from our solutions, and so will you.

Brokerage

Equipment

Recycling Management

Processing

Material marketing Transportation Program management Domestic and internationally

Consultation Sales Leasing Financing

Waste stream audits Analysis and training Equipment placement Program roll out

Baling Sorting Cutting Roll cutting Warehousing

3865 West 41st Street, Chicago, IL 60632

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