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ON OUR SIDE. ALRIGHT I LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE DECEMBER 14TH 2022 MILLION OF THE NEW ALBANESE
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SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING AT 6 30. THREE. STAFF, PLEASE. READ. ROLL CALL. YES.BEFORE WE GET GOING IF I THINK EVERYONE HAS THEIR MIKES ON, BUT IF NOT PLEASE TURN THEM ON. MR PHILIA. TROW HERE, MR SCHUMACHER HERE, MISS STUFFY HERE, MR HAROLD. HERE, MR. CONWAY HERE, MISS GALLO HERE, MR BARNES. MR KISSED HERE, MISS MCGRATH. WE HAVE A CORN. GREAT THE FIRST
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ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE ACTUAL MINUTES. FOR THE OCTOBER 12TH 2022 SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING WHERE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS TO LAST MONTH'S MEETING MINUTES. LIKE HIMSELF.ALRIGHT HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE OCTOBER'S MEETING MINUTES. SECOND. MR SCHUMACHER? YES, MISS GAL? OH, YES, MR PHILIA. TROW YES, MISS DUFFY? YES, MR CONWAY. MR BARNES? YES. GREAT. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA FROM EITHER STAFF OR BOARD MEMBERS? UM LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE ONE VISITOR. AND IF. UM HE'S ON THE AGENDA, RIGHT? SORRY ABOUT THAT. LIKE THESE ALL
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RIGHT. ARE THERE ANY OKAY? I THINK WE'RE GOOD. NEXT ON THE AGENDA. WE HAVE THE ITEMS OF BUSINESS. FIRST FOR OUR FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS. WE WELCOME TOBY LUNDBERG, VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER AT AXIOM PACKAGING. WILL BE GIVING A PRESENTATION ON ACCIDENT PACKAGING IN THEIR NEW VERTEX FACILITY. NEW YORK HERE A LITTLE BIT ON ME. HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF NEW OPENING SINCE 97 RIGHT SL BRANDS AND BODY WORKS. I WAS ACTUALLY THE 100 EMPLOYEES OF BATH AND BODY WORKS SO WHEN THIS WAS JUST A VISION AND UNLESS IT'S MINE, UM AS RELATED TO AN EXPRESS SHELL, RIGHT? CAME IN. UM FIVE YEARS OUT OF OUT OF COLLEGE THINKING, OKAY, THIS COULD BE SOMETHING RIGHT AND THEN IN IN 2007 LESS CAME TO ME AND SAID, HEY, VISION OF INSTEAD OF HAVING 50% OF OUR STUFF COMING OUT OF CHINA. HOW DO WE THINK ABOUT SUPPLY CHAIN IS MORE SUSTAINABLE? SO SUSTAINABILITY CAME GLAD THAT THERE'S THIS ORGANIZATION NOW THAT WE CAN TALK TO RIGHT SO GREAT FOR ORGANIZING THIS. AND SO BACK IN 2007 THIS IDEAL OF BEAUTY PARKING AND SO AFTER 22 YEARS WITH L BRANDS, UM YOU KNOW WHAT? I HAD THE PLEASURE OF ACTUALLY SEEING THAT BEAUTY PARK. START. AND 2010. WELL, I, YOU KNOW. RETIRED FROM L BRANDS IN 2020. I CAME TO EXCELLENT PACKAGING TO ACTUALLY CONTINUE THAT LEGACY AND HOW WE CAN ACTUALLY THINK ABOUT A REALLY ROBUST IN PLACE. SO ACTUALLY PACKAGING. UM 45 YEARS. I JUST WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON AXIOM, AND THEN WE CAN GET INTO VERTEX AND FEEL FREE TO ASK QUESTIONS AS WE GO. THIS DOESN'T HAVE TO BE PRESENTED. AND YOU KNOW YOU GUYS ARE WAITING FOR THE ASK QUESTIONS AS WE GO HOME HAVE QUESTION I'M SORRY. DID YOU SAY BEAUTY PARK? THE BEAUTY PARK. SO UM, IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE 400 ACRES THAT IT STARTED WITH WHEN WE WERE ACTUALLY WORKING WITH BILL EPPING FROM NEKO, RIGHT? IT WAS A PIG BUTTON RIGHT THERE OFF OF BEACH ROAD AND WHAT WE DID IS WE WENT THROUGH AND SAID, OKAY, HOW DO WE ACTUALLY THINK ABOUT OUR SUPPLY CHAIN AT THE TIME BECAUSE IT WAS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND, LIKE 50% OF IT WAS COMING FROM CHINA, RIGHT? AND SO WE TOOK AND SAID HOW DO WE ACT LEVERAGE ABOUT 12 SUPPLY AGREEMENTS WHEREBY WE GIVE 7 TO 10 YEAR SUPPLY AGREEMENTS. TO HAVE PEOPLE ACTUALLY COME INTO THAT BEAUTY PARK AREA WHICH IS 400 ACRES, WHICH NOW IS YOU KNOW 5 6000 ACRES AND OBVIOUSLY ALL THE EXCITEMENT OF INTEL. BUT IT ALL STARTED WITH THAT. THAT BEAUTY PARK IDEA IN 7 2008. LET'S HAVE THE FINANCIAL WHEREWITHAL TO ACTUALLY HAVE THE PROPERTY, BATH AND BODY WORKS HAD THE BUSINESS.AND NOW YOU SEE COMPANIES LIKE AXIOM K D. C. I THINK YOU GUYS A LOT OF YOU KNOW, LIKE IAN KALINOWSKI RIGHT? HE CAME BECAUSE THERE WAS A 10 YEAR SUPPLY AGREEMENT BETWEEN BETH
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AND BODY WORKS AND K D. C TO ACTUALLY MAKE THAT BUILDING HAPPENED, RIGHT? SO I'M JUST GIVING YOU A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT OF WHERE WE WERE, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING RIGHT. SO DOES THAT AS ADDRESS. YOUR QUESTION NOW IS THAT WE HAVE NOT HEARD THAT TERM, SO THANK YOU.YEAH YOU KNOW. YEAH IT'S I MEAN , IT WAS PRETTY. IT WAS PRETTY IN DEPTH AT THE TIME. UM IT TOOK LIKE LEAD TIMES FROM 16 WEEKS DOWN TO 16 DAYS. AND INSTEAD OF HAVING 400 MILLION IN WORKING CAPITAL FOR BBW, TAKE IT DOWN TO LIKE 90 MILLION, SO IT GOT THEM TO WHERE THEY ARE RIGHT NOW WHERE IT WAS 100 MILLION IN SALES BACK IN WHEN I STARTED IN 97. BEAUTY PARK. IT WAS AROUND ROUGHLY AROUND ONE OR TWO BILLION. AND HAVING THAT BEAUTY PARK IN THAT ABILITY TO ACTUALLY REALLY HAVE LAST MINUTE LIKE YOU CAN MAKE DECISIONS IN A MATTER OF MOMENTS AND HAVE NOT HAVING BAD INVENTORY. SO IT MADE THAT SUPPLY CHAIN PROBABLY BEST IN CLASS IN THE UNITED STATES, AND IT TOOK OUT GRANTS TO LIKE THE BBW PORTION $8 BILLION. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THAT RETURN ON INVESTMENT AND THAT'S WHERE SUSTAINABILITY STARTED. THAT'S WHY YOU KNOW, I TOOK ON THE JOURNEY BECAUSE THAT THAT FOAMING SO THAT THEY DO. 400 MILLION UNITS ARE BACK IN 2007.
THE WHOLE JOURNEY ON THE SUPPLY CHAIN WAS ABOUT IT WAS ABOUT. 14,000 MILES. IF YOU THINK ABOUT FOAMING AT THE PUMP, THE LABELS BOTTLES CONTRACT FILLING. AND NOW IT'S 14 MILES. SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY, A LOT OF PEOPLE GO THROUGH AND SAY WELL THIS PLASTIC OR THIS OR THAT. IT'S LIKE I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT THE LOGISTICS ELEMENT. WITH VACCINE PACKAGING THAT THE FAMILY HAS BEEN IN THE BUSINESS FOR 45 YEARS. IN 2010. THEY CAME AND THEY SOLD THEIR PREVIOUS BUSINESS. THEY SAW THEIR PREVIOUS BUSINESS AND IT WENT THROUGH AND STARTED FROM SCRATCH. UM THAT CAME TO THE BEAUTY PARK AS A HEADQUARTERS IN NEW ALBANY. THERE.
PACE PACE, THEN IT'S GOOD. NEXT NEXT. THE BATTERY'S LOW. MAYBE THEY'RE RIGHT. ACKNOWLEDGES.
HISTORY. YEAH. SO ACTUALLY MET OVER OVER A PERIOD OF 11 YEARS HAS GONE FROM NOTHING TO THIS YEAR. WE WILL END UP AT $650 MILLION IN IF YOU THINK ABOUT OUR BUSINESS PLASTIC BOTTLES COULD BE BRANDS LIKE BATH AND BODY WORKS. UNILEVER PROCTER AND GAMBLE. UM BUT PLASTICS HAS ALWAYS HAD THIS NEGATIVE CONNOTATIONS. SO WE SAID OK. HOW DO WE ACTUALLY GO THROUGH AND THINK ABOUT THINGS IN A MORE SUSTAINABLE WAY? SO LET'S GO. YOU GUYS KNOW? SHOWS ON DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. WE SAID. LET'S PUT OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS, AND THERE'S AN ARTICLE THAT CAME OUT LAST WEEK WHERE ABOUT 2.5 YEARS AGO, WE SAID, WE REALLY NEED TO THINK ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY AND REALLY CLOSED LOOP SYSTEM AS IT RELATES TO RESONATE. SO HERE COMES HIS VISION OF PCR FACILITY. POST CONSUMER RESIDENT RIGHT. NOW OHIO. WE'RE WORKING WITH E WASTE MANAGEMENT SITES THAT THE CULT MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITIES, MURPH. OHIO DOES AN OKAY CHILD WITH RECYCLING. ONLY ABOUT 11% OF THE £50 MILLION AND ANY LEGS BASIS. IS GOING TO BE COMING THROUGH FROM OHIO RECYCLING EFFORTS. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING TO PLACES LIKE INDIANA. UM KENTUCKY. NEW YORK CITY. THERE'S BUT NINE MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITIES THAT WERE ACTUALLY WORKING WITH PHASE ONE OF THE FACILITY THAT YOU SEE HERE AND FUTURE STATE WILL ACTUALLY INVITE YOU ON A TOUR. WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE IT FIRSTHAND. BUT WE'VE GOT 100 AND 20,000 SQUARE FEET WHERE WE'LL BRING IN ROUGHLY AROUND £50 MILLION OF IT COULD BE ANYTHING FROM A MILK CART JUG TIED BOTTLES. A WATER BOTTLE, AND WE'LL ACTUALLY GO THROUGH. WASH IT. YEAH GRINDED AND CONVERTED INTO A PT PELLET. NOW IT'S AN AXIOM COMPANY 18 FACILITIES ACROSS THE UNITED
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STATES, MEXICO, CANADA RIGHT NOW. WE ACTUALLY GROW GROWING AT AROUND 27% ON AN ANNUALIZED BASIS, BUT AS OF TODAY WE GO THROUGH AROUND 400 MILLION POUNDS OF POLYETHYLENE. AND £500 MILLION OF PT RESIDENT ON AN ANNUALIZED BASIS, SO THIS PLANT ISN'T GONNA PHASE ONE. BE ABLE TO MAKE ALL THE RESONANCE WE ACTUALLY NEED. SO THE COOL THING IS VERTEX THAT STARTS IN THIS BOOK LOCATION £500 MILLION ANNUALLY. AND AS WE PROGRESS FROM BASE TO INTERFACE 3 2024 25 THE NEW OPENING SITE. WELL, I HOPE TO PROCESS AND EXCESSIVE £225 MILLION SO. THAT WILL PUT A DENT INTO HOW WE ACTUALLY THINK ABOUT PROCESSING RECYCLING. THE COOL THING IS, IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS SAY, OKAY, HOW DO WE ACTUALLY MAKE THIS BIGGER? SO TODAY IS PROBABLY ONE OF OUR FIRST STEPS. LIKE WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO ANDREW RAMPY. WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO WASTE MANAGEMENT . BUT NOW WE ACTUALLY WANT TO TALK TO NOT ONLY MORE LOCAL COMPANIES WITHIN THE CENTRAL OHIO HOW DO WE ACTUALLY THINK ABOUT TYING THIS TOGETHER NATIONALLY? LIKE I SAID, WE'VE GOT FACILITIES IN 18 LOCATIONS, RIGHT? EIGHT OF OUR PLANTS ARE RIGHT HERE IN NEW ALBANY, OHIO. WE'VE GOT 10 OTHER SITES ACROSS NORTH AMERICA. WE'VE GOT ADDITIONAL LAND NOT ONLY NEW OPENING, BUT THESE OTHER SITES, SO VERTEX FIRST PLAN IS A NEW OPENING DOESN'T MEAN THAT PLANT TWO AND THREE, YOU KNOW CHICAGO SAINT LOUIS, THERE ARE OTHER POTENTIAL SITES ACTUALLY GROW AND EXPAND THIS SO THE WHOLE IDEA IS IF YOU THINK ABOUT PLASTIC RIGHT NOW. YOU HEAR ALL THESE STORIES ABOUT OCEAN PLASTIC AND THINGS GETTING THROUGH IT INTO THE WASTE STREAM INTO THE LANDFILLS. AND SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS WORK WITH THESE MIRVS AS THEY THINK ABOUT THEIR SORTING PROCESSES. HOW DO THEY ACTUALLY TAKE MORE WHEN THEY HAVE THEIR CURBSIDE PICKUP? HOW DO THEY THINK MORE ABOUT THEIR SORTING SYSTEMS? WE BOUGHT STATE OF THE ART. MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT SORTING EQUIPMENT. A LOT OF THE MURDERS HAVEN'T ACTUALLY INVESTED INTO THEIR FACILITIES FOR 10 15 YEARS. GRUMPY OBVIOUSLY IS INVESTING.SO ANDREW HAS PUT DOLLARS ASIDE AND RUMP. HE'S GOT A 2024 INITIATIVE TO ACTUALLY HAVE THAT IN THERE WERE ALREADY WORKING WITH THEM, SHARING SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGY SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO ACTUALLY RE REINVENT THE WHEEL OF HOW THEY ACTUALLY LIKE. RECOVER THAT. IT'S LIKE REALLY COLD, RIGHT? IT'S LIKE IF YOU THINK ABOUT P E T BOTTLES AND SOME STATES HAVE BARBER RECOVERY. OHIO IS NOT ONE OF THOSE STATES LIKE MICHIGAN, WHERE YOU GET 10 CENTS, AND IT'S PROBABLY EASIER TO RECOVER SOME OF THAT. SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS OKAY. HOW DO WE HAVE LONG TERM SUPPLY AGREEMENTS? WE ACTUALLY FIND PEOPLE THAT HAVE AN ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT. AND REALLY, HOW DO PEOPLE HAVE LIKE WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE SOCIAL? GOOD? WHAT'S GOOD FOR PEOPLE RIGHT BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY THIS IS ALL ABOUT THE AXIOM CORPORATION AND THE JUDGE FAMILY SAYING WE WANT TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THEIR CARBON FOOTPRINT AND BY 2030. WE WANT THAT CARBON FOOTPRINT ZERO SO ALONG WITH WORKING WITH A P AND LIKE SOLAR ENERGY, AND WHEN. AND OTHER FORMS OF ENERGY. HOW DO WE ACTUALLY THINK ABOUT OUR PLASTIC FOOTPRINT WHEN WE ACTUALLY GET PCR PELLETS TO WHAT WE ACTUALLY GO THROUGH MANUFACTURING. WHEN WE WORK WITH PARTNERS LIKE BATH AND BODY WORKS, OR PROCTER AND GAMBLE OF HAVING RECLAMATION PROGRAMS FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS. SO A LOT OF WORK TO DO. I KNOW I WROTE A LOT THERE. SO IT COMES, YOU KNOW? FROM THE FROM THE SLIDES CENTRAL OHIO WITH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. IT'S A LOT OF TOURS, SO WHEN YOU COME OUT TO OUR FACILITY INSTEAD OF HAVING TO GO THROUGH THE FLOOR LIKE YOU WOULD A NORMAL FACILITY. WE PUT A CATWALK ALONG THE ENTIRE EDGE OF THAT. OF THAT 125,000 SQUARE FEET, SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO IN. SEE HOW THE BALES COME IN. YOU CAN ACTUALLY VISUALLY SEE THE PROCESSING OF THE WATCH PLANT. AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO BE EXCLUSION ALL UNDER THE SAFETY OF THE CATALOG, AND THEN WE CAN ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT IT IN IRELAND. BOARDROOMS AND HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF? WHETHER IT'S NEW ALBANY COMMUNITY OR OTHER CENTRAL HYO COMMUNITIES WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY BECOME MORE INVOLVED. INPUT. PEOPLE AND DOLLARS.
ASSOCIATED WITH THINKING ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY IN A VERY IMPACTFUL WAY. SO I SAID, A LOT THERE A LOT OF PEOPLE SHAKING THEIR HEADS AND AGAINST SOME LIKE I THINK I GOT ENGAGEMENT HERE. I DIDN'T WANT I COULD DO AN HOUR. THAT'S PRETTY PASSIONATE ABOUT IT. MY
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BACKGROUND IS I'VE GOT BACHELOR'S AND ENGINEERING MASTERS AND ENGINEERING NBA FINANCE, SO I TRIED TO LOOK AT IT FROM AN ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE. BUT THE BUSINESS MINDSET OF HOW TO ACTUALLY MAKE A BUSINESS CASE ABOUT IT, BUT A LOT OF THIS STUFF PAYBACK ISN'T 123 YEARS. THIS IS 10 20 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD SO I FORTUNATE TO WORK FOR A FAMILY THAT ACTUALLY THINKS MORE THAN JUST ABOUT THE BOTTOM LINE ON THIS. QUESTIONS I MEAN, IT'S GOT TO BE A FEW RIGHT. I'M CURIOUS ENOUGH. IN THE WASH PROCESS. IS THERE WATER RECOVERY THAT'S HAPPENING IN PHASE ONE. WE TRIED TO REUSE. OLIVER WATER, RIGHT, SO THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE A FEW DETERGENTS.WE PUT IN SODIUM HYDROXIDE AT 1% AND THEN AN ANTI FILM. AND THEN WHAT WE DO IS WE HAVE MONITORS ON THAT WATER TO BOUNCE THE PH. PHASE ONE THERE. THERE WILL BE SOME DISCHARGE THAT WILL HAVE TO MONITOR PHASE TWO. WE'VE ALREADY BUDGETED FOR A COLD WATER TREATMENT PLANT THAT ACTUALLY WILL GO INTO THAT FACILITY SO THAT COST US A MILLION AND A HALF $2 MILLION. IT JUST DIDN'T WE DIDN'T WANNA DO IT PHASE ONE BECAUSE WE WANTED TO CONCENTRATE ON GETTING THE RIGHT WATCH PLANT THE RIGHT MECHANICAL SORTING RIGHT VISUAL SYSTEM, SO THAT'S WHERE WE PUT OUR FOCUS. I WAS IN 14 MONTHS. WE'LL HAVE THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT IN AND IT SHOULD BE IN A SITUATION WHERE THE WATER COMING OUT IS CLEANER THAN THE WATER THAT CAME OUT. THE OTHER THING FROM A MALE PERSPECTIVE. YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA BE GOOD RESIDENTS OF THE NEW OPENING COMMUNITY. IF YOU GO TO OTHER LIKE SITES THAT DO THIS THAT GOT THERE BAILS OUT IN THE OPEN AND THEY DON'T THINK ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT. WE ACTUALLY HAVE OUR WHOLE WAREHOUSE. UM YOU KNOW, INDOORS, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A HANDLING SYSTEMS THAT AIR HANDLE. UH THEY REGENERATE ALL THE FILTER THE AIR EVERY FIVE MINUTES, SO WE INVESTED A LOT IN AIR PURIFICATION AND THINKING ABOUT HOW WE ACTUALLY MAINTAIN A THEME ENVIRONMENT. IT'S ALSO VISUALLY CLEAN, SO AS YOU GO PAST 1 61. BEACH ROAD. IT'S TOWARDS THE SOUTH THERE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE IT FROM THE HIGHWAY. BUT IT WILL BE LOOKED AT AS ANY OTHER SITE OUT THERE AND THAT INDUSTRIAL. HE'S ABOUT THE ECONOMICS OF THIS. IT'S REALLY A COOL IDEA. I THINK I MEAN, YOU READ A LOT ABOUT YOU KNOW WHEN CHINA STARTED ACCEPTING FEWER PLASTIC ITEMS RECYCLED ITEMS FROM THE UNITED STATES AND THAT THE ECONOMICS OF RECYCLING PLASTICS JUST WASN'T FEASIBLE. SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT IT'S GONNA TAKE SOME TIME BUT THAT EVENTUALLY THIS IS AN ECONOMICALLY PEACEFUL METHOD. AND I'M JUST CURIOUS. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK OTHER COMPANIES OR YOU KNOW NATIONWIDE ARE DOING SIMILAR TYPE STUFF. I THINK THERE'S OTHER COMPANIES OVER IN EUROPE DOING IT. SO WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS IT SEEMS LIKE EUROPE'S ALWAYS 6 TO 10 YEARS AHEAD OF THE UNITED STATES AND STUFF LIKE THIS, SO ALL THERE ARE EQUIPMENT IS ACTUALLY EUROPEAN. IT'S ITALIAN, AUSTRIAN GERMAN MADE RIGHT WHAT WE DID IS WE LOOKED AT IT AND SAID IF YOU LOOK AT REGULATIONS, LET'S LOOK AT LIKE NEW JERSEY WHERE THEY'RE GOING THROUGH AND SAY, OKAY? THIS YEAR. YOU GOT 25% RECYCLED CONTENT IN YOUR PACKAGE. BY 2030 , NEW JERSEY SAYING, THAT'S 50% SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. WE'RE READING THE TEA LEAVES, SAYING YEAH, I MAY NOT MAKE FINANCIAL SENSE NOW. BUT AS SOME OF THIS REGULATION IT'S PUT IN PLACE AND COMPANIES ARE FORCED TO HAVE A MORE SUSTAINABLE PRESENCE AND HOW THEY THINK ABOUT THEIR THEIR SOCIAL OBLIGATIONS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. WE THINK INEVITABLE FOR THIS TO HAPPEN SO WE STARTED THIS ABOUT 2.5 3 YEARS AGO AND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. NOW WE ACTUALLY SEEK COMPANIES. TRYING TO ACTUALLY FOLLOW OUR LEAD, BUT THEY'RE 2 TO 3 YEARS BEHIND THIS, AND SO THEY'RE TRYING TO HAVE A MORE VERTICAL INTEGRATED MODEL, AND THE PROBLEM IS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE IS WHEN WE ACTUALLY BOUGHT A LOT OF THIS LAND. UH THE BUILDING THE EQUIPMENT. WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY HAVE THE SAME. INFLATIONARY PRESSURES THAT THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW. WE'VE GOT HARD, HIGHER INTEREST RATES. UH GOTTA SUPPLY CHAIN STILL SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUE AT THE TIME WE HAD PLC S WE'VE ALREADY ACTUALLY PUT PURCHASE ORDERS OUT FOR LINE TO A YEAR AGO WHERE WE'RE SO FAR AHEAD OF PEOPLE RIGHT NOW, LIKE WE COULD ACTUALLY WHERE WE SOLD THIS FOR 43 MILLION WE COULD IF WE WANTED TO, JUST LIKE LOOK AT IT AS A SHORT TERM PROFIT WE COULD ACTUALLY SELL FOR 60 READY NOW.
SO I THINK WHEN OTHER COMPANIES START DOING THE FINANCIALS, IT'S JUST GOING TO BE WORSE. WE'VE
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GOT IN AT THE RIGHT. SO WHEN YOU THINK PHASE ONE WILL BE ONLINE. RIGHT NOW. WE'RE JUST TESTING, SO EVERYTHING IS INSTALLED FROM A MECHANICAL PERSPECTIVE. WE'VE GOT, UH BELIEVE IT OR NOT 20 ELECTRICIAN'S OUT THERE DOING INPUT OUTPUT TESTS AND ALL THE ELECTRICAL HOOKUPS. THAT WILL TAKE PLACE BETWEEN NOW AND FIRST WEEK IN JANUARY. AND THE WHOLE MONTH OF JANUARY, WILL RUN A FIRST SHIFT OPERATION. THE COOL THING IS A LOT OF ITS AUTOMATED SO WHEN WE GET UP TO THREE CHEFS, WE ONLY HAVE 36 PEOPLE. UH EMPLOYED BY VERTEX. THERE'S ROUGHLY ABOUT EIGHT PEOPLE SHIFT. PLUS SOME OF THE SALAD, SALARIED STAFF AND SOMEWHERE ENGINEERS AND FAULT BUT WE TRIED TO AUTOMATE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, SO THE WHOLE IDEAS FIRST MONTH IN THEIR JANUARY TIMEFRAME, RUNNING ONE SHIFT OPERATION AND USE IT FOR A LOT OF THE TESTING THE VALIDATION OF OUR BATCHES.AND THEN COME FEBRUARY MARCH. GRADUALLY GET UP TO A SECOND AND A THIRD SHIFT. AND BY APRIL 1ST . WE WANT TO BE RUNNING 24 7 AND THAT WHEN I SAY 24 7, YOU STILL HAVE WE'LL HAVE 2 TO 3 SHIFTS WORTH OF PLANNED MAINTENANCE WHERE WE'RE CHECKING THE GEARS WERE CLEANING THINGS OUT. WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE BEING PROACTIVE WITH OUR OF MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS. BECAUSE AS PLASTIC IT'S STUCK IN HERE'S KNIVES HAVE TO BE LIKE SHARPENED AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. WE JUST WANT TO BE CORRECT BECAUSE IT IS A LARGE BUT YEAH, LIKE IF YOU GUYS WERE TO DO A TOUR UM DURING THE DAY IN JANUARY, YOU'D ACTUALLY SEE YOU KNOW PRODUCTION AND WE COULD ACTUALLY GO INTO MORE DETAIL AND OF WHAT THAT ENTAILED. THIS GROUP LIKES FIELD TRIPS. YEAH I'LL BRING IN LUNCH . I'LL MAKE IT LIKE A WORTHWHILE HOUR AND A HALF TO TWO HOURS OF YOUR TIME WHERE I THINK YOU'LL LEARN MORE. YOU ALWAYS SEE. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SEE IT, YOU CAN ACTUALLY VISUALIZE IT, AND THERE'S PROBABLY MORE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE COME FROM IT. BUT WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO MAKE IT.
YOU KNOW, A REALLY GOOD PLACE TO WORK. WHERE WHERE WE DO HAVE SORTING OPERATIONS. WE PUT IT IN A CONTAINED ENVIRONMENT, ACTUALLY. HAVE IT CONDITIONED ITS ITS AIR CONDITIONED. WE TRY TO FILTER THE AIR. WE'RE VERY BIG ON SAFETY EQUIPMENT. AND WE'RE BIG ON GIVING AND SAFE LIVING WAGE, SO THERE'S A LOT OF COMPANIES THAT GO OUT AND THEY HAVE TEMP LABOR. UM AXIOM HIRES 1100 EMPLOYEES OR WITHIN NEW ALBANY, RIGHT? ALL OF THEM ARE FULL TIME THE MINIMUM PERSON COMING INTO AXIOM. PUT IN SOME OVERTIME, BUT THEY'RE MAKING $52,000 A YEAR. AND THEN FROM THERE ARE MECHANICS AND PEOPLE WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE SKILLS THAT ARE GOING CONTINUE MAKING A HIGHER WAGE. SO WE'RE PRETTY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT ONE WE DON'T DO TEMPLATE. VIRTUE WE INVEST IN OUR EMPLOYEES AND 3 72% OF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE DIVERSE. SO WE'VE GOT A LARGE ASIAN POPULATION WITH INDIANS, AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT HERITAGE, AND WE'RE TRYING TO RETAIN THAT ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT WHILE WE THINK ABOUT WAYS OF GETTING LARGER, PUTTING A LITTLE BIT MORE PROCESSES IN AND PUTTING MORE DIVERSE PORTFOLIOS. AND SO YOU'VE GOT OTHER.
COMPANIES THAT ARE UNDER THE AXIOM. UMBRELLA UM, WE'VE OPENED THE TWO FACILITY WE'VE OPENED.
APEX IS A DECORATION PLAN. UM WE NOW HAVE A LARGEST IX HARM. SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION THE JUDGE FAMILY HAS INVESTED IN 14 TRACTOR TRAILERS AND. 14 TRAILERS.
FREIGHTLINER TRACTORS, TREATMENT, GREAT LINERS AND 22 TRAILERS. SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE LOGISTICS OF ALL THIS WE'VE GOT STATE OF THE ART TRANSPORTATION AND WE'RE TESTING. DOWN IN THEIR NORTH CAROLINA PLANT WILL BE TESTING BOBO. ELECTRONIC TRACKS. RIGHT NOW. WE'RE STILL WE DON'T. WE'RE NOT THE SIZE WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY LEAD THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE FAST FOLLOWERS, BUT WE'VE GOT A PROGRAM WITH PROCTER AND GAMBLE, WHERE MARK FACILITY INTO PGS BY AN WE'RE USING THESE TRUCKS. AND SO IT'S A HUGE INVESTMENT BECAUSE A TYPICAL DAY CAB OR OVER THE ROAD IS LIKE 1 62 180,000, WHEREAS E VEHICLES $450,000. SO WE'VE INVESTED IN THE FIRST ONE ON THAT. SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY, WE REALLY LOOK AT OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT AND SAY HOW DO WE THINK ABOUT IT? FROM A MATERIAL PERSPECTIVE? HOW DO WE THINK ABOUT IT? FROM A LOGISTICS PERSPECTIVE, AND THEN HOW DO WE THINK ABOUT IT? LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY AND SUB VERTEX ACTUALLY HELPS US WITH OUR ETHOS ABOUT REALLY BEING SUSTAINABLE.
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SO THAT'S. AS OFTEN AS YOU NEED TO WHETHER IT'S AXIOM OR VERTEX . I WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO HELP THIS BOARD. LIKE BE A THOUGHT PARTNER AND YOU CAN THROW STUFF OFF OF ME AND I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT ENGAGEMENT. BECAUSE MY ROLE WITHIN THE COMPANY IS THERE'S SIX OF US. WE SIT ON THE BOARD TO THE OBVIOUS SUPPORT BOARD MEMBERS ARE HOLLAND CUSHMAN ARE JUDGED. THEY HAVE 100% OWNERSHIP STAKE IN THE COMPANY. AND THEN THERE'S A CFO, A CEO HAD OF ENGINEERING AND ABS AND MYSELF, AND THAT'S THAT'S THE BOARD. SO IT'S REALLY REFRESHING TO GET DECISIONS DONE IN A REALLY TIME OF MAN. MY QUESTION IS HOW DO YOU OR DO YOU TELL TELL THE STORY OF ALL THIS. I MEAN, YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY PREPARED AND YOU'RE TELLING US BUT I'M CURIOUS. DO YOU TELL IT A LOT A LOT A QUESTION. I ASKED BECAUSE I THINK, UM I TEND TO NOTICE MINDSET WHERE PEOPLE REALLY DO THINK THAT YOU CAN'T MARRY PROFIT AND SUSTAINABILITY. AND HERE YOU ARE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY ACTUALLY DOING THAT. AND SO I WONDER HOW YOU USE THE STORY TO INSPIRE OTHERS RIGHT HERE, AND THAT'S WHY I WALKED YOU THROUGH THE BEAUTY PART RIGHT? BECAUSE 15 YEARS AGO, WE WOULDN'T SAY YOU CAN ACTUALLY MAKE A PROFIT BECAUSE CHINA IS TOO COMPETITIVE. AND WHAT MY FEEDBACK WAS. IF YOU AUTOMATED AND YOU ACTUALLY THINK ABOUT IT IN A LONGER TERM APPROACH VERSUS THE PROBLEM WITH CORPORATE AMERICA IS THEY'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT THE NEXT QUARTER. AND PRIVATE EQUITY THEY'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT. HOW DO I SELL IT? 4 TO 7 YEARS. AND THEN YOU'VE GOT A FINITE GROUP OF PEOPLE MAKING PROFIT, WHEREAS THE REST OF PEOPLE THEY'RE LEFT HOLDING THE BAG. I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT IT. 10 2030 YEARS OUT, JUST LIKE BATHROOM BODY WORKS DID. LESS IS ALL ABOUT THE STORY TELLING SO IF ANYBODY'S EVER SPENT TIME WITH LESS TELL A STORY TO ACTUALLY MAKE A POINT, RIGHT? I REMEMBER. THAT'S IN THE SAME QUESTION YOU DID, SAYING LESS. WE CAN NEVER MAKE THIS WORK BECAUSE YOUHIS WHOLE INDUSTRIAL PARK IN NEW OPENING. WE DON'T HAVE A RAIL SITE AND AT THE END OF THE DAY HOW HOW ARE WE GOING TO ACTUALLY GET PEOPLE TO MOVE THERE? BECAUSE THERE'S WHAT 5000 PEOPLE LIVING IN NEW ALBANY AT THE TIME, RIGHT? AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET PEOPLE THERE AND HOW IS THIS ALL GOING TO WORK? AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT CARS, PLUS, I'M LIKE COMPARING THE BATTLE COST AND FILLED CARDS FROM CHINA VERSUS YOU KNOW YOU WANT YOUR YOUR BY SEVEN AT THE TIME. IT WAS LIKE, I THINK BY SEVEN BYE BYE FIVE FOR 15 FOR YOURSELF, RIGHT? AND LIKE GOING IF MONEY MATTERS. HOW DO I DO THIS LAST? AND HE'S LIKE YOU'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT THE RIGHT WAY . TOBY WHEN I GO THROUGH, AND I SELL SOMETHING AND RETAIL. IT'S TOUGH BECAUSE I'M EITHER STUCK WITH THE WRONG INVENTORY. AND THOSE SEMIANNUAL SELVES THAT YOU'RE SELLING FOR 70% OFF.YOU'RE NOT LOOKING AT. YOU'RE LOOKING AT COMPARING COST A COST AND I'M LOOKING AT MY NET VERSUS GROSS. OKAY? SO WHEN WE REALLY STARTED LOOKING AT THE RIGHT NUMBERS, AND EVERYBODY GOT ON THE SAME PAGE THAT INDUSTRIAL PARK AS MADE THAT BODY WORKS TENFOLD ON ITS MONEY. AND WHEN I TELL THAT STORY AND SUFFOCATING NOW LET'S LOOK AT IT FROM A SUSTAINABILITY. PEACE EVERYBODY IS LIKE LOOKING AT IT SAYING, WELL, I'VE GOT THIS BOTTLE AND I NEED TO GET 25% MORE OUT OF IT.
WHY ARE YOU JUST LOOKING AT THE PARTY AGAINST THE TRANSPORTATION? WHY DON'T YOU LOOKING AT THE NET IMPACT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY HAVE AN CONSUMER. RIGHT? SO I THINK IF YOU JUST LOOK AT THINGS BLACK AND WHITE WHEN I COMPARE STUFF AND I LOOK AT VERTEX, HOW DOES THAT WORK? I GUESS WE'VE JUMPED IT BECAUSE WE'VE HAD THOSE LEARNINGS OF THE YEARS LEARNING THROUGH L BRANDS THE JUDGES LEARNINGS THROUGH, LIKE BUILDING OUT UNILEVER THINGS OF THAT NATURE. IT'S LIKE I WOULD SAY UNILEVER AND BATH AND BODY WORKS AND PNG ARE STARTING TO THINK ABOUT IT THE RIGHT WAY. IT'S LIKE FOREVER. HELLMANN'S MAYONNAISE WAS IN THAT GLASS CONTAINER, RIGHT? PEOPLE ARE GOING WELL LAST SO SUSTAINABLE. IT'S LIKE WE REALLY DO THE RESEARCH ON IT. IT TAKES EIGHT TIMES MORE ENERGY TO ACTUALLY MAKE A GLASS BOTTLE IN A PLASTIC PROBLEM. AND THEN WE START LOOKING AT THAT SAYING WELL, IF YOU EAT SOMETHING YOU CAN'T USE 100% PCR. WELL AT THE A SAYS DIFFERENT AND WE'VE DONE THE TESTING ON IT. AND NOW THE SQUEEZABLE HELMAND SPAN AIDS THAT YOU HAVE VACCINE PRODUCES 150 MILLION UNITS OF THOSE A YEAR. IT'S ALL 100% PCR. BOTTLE CLOSURE. LABEL. AND THEN. VITAMINS THREE YEARS AGO. WE
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DIDN'T HAVE ANY ANY SO IF IT'S NATURE'S BOUNTY, OR YOU GO IN THERE, AND VITAMINS OR ALL YOUR NUTRACEUTICALS AND CRACKERS OR ANY RETAILER, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY SPACE IN THAT AT ALL. NOW WE'RE 65% OF THE ENTIRE MARKET IN THE UNITED STATES. WHY BECAUSE AT THE TIME THAT WE SAID YOU CAN LIGHTWEIGHT BOTTLES PCR IN THERE , OR YOU CAN HAVE ACTUALLY HAVE A SUPPLY CHAIN. IT MADE SENSE.AND AT THE TIME EVERYBODY'S SAYING YOU CAN'T DO IT. WE DID. IN OUR 65% OF MARKET. AND THERE'S YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT SMALL COMPANIES THAT GO FROM ZERO TO HAVE 27% COMPOUNDED GROWTH. I MEAN, I'M PROBABLY GETTING INTO MORE NUMBERS THAN I SHOULD. BUT YOU KNOW, ASKING THIS YEAR WILL RECORD OVER $100 MILLION IN PROFIT ON 650 MILLION IN SALES. AND WE INVESTED IN TWO BUILDINGS THIS YEAR. ONE BEING VERTEX WITH $43 MILLION. THERE'S AND THE COOL THING IS THE JUDGE FAMILY CONTINUES TO PUT 97% OF ALL PROFITS BACK FROM THE COMPANY. SO THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU HAVE SHAREHOLDERS THAT WANTED PULLED DIVIDENDS, AND THEY WANT TO TAKE 97% OUT. INVEST 3. YOU'RE RIGHT. YOU'LL NEVER GET THAT. IF YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE THAT THINK BIGGER AND THINK BEYOND THEMSELVES. HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH? I MEAN, THEY'RE WEALTHY PEOPLE, BUT THEY'RE ALSO VERY PHILANTHROPIC WHETHER IT'S INVESTING IN NEW OPENING OR INVESTING IN OUR COMPANY. I MEAN , WHEN YOU GOT TO THE 14 15 FT OF COMPANIES THAT BUSINESS PART WE'RE THE ONLY ONES THAT DON'T HAVE TEMP LABOR. 1100 EMPLOYEES . IF I WAS AT KTC NOT TO LIKE YOU KNOW? SAY NEGATIVE UPON ANOTHER COMPANY, BUT BE IN THERE HAS 600 EMPLOYEES 400 TEMP LABOR . SO WHEN THE PEAK GOES DOWN, THEY DON'T HAVE A JOB. WE TAKE CARE OF OUR EMPLOYEES. ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE A LIVING WAGE. AND SO WE CAN DO THAT? BECAUSE, UM WE WERE VERY COMPETITIVE WITH OUR PRICING.
AND WE LOOK AT IT FROM A GROWTH PERSPECTIVE VERSUS A DOLLAR PERSPECTIVE, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE AS MUCH MONEY. BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THIS BOARD OR THIS. TERRIBLE THERE THAT REQUIRES CERTAIN RETURN. IT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT BECAUSE IT'S DEFINITELY NOT THE NORM. BUT THE FACT THAT WE'VE GROWN HOW WE'VE GROWN ON IT. PROVIDES VALIDATION THAT IT COULD BE DONE. IT'S MORE OF A COMMENT. I THINK THAT QUESTION BACK. BECAUSE I THINK EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE SAID ABOUT THE CHOICES THAT THE COMPANY HAS MADE THAT THAT'S VERY EXCITING AND INTERESTING TO ME. AND WHAT'S EQUALLY, SO IS THE, UM WHY I'M SORRY. THE JUDGE FAMILY, YOU SAID WHY THE JUDGE FAMILY HAS CHOSEN TO DO THIS AND WHAT AND THIS IS NOT A QUESTION NECESSARILY HAVE TO ANSWER BUT IN THE TELLING OF THE STORY TO ME, IT FEELS EQUALLY IMPORTANT TO SAY. BECAUSE THEY HAVE A SENSE OF SOMETHING OUTSIDE THEMSELVES BECAUSE THEY'VE DECIDED THAT PROFIT IS NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THE UNIVERSE. AND SO THEY'VE CHOSEN. TO RUN THEIR BUSINESS. THIS WAY.
THEIR FEEDBACK IS IT MATTERS HOW YOU PLAY THE GAME. THAT'S THEIR THEIR BROAD STATEMENT. THEY LOOK AT IT AS THEY HAVE AN OBLIGATION LIFE HAS GIVEN SO MUCH TO THEM, AND MAYBE IT'S THE INDIAN CULTURE, BUT THEY FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE TO GIVE BACK TO THEIR SOCIETY WHEREVER THEY WORK.
WHEREVER THEY LIVE. AND WHOEVER THEY ENCOUNTER AND I THINK THAT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT'S MINDSET, BUT THEY BELIEVE IN THE GREATER GOOD THAT, UM THE CREAM ALWAYS RISES TO THE TOP. I KNOW THESE ARE ALL CLICHES, BUT IT'S REAL AND IT'S SORT OF WHY DATE OF 49. I RETIRED FROM L BRANDS AND SAID, HEY, I BELIEVE IN THESE GUYS AND I'M GOING TO FOLLOW THEM WHEN THEY ASKED ME TO COME AND, UH, RUN THERE. SUPPLY CHAIN AND REALLY RUN THEIR COMPANY FOR THEM. SO.
THEY'VE GOT A VISION, THEIR TRUE TO IT AND BE THEY ENJOY. ACTUALLY SEEING OTHERS SUCCEED.
THEY'RE NOT A COMPANY THAT JUST HAS TO LIKE. WHAT IT'S A WIN WIN NEGOTIATION, EVEN EVEN WHEN WE ACTUALLY DEVELOPED NEW BOTTLES OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE. IT'S ALL ABOUT HOW WE ACTUALLY SERVE OTHERS, SO THAT SERVICE AGILITY SPEED MINDSET. WINDSOR'S BUSINESS ALL THE TIME. I MEAN, I'VE GONE TO SWITZERLAND FOR J AND J AND GONE OVER TO THE NETHERLANDS FOR HENKEL. AND.
THAT SAID IN FRONT OF LIKE, CEO S WHERE THEY'RE SAYING, HEY, HOW DO YOU GUYS DO THIS? AND I EXPLAIN THAT IT'S THIS SIMPLE. A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY THIS IS NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE DO THIS. IT'S HARD
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TO FOLLOW THAT PATH, BUT WE'RE VERY CONSISTENT WITH IT, AND THAT'S WHY WE CONTINUE TO GROW.I MEAN BY 2026 WILL BE A BILLION DOLLAR COMPANY. AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S PEOPLE AND COMPANIES COMING INTO NEW ALBANY ALL THE TIME. BUT YOU HAVE A COMPANY HERE? THAT'S BEEN HERE FOR 11 YEARS AND PROBABLY UNTIL I CAME HERE TONIGHT. YOU HAD NO IDEA THE SIZE OF THE SCOPE OR HOW BIG WE ACTUALLY ARE. AND WE DO THAT ON PURPOSE. WE JUST UNDERNEATH WE DON'T YOU DON'T PROBABLY DO A GOOD JOB MARKETING OURSELVES. TELL PAUL ALL THE TIME. IT'S A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD. IT'S LIKE THERE'S PROBABLY MORE THINGS WE COULD DO IF WE CAN MARKET AND YOU KNOW, HE TYPICALLY WOULDN'T HAVE THESE TYPES OF DISCUSSIONS, I SAID. IF WE'RE GOING TO REALLY MAKE VERTEX BAY WE HAVE TO GO OUT AND FIND COMMUNITY SUPPORT. WE HAVE TO BE MORE OPEN OF HAVING PROBABLY TOWARDS THAT YOU WOULDN'T DO AND OPEN IT UP AND THINK ABOUT IT IN A BIGGER WAY. AND HOW DO WE ACTUALLY GET WITH OTHER COMPANIES, DIFFERENT RESIN SUPPLIERS AND ACTUALLY MAKE THIS JUST BIGGER THAN OURSELVES? BECAUSE SOME POINT YOU CAN'T BEAR THAT ENTIRE RISK. SO WHERE WE'RE WORKING WITH CHEMICAL AND, UH WIND UP HERSELF, WHICH ARE MULTI BILLION DOLLAR COMPANIES AND SAYING HOW DO WE LIKE INCORPORATE YOUR VIRGIN RESIN, WHICH THEY JUST MANUFACTURED. WITH OUR PCR AND ACTUALLY HAVE A WIN WIN YOUTUBE STATE WHERE WE'RE SHARING TECHNOLOGY, SO YOU KNOW WHAT GIVES US CREDIBILITY IS WHEN WE WALK INTO PROCTER AND GAMBLE AND UNILEVER. THEY ASKED THESE QUESTIONS OF SAYING, HEY, YOU'VE NEVER DONE PCR. HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU'LL BE SUCCESSFUL? AND I SAID, WELL, OUR LABS ARE PROCEDURES ARE SAFETY PROTOCOLS . WE'VE GOT LINED UP ITSELF. THAT'S ACTUALLY THEIR PARTNER FOR US, BECAUSE WE BY 80% OF OUR RESIN, HARRY. BUT THEY'RE ALSO PARTNER BECAUSE THEY THINK ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY AND IN SIMILAR FASHION. AND WE SHARE LIKE SAFETY PROCEDURES AND QUALITY PROCEDURES, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PRODUCING BEST IN CLASS TYPE OF SYSTEM. SO. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS BEHIND THE SCENES AND WHAT I WANTED TO WIN AND A CALL. I SAID, THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET IN FRONT OF THIS GROUP. IT'S A PRECURSOR TO MAKE IT IN FRONT OF OTHER GROUPS OUT AND CHANGES MESSAGE. YOU KNOW, LEARN REALLY GOT YOU AS MUCH TALKING, BUT I GOT PROBABLY YOU PROBABLY MORE LISTENING. HOW WE ACTUALLY CONTINUE TO EVOLVE BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY'S IN THE SAME PLACE. AS A SOCIETY AS A COMMUNITY AS A YOU KNOW, I SUPPLY CHAIN AND I'M TRYING TO GO THROUGH AND SAY, LET'S LET'S LIKE, FIGURE THIS OUT. PROBABLY NOT ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS. BUT IF WE CAN FIND A HAPPY MEDIUM WHERE WE CAN, SO MAYBE 80% AND STILL WORK ON THOSE 20% OPPORTUNITIES, I THINK WE'LL MAKE PROGRESS. IT'S ALL ABOUT INCHES, RIGHT. WELL. FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, WILL YOU KNOW WHEN I LOOK BACK AT THIS, HOPEFULLY WHERE 34 TIMES THE SIZE AND WE MADE A BIGGER IMPACT AND REALLY? HOW DO WE TAKE RECYCLING IN THE UNITED STATES WHERE PLASTIC IS RECYCLED THAT 18% VERSUS YOU COMPARE OVER IN EUROPE THAT 54 55% AND SAY, OKAY? CAN WE BE SOMEWHERE AROUND 30 35 ACTUALLY GROWING. HOW WE THINK ABOUT THAT CLOSED LOOPS IS WE'RE NOT GONNA DO IT OVERNIGHT, BUT IF WE CAN CONTINUOUSLY MAKE CHANGES CAN IMPACT THE NEW OPENING COMMUNITY. GO TO OTHER PLACES IN CENTRAL OHIO. WE'VE GOT PRESENCE IN ATLANTA AND CHICAGO AS WELL AND HAVE SIMILAR TYPE OF DISCUSSIONS. I THINK WE CAN ACTUALLY MAKE A LITTLE DEN INTO LOCAL FOOD. COULD I ASK A PRACTICAL QUESTION? MAYBE WILL YOU ALWAYS LOOKING AT THIS SLIDE PARTNER WITH THE NORTH COMPANY LIKE RAM KI OR IS THERE THERE'S NOT LIKE AN INSTANT LIKE A CERTAIN SIZE OF AN INSTITUTION LIKE A HOSPITAL WHERE COLLEGE THAT WOULD BE. WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS GO TO OHIO STATE. SO I'M WORKING WITH ALL HAD STATE LIKE ON THERE. INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS, SO THEY'VE GOT LIKE AN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE PROGRAM. AND SO WHAT I LIKE TO DO IS GET WITH SOME OF THEIR DOCTORATES. THINK ABOUT RECYCLING A DIFFERENT WAY, BUT YOUR POINT YOU'RE RIGHT. IT'S GOTTA THERE'S GOTTA BE SOME PUBLIC ELEMENT TO IT, SO I JUST PUT DOWN COMPANIES THAT WE'VE ALREADY HAD INITIAL CONVERSATIONS WITH MET WITH ANDREW UPPED YOU, LIKE FOUR TIMES. TALK TO US, YOU PROBABLY SIX OR SEVEN TIMES. UH NATIONWIDE LOWER .COM, UM, JUST TO GO THROUGH AND SAY, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE THINK ABOUT RECYCLING BINS WHEN YOU GO TO EVENTS OR EVEN PUT IT IN NEW OPENING HIGH SCHOOL? I HAVEN'T TALKED MICHAEL SAWYER YET, BUT IT'S LIKE IF YOU THINK ABOUT NEW ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL AND RECYCLING, HOW DO WE ACTUALLY BUY THESE CAMERA SYSTEMS WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY HAVE REALLY GOOD RECYCLING. CAN THAT COME? GO STRAIGHT FROM A
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PLACE LIKE THAT? DIVERTED WE WOULD PROBABLY WORK WITH GRUMPY AND SAY GRUMPY WILL HELP PARTNER WITH YOU ON THE EXPENSE OF THAT EQUIPMENT. YOU GET THE BENEFIT BECAUSE YOU KNOW? WE'RE TAKING, TAKING RECYCLING ON THIS SYSTEM AND YOU GET A FEE FOR THAT. WE GET THE BENEFIT BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING A BETTER YIELD. IT SHOULD BE CLEANER THAN GOING THROUGH. THINK ABOUT HOW LIKE EVERYBODY. RIGHT OR WRONG IN THIS COMMUNITY. WE DON'T DO A GOOD JOB OF SORTING. SO WHEN YOU GO THROUGH, YOU'VE GOT ONE WASTE PAPER BASKET ONE TRASH CAN WHERE YOU'RE PUTTING YOUR CARDBOARD AND YOUR PLASTICS AND METAL SO. HE'S GOT TO GO THROUGH THAT, AND THEY HAVE TO SORT PUT IT INTO DIFFERENT THINGS. IT'S LIKE IT COULD BE AS SIMPLE AS HEY. ANDREW I KNOW WE SHOULD PROBABLY HAVE FOUR TRASH CANS, PLASTICS ONCE PER PICK, FOURTH MEDAL AND THEN ONE FOR WHAT'S YOUR REAL TRASH? I'M JUST USING THAT AS A BRAINSTORMING RIGHT, BUT IT'S LIKE SOMETHING THAT'S SIMPLE AND NEW ALBANY. WE WOULD ACTUALLY INCREASE RECYCLING RATES FROM LIKE 18% PROPERLY IN THE 50 60.AND IF YOU CAN DO A FEW WINS LIKE THAT IN THE COMMUNITY THEN HOW? HOW DOES THAT? HOW DOES THAT TOO? GET MOMENTUM. OTHER PLACES AROUND THE COUNTRY. SO I THINK IT IS TO ANSWER YOUR ORIGINAL QUESTION. I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO GET TO OHIO STATE'S AND COLLEGES AND REALLY LIKE HAVE THEM HELP US BRAINSTORM. ALSO HELP IMPROVE OUR NETWORKING AND MAKE THIS BIGGER THAN JUST BIRTHDAY. GOOD QUESTION. IS THE SOURCE OF MOST IMMATERIAL POST CONSUMER VERSUS POSTINDUSTRIAL. EVERYTHING WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS POST CONSUMER BECAUSE THAT SEEMS LIKE THAT THAT IS LIKE THE. PERCEPTION OF WHAT PEOPLE WANT. WANT, RIGHT? THE FACT YOU ANSWER. YOU ASKED A REALLY GOOD QUESTION BECAUSE POST INDUSTRIAL RESIN WE ACTUALLY ABOUT £24 MILLION OURSELVES. AND WE SELL IT. FOR LIKE 10, 15 CENTS ON THE DOLLAR, AND WHAT I'M TRYING TO DEAL WITH . THIS PROGRAM IS SAYING AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO GET OUR BRAND PARTNERS, WHETHER IT'S PROCTOR AND GAMBLE OR BATH AND BODY WORKS. INTERESTED IN POST INDUSTRIAL RESIN AS WELL. AND WHETHER I'M MAKING PELLETS WITH IT IF THEY DON'T WANT TO USE IT IN THEIR PACKAGING. IT'S LIKE OKAY, I GET IT. BUT THEN HOW DO WE NOT THROWN AT LANDFILL WE CAN ACTUALLY MAKE WHETHER IT'S A PARK BENCH OR SOME OF THESE PLASTIC PELLETS. I MEAN, BATH AND BODY WORKS RIGHT OR WRONG.
THEY BUY ROUGHLY AROUND 40 MILLION WOOD PELLETS A YEAR, THERE'S THREE COMPANIES SUPPLYING THAT PART WITH WOOD PALLETS. WOULD BE SO EASY TO TAKE THAT POST INDUSTRIAL RESIN.
MOLDED INTO A PALETTE AND HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S SUSTAINABLE. THAT'S GOING TO BE USED FROM NOW TILL 40 YEARS FROM NOW. I MEAN, IT CAN TAKE A BEATING. THAT'S JUST A GOOD EXAMPLE. BUT YOU'RE SPOT ON. I MEAN, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE FOCUSED ON POST CONSUMER BECAUSE PROCTER AND GAMBLE, UNILEVER BATH AND BODY WORKS WILL ONLY TAKE POST CONSUMER RESIDENT THEY WON'T WILL NOT TAKE POST INDUSTRIAL BUT IF I CAN CREATE A. BRAND OR CREATE A MARKETPLACE FOR IT WILL DEFINITELY LOOK AT CLOTHES AND DOES YOU'RE SPOT ON. IT'S JUST SEGMENTATION OF THIS STRANGE USES IT AND HOW THEY USE IT. PETE AND I BOTH WORK AT THE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL AND WE'RE PARTNERING AND QUITE A FEW THINGS IN OUR SCHOOL COMPOSTING AND RECYCLING, AND I WAS WONDERING IF YOU HAVE A CONTACT. YOU COULD GIVE ME THAT. WE COULD TAKE THIS CONVERSATION. A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. AND WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE WITH VERTEX? YES COMPANY. I'LL GIVE YOU MY BUSINESS CARD REFERRED. I LEAD THE ENTIRE FOR TEXT ORGANIZATIONS. SO UM. BP AND GENERAL MANAGER FOR AXIOM. I'M PRESIDENT OF PROTECT SO GO THROUGH ME AND I WILL ACTUALLY HELP YOU LIKE HALF THE INITIAL DISCUSSIONS THAT WANT TO SPEND TIME WITH YOU ON THIS. AND THEN AS WE CONTINUE CONTINUE TO EVOLVE OUR TEAM. RIGHT NOW. I'VE GOT THE ENTIRE TEAM LIKE DEDICATED ON GETTING THIS PLANT UP AND RUNNING. SO I GOT MY HEAD ENGINEER ACTUALLY LIKE RUNNING LINES AND ELECTRICAL RIGHT NOW VERSUS HE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT THE NEXT PHASE OF OUR FACILITY, RIGHT? BUT I'M IN THE MOMENT RIGHT NOW. NEXT, LIKE SIX WEEKS. BUT YEAH, I'LL GIVE YOU MY BUSINESS CARD AND YOU HAVE ALL MY CONTACT. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS AND OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE EDUCATING. THAT'S ON THIS. AND LIKE YOU MENTIONED EARLIER BEFORE, WHERE AXIOM. YOU
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MAY HAVE HEARD OF IT, BUT DON'T KNOW THE SIZE AND VERTEX. TRYING TO CHANGE THE A STORY OF. THINGS THAT WE USED. SO ARE IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO? OTHER THAN YOU KNOW, PROVIDE KIND OF FEEDBACK. THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ASK IN ORDER TO INCREASE RECYCLING RATES. WERE INCREASED THE SCOPE OF KIND OF DIVISION THAT RIGHT OUT. YEAH, I THINK THE BIG THING IS I'D LOVE TO KNOW LIKE LONG TERM HOW YOU THINK ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY, AND WE'RE YOUR BOARD'S GOING IN.MAYBE WHAT SOME OF YOUR GOALS ARE AND IT'S IS HAVING A MORE ROBUST RECYCLING RATE. UM PRIORITY FOR NEW OPENING COMMUNITY AND IF IT IS, IT'S LIKE HOW HOW CAN VERTEX ACTUALLY HELP WHETHER IT'S TECHNICAL? OR FINANCIALLY, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE ARE VERY PHILANTHROPIC. UM AND WE ARE FILMING TRAFFIC IN OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY RIGHT? SO THIS IS WHERE RIGHT OR WRONG.
I'D LOVE TO USE NEW ALBANY IS MY SANDBOX. IF IT CAN ACTUALLY WORK REALLY WELL IN YOUR OPENING, THEN HOW DO I APPLY THE PROCESSES? INTO OTHER COMMUNITIES. WELL ONE THING THAT KIND OF FEEDBACKS OFF THE EDUCATIONAL THING IS I USED TO TEACH OUT. BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, WHERE WE GO TO THE SINS. RECYCLING FACILITY. 25 TRUCKLOADS FROM SIMS A MONTH.
YES WE'VE GOT A THREE YEAR SUPPLY GROUP WAS HIM SO I'VE BEEN THROUGH THAT FACILITY FOR EDUCATIONAL CENTERS FANTASTIC AS CURIOUS ABOUT THE CATWALK IF YOU HAD SOMETHING SIMILAR TO IN YOUR HEAD DOWN THE ROAD TO BRING THAT JUST CLASSES BUT ALSO KIND OF EVENT SPACE. WHATEVER TO REALLY EDUCATE. FOCUS ON SO WE ONLY PUT OUR OFFICES ON THE FIRST FLOOR THAT CATWALK WILL HAVE A 10,000 SQUARE FOOT AND THAT SECOND FLOOR WHERE WE'LL HAVE SPACE, AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS LIKE WORK WITH PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELVES IN OHIO STATE, SAYING WE REALLY WANT THIS TO BE A LEARNING COMMUNITY IS THERE'S THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO THINK ABOUT FOR WATER OR FOR VENTILATION OR INCOMING YIELD RATES, WHERE THERE'S PROBABLY A TECHNICAL ELEMENT OF I THINK THIS IS GOOD NOW, BUT HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO EVOLVE IT? LET'S NOT JUST RELY ON EUROPE. BUT LET'S LIKE, START TALKING ABOUT THIS INTERNALLY. SO WITH OHIO STATE WE TALKED ABOUT LIKE SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS AND EVEN HAVING, UH, THAT STORY ALLOW PROGRAMS THAT ARE FOCUSED ON CERTAIN ELEMENTS OF LIKE THE VERTEX OPERATIONS. SO I THINK WE'RE ALL ABOUT MAKING THIS IT'S A BUSINESS, BUT THAT SECOND FLOOR IS REALLY, UM LEARNING. IT'S LIKE BEING VERY INCLUSIVE. EVERYBODY COMING IN FROM EITHER IT COULD BE FROM A SCHOOL. IT COULD BE FROM ANOTHER COMPANY. IT COULD BE AN INTERESTED CITIZEN SAYING, HEY, HOW DO WE ACTUALLY THINK ABOUT I DON'T. I DON'T THINK YOU KNOW? I'VE ALWAYS BEEN TARRED. THIS COMES BACK FROM MY OUT BRANDS TO GET MORE PEOPLE AROUND YOU. THE LAST THING I WANNA DO IS HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE ME. I ALREADY KNOW WHAT I KNOW. I WANT TO HAVE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY GOODBYE, DIFFERENT SKILL SETS THAT ACTUALLY JUST MAKE US MORE DIVERSE AND A BETTER COMPANY. SO THAT'S THAT'S SORT OF WERE OPENED EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. AND LIKE I'M TALKING A LOT TONIGHT, BUT A LOT OF THESE MEETINGS. I DO A LOT OF LISTENING. AND A LOT OF THE NOTES AND SOUTH. HOW DO WE? HOW DO WE APPLY THIS? HOW DO WE BUY THAT? I'M TRYING NOT TO, LIKE, BE THE END OF KHAN AND TRY TO TAKE ON EVERYTHING. IT'S LIKE GOT A LIST OF THOUSANDS OF THINGS. WHAT ARE THOSE 10 15 THINGS WE CAN CONCENTRATE ON SO WE CAN REALLY GET GOOD AT THAT.
AND THEN WE'LL RE PRIORITIZE. WHAT THE NEXT 10 13 THINGS I'VE WORKED. TONIGHT IS MORE LIKE A KICK OFF. IT'S JUST LIKE TO TELL YOU WHAT'S OUT THERE TO GIVE YOU VISIBILITY AND TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I'M A RESOURCE TO HELP YOU. SO IF ITS QUARTERLY IF IT'S A ONCE A YEAR WE NEED TO GET THAT CRAZY. THUNBERG GUIDE HERE THEY ACTUALLY LET US KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO LIKE, COME HERE OR EVEN HOST OUR FACILITY WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE IT IN PERSON AND TALK ABOUT IT. HIT YOUR. LEARN TOGETHER. IT'S ACTUALLY I THINK IT'S GREAT TO HEAR THAT.
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES, BUT ALSO THE FUNDING RESOURCES. SOME THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IS HOW MUCH CAN WE DO FROM THE CITY FUNDED KIND OF THING? WITH THE QUESTION IN THE CONVERSATION AROUND TRYING TO PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP AND SOME OF THESE THINGS, AND UM AND BANKS. BETTER
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PUSH TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY. THEY'RE LOOKING FOR PROJECTS AND SOMETHING YOU GUYS LOOK AT THE PROJECTS SO THIS COULD BE A GOOD WAY TO FACILITIES. BUNCH OF THOSE THINGS TOGETHER. IT COULD BE. SOME OF YOU ARE TEACHERS RIGHT? IT COULD BE AS EASY AS SAYING, HEY, LET'S GET A CAMERA LIKE RECYCLING UNIT AT THE NEW OPENING SCHOOLS. AND LET'S LIKE , TEST THAT OUT AND HOW PEOPLE PUT IN THEIR P E T BOTTLES IN THERE. AND THEIR FOOD TRAYS OF THAT NATURE AND REALLY BE MINDFUL OF HOW WE ACTUALLY SORT OUT THE WASTE, RIGHT? I MEAN, IT'S SOMETHING THAT LITTLE BUT IT SEEMS SIMPLE, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T DO IT, RIGHT. I MEAN, EVERYBODY'S LIKE, OH, IT SEEMS REALLY EASY JUST TO PUT ANOTHER GARBAGE CAN OR TWO OUT AND ACTUALLY HAVE A RECYCLING EFFORT. BUT HOW MANY PEOPLE REALLY TAKE THE TIME TO LIKE, REALLY MAKE SURE YOU GOT A CLEAN PIECE OF MATERIAL. I MEAN, A LOT OF THAT THAT £50 MILLION COMING IN. BY THE TIME WE GET THE MILK CONTAMINANT OUT, AND THAT THE EMPTY DETERGENT WILL PROBABLY YIELD ABOUT 38 MILLION SO IT'S LIKE WELL HOW DO WE ACTUALLY IMPROVE THAT AS WELL? IT'S NOT JUST COLLECTION, BUT IT'S LIKE HAVING A GOOD COLLECTION. I MEAN, IF WE GET LIKE 72 TO 75% YIELD FACTOR ACROSS THE BOARD, WE'RE DOING REALLY WELL. SO WE'VE JUST ALSO GIVE YOU SOME COVER. WE'VE TALKED WITH GRUMPY FIRST CONTACTS WE HAD AFTER THE GROUP GOT FORMED, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR DOING GOING THROUGH LOOKING AT RECYCLING AUDITS. DROPPED IT, BUT I STILL COME BACK BECAUSE I THINK THE THING THAT WE COULD BE LOOKING AT HIS TRASH AUDITS. HE MADE A BIG POINT THAT OUR RECYCLING THE CHAIRMAN LOOKING. FOR IT'S NOT DIRTY RECYCLING. IT'S FAIRLY CLEAN WHEN THEY RECYCLE EXTRA TRASH. BUT WHAT WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THE FACT OF WHAT'S NOT ENDING IN BANANA.CARD. IT'S STILL SITTING IN TRASH THINGS, SO THEY DIDN'T REALLY TALK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO CHANGE LOCATIONS. SO WHAT? WE DID A MURPHY TOUR, WHICH IS AMAZING WE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE WASTE IS HE WAS LIKE THAT'S NEXT TO NOTHING. YEP. DONE SENT TOURISM CALIFORNIA IT'S LIKE NO, IT'S HUGE BECAUSE PEOPLE JUST THROWING WHATEVER THEY'RE DOING ANYWAY, I'M JUST SAYING LIKE WE'VE WE'VE MADE SOME OF THE STEPS AND I THINK THIS IS HELPFUL. UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S ANOTHER PARTNER INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE COULD COME AND YEAH, RESOURCE OR HELP FACILITATE SOME CONTACTS, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH LUMPY AS WELL. SO WHEN YOU BRING IT UP AND SAY, HEY, HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT AXIOM OF VERTEX? ANDREW WOULD BE THE FIRST TO SAY YEAH, WE'VE TALKED TO THEM A LOT. WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER TO PARTNER WE LOOK AT THEM AS A LONG TERM PARTNER. WE CAN'T DO THIS ON OUR OWN. SO IT'S LIKE SOMEBODY ASKED THE QUESTION.
MURPH. IT'S LIKE WE'RE AT A POINT RIGHT NOW. WE EITHER HAVE TO PARTNER AND GET MORE ANDREW ROOM KEYS. OR WILL GO TO THE POINT WHERE WE HAD A CONVERSATION. UNILEVER AND THIS IS THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED WITH UNILEVER. THERE'S A COMPANY CALLED CLOSED LOOP PARTNERS.
IT'S UM PRIVATE EQUITY. THERE WAS 10. PERSONAL CARE BRANDS UNILEVER PROCTER AND GAMBLE.
THEY PUT $30 MILLION EACH. AND SO IT'S $300 MILLION INVESTMENT. THAT CLOSED THE PARTNERS. BUT SIMS SO THE SIMS SAID. WAS BROUGHT UP AS ACTUALLY NOW 100% OWNED BY PRIVATE EQUITY, AS WELL AS BALCONES, WHICH IS DOWN IN AUSTIN, TEXAS AND FLORIDA. AND SELL BETWEEN THE TWO COMPANIES THAT GOT 15 BURPS AND. PRIVATE EQUITY. WELL WE TRY TO GO THROUGH AND WORK WITH LIKE THEM, AND IT SPENT PREPARED YOU REALIZE UNILEVER BUT TO DO IT INSTEAD OF PAYING INDEX PRICES AND ALL THE MATERIAL WE'RE PAYING FIVE CENTS PREMIUM BECAUSE THE PRIVATE EQUITY.
WHAT'S EVERY TURN ON THEIR INVESTMENT. THEY'RE GOING TO TURN AROUND AND THEN SELL IT TO ANOTHER PERFECTLY. THAT'S WHEN YOUR POINT EARLIER. THAT'S WHEN IT DOESN'T WORK, RIGHT? SO THAT'S WHERE IT'S LIKE. WHEN I GO TO RUN P AND THE INDEX PRICE THIS MONTH IS $60, OR 60, CENTS A POUND NATURAL POLYETHYLENE. WE PAY THEM 67 MARKET RATE, WHICH WORKS FOR THEM WORK SURPRISED.
WHEN I GO TO SIMS, I GOTTA PAY 65 CENTS A POUND PLUS HOLIDAY FROM NEW YORK, WHICH IS $1500 USING MY TRUCKS WAS OUTSOURCING IT LIKE 3 TO 4. VERSUS GRUMPY IS UNDER DOLLARS FROM THEIR COLUMBUS LOCATION. 300 FROM CINCINNATI. I'M JUST USING THAT THAT'S THE THING THAT I ACTUALLY HAVE TO WORK AT. AND THEN I LOOK AT THE RATES. WE JUST STARTED LOOKING AT THE BADGES FOR GRUMPY . I GET 82% YIELD. SO COLUMBUS CLEANER CINCINNATI CLEANER. THE YIELD OUT OF NEW YORK 72% SO NOT
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ONLY IN MY OPINION PREMIUM WITH THE PRICE PER POUND AND 40,000. YEAH. SOUNDTRACK WITH THE 53 FOOTER. BY PAYING A PREMIUM ON THE TRANSPORTATION. AND THEN I'M GETTING A LOWER YIELD. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT SAYING, OKAY? IT SEEMS TRULY A PARTNER. IN THAT CASE, LONG TERM WE'RE HOPING TO ACTUALLY HAVE BETTER COMMUNICATION. BETTER CONVERSATIONS USING BACKS TO ACTUALLY DRIVE. DECISION. RUM, RUM CAY TRUE PARTNER. SO. FIND THE GRUMPY'S LIKE WASTE AWAY UP IN CHICAGO IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER GREAT PARTNER, MARYLAND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AND OTHER GREAT PARTNER. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, GEORGIA PACIFIC GREAT PARTNER AND THE REASON WHY GEORGIA PACIFIC'S A GREAT PARTNERS. I ALSO APPLY $7 MILLION WORTH OF CORE GET SO I SCRATCH YOUR BACK. YOU SCRATCH MINE. HOW DO WE ACTUALLY MAKE THIS A WIN WIN? AND WITH GEORGIA PACIFIC I CAN ACTUALLY PULL FROM THE CAROLINAS, TENNESSEE.KENTUCKY WHAT WILL PAY A PREMIUM ON THE TRANSPORTATION OF GETTING IT FOR THE MARKETPLACE? SO THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO DEAL WITH. WITH MY PURCHASING MANAGER. THAT'S COMES TO ME AND SAYS, HEY, YOU GOTTA PROVE THIS. AND I'M LIKE LOOKING AT THE BOTTOM LINE, OKAY? HOW DO WE THINK ABOUT IT WORKS NOW BECAUSE I'VE ONLY GOT ONE CUSTOMER THAT'S AXIOM. AND WE SELL BACK TO OURSELVES, AND WE DO A MODEL AND IT WORKS OUT. IT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE, THAT PREMIUM EXIST ACROSS THE BORDER. TAKING A LOT OF YOUR TIME. YES. FANTASTIC. YEAH. I MEAN, I ALREADY SEE THAT JOSH POLAND VIDEO WHERE THE KID THROWS A PLASTIC BOTTLE IN THE TRASH CAN AT THE SCHOOL, AND THEN IT GETS ON THE TRACK AND GO STRAIGHT OVER TO THE FACILITY AND GOES THROUGH AND GOES BACK.
AND THEN IT'S A SOAP CAN BOTTLE THAT'S BACK IN THE CLASSROOM. LIKE I MEAN, I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO TELL THE STORY. BUT YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU GUYS ARE UP AND RUNNING THIS CITY IS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF. AND I THINK IT COULD BE AN EXAMPLE. SO WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT PICKED YOU ALL NEED TO BUILD THE FIRST ONE. AND IN THE COMPANY. WE HAD A LOT OF PLACES TO GO THROUGH THIS AND EVEN DOWNTOWN SUEDE COAT, RIGHT? WE'RE THINKING ABOUT HEY, YOU, YOU PUT IT DOWNTOWN. THERE'S DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT? I CAN TELL YOU IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN US PROBABLY LIKE FROM WHEN WE STARTED TO BUILD, AND IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN 18 TO 24 MONTHS. IT'S A TESTAMENT LIKE THINGS THAT JENNIFER CHRYSLER EVERYBODY INVOLVED, BERNIE. MARY SPAULDING. YOU GUYS HAVE MADE IT VERY EASY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT SO BECAUSE OF THAT. WE CONTINUE TO INVEST BACK INTO THE SO OVER . I DIDN'T SAY THAT START BUT WITH THE 43 MILLION IN VERTEX, PLUS THE 350 MILLION THAT WE'VE ALREADY INVESTED IN AN ACCIDENT, UM, BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT. YOU KNOW, WE'RE UP ALMOST 400 MILLION LARGE, JUST EQUIPMENT. THAT'S NOT TO SAY THE INVESTMENT PEOPLE BECAUSE WE. PROBABLY NOT THE COLLEGE LEVEL BUT THE JUNIOR COLLEGE IN THERE. TECHNICAL COLLEGES. WE, ACTUALLY THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE GOING BACK AND GETTING TRAINED AND ELECTRONIC DIGITAL COMPUTER APPLICATIONS. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY'S TIME FOR HEARING ME OUT. I DON'T TYPICALLY DO SLIDES . I JUST THREW THOSE OUT. SO YOU GOT THE SLIDES? YOU CAN. YOU CAN ROB THOSE TO THIS TEAM AND READ THROUGH THEM. I'M SURE THERE'S GOING TO BE QUESTIONS. SURE THERE'S GOING TO BE UM, SOME THOUGHTS OF HOW TO ACTUALLY DO IT BETTER. WE'RE OPEN. NOTHING'S LIKE. FINALIZED WE LOOK AT THIS AS A JOURNEY WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. I'VE GOT A FEW BUSINESS CARDS. I'LL LEAVE THEM HERE WOULD GIVE ONE TO ANNA'S WELL DISSEMINATE MY INFORMATION. THE RESIDENT IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE? EXPECTED. WE IN ALL HONESTY, WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ONE OF YOUR FIRST. WHEN YOU WERE UP AND RUNNING AND READY IF YOU WANT TO USE US AS GUINEA PIGS FOR YOUR TOUR AND THE TEST RUN, AND ABSOLUTELY MORE THAN ONE, THEY GOT THEIR IMPRESSED WITH THE FACILITY. IT'S GOT A LOT OF BIG EQUIPMENT. IT I MEAN, IT'S I TELL THE TEAM. IT'S LIKE FEEDING THE BEAST. RIGHT YOU'VE GOT TO FEED £6000 AN HOUR. THEY ACTUALLY KEEP THE LINE RUNNING RIGHT? AND YOU THINK OF A PELLET OR CUBE OF RESETTLED MATERIALISM. 1200 TO £1500. SO YOU'VE GOT A FORKLIFT DRIVER THAT'S REMOVING THE BANDS AND CONTINUING TO ACTUALLY. FEED THAT ON A REGULAR BASIS, SO I THINK WE CAN SEE IT. IT'S IN PERSON IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE,
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LIKE THE MECHANICAL HYDRAULIC AS WELL AS THE ELECTRICAL BEATS THAT GO INTO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GREAT NEXT. WE HAVE SCOTT MCAFEE JOINING REMOTELY TO PRESENT THE FIGHTING FINDINGS FROM THE 2022 COMMUNITY ATTITUDES SURVEY. OKAY SO WE HAVE SCOTLAND ZOOM. SEE IF I CAU HEAR US? THANK YOU. YES. YES. CONCERN.I JUST. THOSE SLIDES, BUT A LOT OF THE SLIDES. BUT IF YOU ARE. RIGHT? SO LET'S SEE. FIRST QUARTER 18 SECONDS EVERY YEAR, SO WE JUST DID. RESIDENTS THE MAIN REASONS WHY SURVEY.
SERVICES. PAPER PLAN TO HAVE. SUBJECT. OF COURSE. BUT AT TIME. EXPORTERS. OH, MY GOD. NO MORE.
BETTER. 18. REPORTING TO WORK AGAIN. SO A SURVEY. ALWAYS DONE ON SURVEYS. MY MISSION IS BACK. COVERING THE BUS. THE MAIN REASON WHY. THAT'S ALMOST SURVEY THIS YEAR WAS MINUTES AND. AFFORDABLE RATIONS. RIGHT? YEAH. VOLLEYBALL. VERY GOOD. COUNTRY RESPONSES AND YES, SO THAT'S A BASICALLY. REASON WHY WE. HIS BALANCE PLAY, BUT. GENDER OR AGE OR JAR. THIS YEAR. NUMBERS. CLOSE TO THE ACTUAL FROM THE REPRESENTATION. HEY, SCOTT, CAN YOU HANG ON A SECOND? HELP OUT OF CURIOSITY. HOW MANY? HOW MANY FOLKS? DID THE SURVEY. REALLY I
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GOT A CALL. YEAH. SO INTERESTING . HOW? HOW? HOW IS IT PRESENTED ? YEAH COLOR WAS MAD. IT POPPED UP AS SAPPERSTEIN. ASSOCIATES THERE YOU GO, AND THAT THAT MIGHT BE SOME FEEDBACK IN THE IN THE FUTURE, SCOTT BECAUSE ALBANY IF YOU WANT TO SEND YEAH, BUT IT IT POPS UP CASSETTE. PRISTINE ASSOCIATES IS THE ONE THAT CONDUCTS IT. SO, UM. FUNNY QUALITY. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE LAST TWO SURVEY WHY. LET PEOPLE KNOW. OKAY, EXACTLY GOING.JUST THE WAY SELF WORK. HERE. MAYBE MAKE IT SENSE. AND THEY TEXT THE NUMBER. AND SAY. OKAY.
BRIAN. THAT'S THAT'S ALREADY TRIED. OKAY, THANKS. SO. OVER THE LAST.
UNDER PARIS. 2018 OFFICER. WHAT? EVERYTHING. FOR THE BOTTOM, RIGHT? NOTHING FULL TIME.
MORNING FORWARD AND. THE WHITEBOARD. SHOW. THIS PART NOW. SLOWLY BUT SURELY YOU'RE OVER.
NINE OUT OF 10. PRESIDENT JUST ABOUT. OKAY? BIRTHDAY. PROPER PERSPECTIVE.
MOST PRESIDENTS. DEPRESSION. RIGHT? SIX SCHOOLS. FORMER RESOURCE OFFICERS WITHIN THE SCHOOLS FOR THE LAST THIS YEAR. UM YES. SINCE THEY'RE ALL SCHOOLS. HE HAD A CITY. THEIR
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WAR TOGETHER.FUNDER. THEY'RE NOT. THIS PROCESSION. TO BE VERY STRONG, ESPECIALLY TOGETHER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. WELL, THAT'S ALL. THE HOUSE SPEAKS A LOT. YEAH, STRONG. TO THE LAND. THE FORCE HIGHER. THOSE WHO AREN'T AWARE. STOP. ASSISTANT. BUT HUH? THOUGHTS WERE SENATOR.
THAT'S EARLY HIRED. I THINK THAT'S WHAT I LIKE. OF YEARS. AS WELL. SO CONCERNED CITY 1000 RIVERS. SO I THINK THAT. 10 YEARS. I AM. BYE. HE'S FAR. THE FUTURE NUMBERS ARE VERY.
KEEPING RESIDENTS IN FLORIDA. THIS YEAR'S RECURRING. ONE THING. INSOLUBLE QUESTION. WAS.
4% THANK YOU LOOK. ALSO VERY SOMETIMES. THAT INCREASE. YEAH. ANY PERSONAL GROWTH.
AND HER PERSONS. POSITIVE AS WELL. I CAN'T TELL YOU WHY. FOUR YEARS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. EVIDENCE. YEAH. ACTUALLY ENVIRONMENT APPROACH. THAT'S FINE LIFE.
CENTER. THE CHARGERS. 1234. ONE. BORN. IT'S FOR, YOU KNOW. BUT DESIRE. YOU KNOW THEY'RE
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FELT. AND WHY. JEFFREY. I ALWAYS WATCH ROLE THAT SO. GREECE. DID YOU WATCH ME? HE WONDERED.AND SAY THAT'S PROBABLY. RESIDENTS. SITUATION. THAT WOULD.
AND HERE THE AMOUNT WOULD BE LOWER THAN SEVEN. QUESTION. TO FORWARD. OR MILITARY. WALBERG, PROBABLY EXACTLY. THEY ALSO ASKED. DIFFERENT QUESTIONS. WELL, ACTUALLY, THREE DIFFERENT.
COURSE. FOR THE ONE ALBUM WAS IN ONE HOUR. 30. UM.
THIS SURVEY. AND THE SMALLEST. MEDIA THERE. THIS YEAR. WHAT SPECIFIC. ASKED ABOUT TRAFFIC.
YEAH. IT'S FOR YOU. ESPECIALLY VERY NICE TRAFFIC. SMALL BAG GETS SOME OF THOSE SOME OF THE CHANGES. I MEAN, BESIDES CAN'T ARE RIGHT NOW. NUMBER ONE SOURCE FOR RESIDENTS AND WHERE THEY FIND. THIS YEAR FROM QUARTERBACK. THE SMALLER THE CITY ON THIS. ONE. WHEREVER YOU ARE. PROBABLY THERE ALL OF US. I WANT TO STAY NEWSLETTER THIS YEAR. IT'S ALSO A VERY GOOD
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INFORMATION FOR THOSE PEOPLE DON'T SEE. YOU ALREADY LEGAL? ARE. 57% THIS MORNING. TO MAKE SURE THATL CLUSTERING MUCH WATER. REFLECT. YEAH QUESTIONS. IT'S. ANYBODY THAT. REMAINS EVERYTHING. MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND CHILDREN. FINALLY. YES. MOST PRESIDENTS.FOR THAT ISN'T AVAILABLE. STATE FOR FEDERAL SOURCES. THE THERE FOR YOU. OVERWHELMING. AT LEAST MINE IS, SHE SAID, SO. BRIAN BORDER. ON THE SCREEN. PERCENT. IN THE MORNING AND.
THE NUMBER. ONE I DIDN'T KNOW. THAT'S GOOD. IN THE YEARS. GO ON. AND REALLY STRONGLY THAT. 6% WHERE IS DOWN. THAT WE ARE MOST COMMUNITY. ACROSS MANY. MOST. OKAY? THAT ORDER. CERTAINLY. NO CHANCE. AND SECOND. ONE BOTH. TO THE MOST POLITICS. WAS. YEAH. LAST POINT. SO HIGHLIGHTSS
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PARKS. CITY OFFICIALS. WORLD. AND WITH ALL. THE LAST TWO YEARS.IT IS ALSO CYSTS. OPTIONS AVAILABLE WORKERS WEARING, UH. RESIDENTS OR RESIDENTS HERE AND SHORT TIME EXCEPT THIS ONE IS. PRESIDENT. JUST BRING IT DOWN. TRAFFIC. YES, BASICALLY. 19 OR AROUND THE VILLAGE OR. PROCESS. POSSIBLE.
SKEPTICISM. QUICK QUESTION. DID YOU, UM ON THIS STATISTIC FOR FOLKS THAT LIVED AND WORKED IN NEW ALBANY. DID YOU INCLUDE PEOPLE THAT WORK AT HOME? AS LIVING AND WORKING IN NEW ALBANY. BYE, ANDY. YES I BELIEVE. THEY WORK FOR TODAY. PERHAPS THAT'S WHILE WORLD THAT HEART. YEAH, IF I'M. BECAUSE I DID TAKE IT, AND I DON'T THINK THEY DISTINGUISH WHETHER YOU WORK AT HOME, OR I THINK THEY JUST ASKED WHERE YOU WORKED. UM SO I DO THINK REMOTE. PROBABLY DID PUSH THAT NUMBER UP A LITTLE BIT. GREAT WELL. YEAH. THANK YOU, SCOTT. NICE GUY. OUR LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PROJECT UPDATES AND WORK PLAN REVIEW. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE STAFF TO TAKE US THROUGH THESE UPDATES. OH, MY GOD. THAT WAS A GOOD ONE. SO I AM VERY HAPPY TO SAY THAT, UM ALRIGHT, I WOULD CONSIDER OUR PUMPKIN COLLECTION OUR FIRST YEAR OF PUMPKIN COLLECTION OF SUCCESS. WE COLLECTED PUMPKINS FOR A MONTH AND HAD ONE DROP OFF LOCATION AT PUBLIC SERVICE. UM, HUGE SHOUT OUT TO THE GUYS THAT SERVICE FOR UM. HELPING MAKE THIS A SUCCESS. WE REALLY RELIED ON THEM. UM AND WE COLLECTED 15/15 TONS OF PUMPKINS, £31,000.
UM. FOR SOME PERSPECTIVE TO DATE WE'VE COLLECTED ABOUT £25,000 OF FOOD WASTE. UM SO IT'S MORE THAN ALL THE FOOD WASTE WE'VE COLLECTED SO FAR. IT'S THREE OF THOSE 20 YARD HAULERS. THREE OF THOSE THE CITY OF DUBLIN COLLECTED JUST OVER DOUBLE WHAT WE DID, BUT THEY HAVE MORE THAN FOUR TIMES THE POPULATION, SO I'D SAY WE DID. WE DID A VERY GOOD JOB FOR FIRST YEAR SO YOU SHOUT OUT TO THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM FOR REALLY PUTTING IT OUT THERE. UM. AND I SAY, LET'S GO UP NEXT YEAR. WE HAD NEIGHBORS. I COLLECT THEM ON OUR BLOCK OF THE DEER AND MY NEIGHBORS LIKE MINE IN THE CITY CAN DO IT. OKAY OKAY. THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO KEEP. MY DEAR. I CAN'T REMEMBER
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WHAT WAS THE WHAT'S THE DISPOSITION FARM? WHAT'S HAPPENING? SO THIS GOES TO THE SAME COMPOST FACILITY AS ALL OF OUR COMPOST? YEP. THE REASON WE CAN'T PUT IT IN THE CAMPUS.BENZES JUST LOGISTICS, BECAUSE, YEAH, I THINK IN THEORY WE COULD. IT'S JUST OKAY, SO MUCH FOR OUR SYSTEM. UM. YEAH. SO THE COST OF THE CITY IS IT JUST THE RENTAL OF THE DUMPSTERS ESSENTIALLY HAULING FEE, AND THEN THERE'S A TON INCH FEE. OKAY, $40 OR SOMETHING. A TON.
OKAY? SYSTEM RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVE INITIATIVE. YEAH. THIS IS AN ACTUAL PICTURE. IT IS. YEP. WELL WHAT WHAT HAPPENED? BECAUSE WHEN I WENT UP THE CONTAINER WAS GONE. YEAH. UM IT WAS. IT WAS KIND OF LIKE THE E WASTE DRIVE LIKE WE REALLY TRIED HARD AND THEN 400 TIMES.
THE VOLUME CAME IN A YEAH, THERE WAS A PERIOD OF TIME. I THINK THAT THE FIRST ROLL OFF WAS BROUGHT OUT AND THEN IT WAS FOR WITHIN, LIKE A DAY AND THEN, UH, IT. THEY PICKED IT UP, AND THEN PEOPLE CAME AND STILL JUST LEFT ALL OVER THE PLACE. AND THEN WE THEN FILLED BASICALLY THE SECOND. THE SECOND ROLL OF IT WAS IT WAS INTERESTING. WE HAVE ALL THIS GREAT EQUIPMENT AND THINGS, BUT YOU CAN'T REALLY USE THE LOADERS TO LIKE SQUISHED THESE THINGS AND YOU KNOW, SO ANYWAY, BUT YES. SO IT WAS KIND OF A WORK IN PROGRESS. I THINK THERE TOWARD THE END, I THINK, MONKEY, UH THEY WERE GREAT THEIR RESPONSES TO GET NEW ADDITIONAL ROLL OFFS OUT, BUT I THINK WE NEXT YEAR WE'LL PROBABLY START WITH AT LEAST TWO OUT THERE. UM AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY EXPECT TO EVEN GET MORE NEXT YEAR, SO BUT AND THEN ALSO TO WHAT WAS REALLY IT WAS SURPRISED, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEN YOU OPEN UP THE COMPOST AND PUMPKINS EVERYWHERE. YOU LOOK LIKE PUMPKINS ALL OVER THE PLACE . SO IT WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, THEY COULDN'T FIND ROOM IN THERE, SO THEY JUST FILLED THE COMPLEX AND EVERYTHING BUT IT SO PEOPLE WERE JUST CHECKING HIM OVER. YES OPENING THE DOOR. AND SO IF LANDFILL DIVERSION WAS THE GOAL MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. YES.
CURIOUS THAT WE LET ME KNOW WE WERE DOING THIS. YES SO WE COORDINATED WITH FRANKIE. THERE WAS A MISCOMMUNICATION ABOUT THR PICK DRUG THEM JUST PICKING IT UP. SO, UM YEAH. AND UNFORTUNATELY THAT FELL RIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING BREAK, SO WE WERE OUT OF THE OFFICE, BUT FORTUNATELY THERE'S SO MUCH SPACE OUT THERE THAT IT REALLY DIDN'T AFFECT ANYTHING AT ALL.
AND I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THAT THEY COULD HAVE TRACKED THAT SAME TIMEFRAME TO SAY WITH THE TONNAGE VARIANCE, WAS IT OH, COLLECTION TO SEE YOU. KIND OF GOT A SENSITIVE WE GET ALL OF IT. YEAH WE HAD PEOPLE TODAY WITH PUMPKINS. SO WE'VE BEEN TURNING PEOPLE WHEN YOU CAN PUT HIM IN A COMPOST AND WHICH STAND UP DOING BUT AND WE DID GET A CALL FROM TEMPLE BETH SHALOM, SAYING THAT THE COMPOST BINS THERE WERE FULL BECAUSE OF PUMPKINS, SO PEOPLE ARE STILL AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE LESSONS LEARNED TO TAKE INTO NEXT YEAR IS WE CAN GO EVEN LATER. UM AND PEOPLE WILL PROBABLY STILL BE BRINGING PUMPKIN. I MEAN, I STILL HAVE PUMPKINS ON MY PORCH, SO JUST AS AN ASIDE ARE THE ONES THAT CALL FROM THE TEMPLE WAS TODAY. IT WAS LAST WEEK LAST WEEK. WE WANT THE PUMPKINS, ACTUALLY, FOR OUR GARDEN COMPANY. OH YEAH. PEOPLE UM, OUT THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD. CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASK FOR NEXT MONTH AND DROP OFF. THANKS GUARDIAN. OUR NEXT RECYCLING. UM, EVENT OR THAT WE HAD IN NOVEMBER WAS THE ELECTION YARD SIGN RECYCLING WE COLLECTED ABOUT 125 SIGNS IN THE MIDDLE STAKES. UM AND AGAIN, I THINK WE COULD HAVE EXTENDED THIS A LITTLE BIT LONGER. I THINK PEOPLE WERE STILL DROPPING OFF SIGNS EVEN A WEEK AFTER, UM AND A LOT OF WE DID GET FEEDBACK FROM SOME LOCAL POLITICIANS SAYING THAT THEY UM, I WENT AROUND TO TRY TO PULL THE SIGNS AND THEN KEEP THEM FOR THE NEXT CYCLE. SO UM NOT ONLY ARE THEY GETTING RECYCLED, BUT THEY'RE ALSO BEING REUSED AGAIN NEXT YEAR, SO WE WILL KEEP. WE GOT THIS PUSH FROM SWEET CO. AND SO WE'LL STAY IN TOUCH WITH THEM ABOUT LESSONS LEARNED FROM OTHER JURISDICTIONS. AND THEN CURRENTLY WE HAVE OUR HOLIDAY
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LIGHTS RECYCLING. I'M GOING ON OUT FRONT. WE HAVE THE FOUR BINS THAT YOU CAN DUMP ANY UM NOT FUNCTIONAL. HOLIDAY LIGHTS SO FAR, THIS IS WHAT WE'VE COLLECTED, UM AND SERVICE HAS BEEN GREAT AGAIN AT PICKING THEM UP AND KIND OF KEEPING THEM IN A BIN FOR US SERVICE. UM SO THERE'S TO DROP OFF LOCATIONS THAT ONE HERE AT VILLAGE HALL AND THEN ANOTHER AT THE PLAIN TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT. SO IF YOU HAVE OLD LIGHTS THAT DON'T WORK, OR IF YOU KNOW ANYONE ELSE AND FEEL FREE TO PUSH THIS ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA SHARE IT SO PEOPLE KNOW DO YOU HAVE, LIKE? HALF OLD LIGHTS HALF LED, AND NOW YOU'RE TREES LOOK FUNKY. ANYBODY LIKE THIS IS THE TIME TO JUST PULL THE BAND AID OFF AND GO ALL LED AND GET RID OF THE OTHER ONES. THIS IS A COMPANY THAT WE PAY TO KNOW FOR FREE. YEAH. EVEN BETTER. SO THEN A FEW MORE NOTES. JUST LOOKING FORWARD. UM THIS IS KIND OF OUR FIRST. ALMOST A QUARTER LITTLE MORE THAN A QUARTER OF 2023 YEAR. UM I'LL ADD TO THE JANUARY AND FEBRUARY SLEEP THAT TOUR OF VERDICTS. BUT WE'LL START THE YEAR WE'LL START THINKING ABOUT THAT STUDENT GRANTS APPLICATION THAT WILL WORK WITH THE SCHOOLS ON AND START. PLANNING LOGISTICS FOR THE EARTH DATA. ARBOR DAY. WE HAVE OUR COMMUNITY PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR. SHE HAS BEEN WORKING. ON SOME IDEAS FOR THAT WEEK. THAT KIND OF MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIAL THAN WHAT WE HAD LAST YEAR, SO WE'LL REALLY HAVE SOME GOOD IDEAS GOING INTO THE YEAR. WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING IN MARCH. UM AND THEN THAT WILL KIND OF TAKE US INTO APRIL, WHERE WE'LL UM TRANSITION WILL HAVE OUR BIRTHDAY OUR BIRTHDAY WEEK AND THEN MOVE INTO THE SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPING GRANT THAT WE ARE THINKING OF AS WELL.SOME ADDITIONAL NOTES. IS THAT OUR BUDGET DID PASS LAST NIGHT, SO UM, WE ARE GOOD TO GO. AND I HAVE COPIES OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN. THERE'S SEVEN COPIES OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN. THERE'S ALSO IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE, BUT WE HAD DISCUSSED MAYBE TAKING SOME TIME TO REVISIT THOSE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FROM THE SUSTAINABILITY CHAPTER. AND I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE TO JUST SEE WHAT ELSE IS IN THE PLAN. SO THERE'S UM ENOUGH FOR THE VOTING MEMBERS AND UM. I'M GONNA RUN DOWN TO TWO DEVELOPMENT DO THAT EARLIER TO MAKE SURE WE HAD ANOTHER COPY.
UM SO FOR THAT IF YOU WANT TO LOOK INTO THAT, AND THEN IN JANUARY, EVERYTHING KIND OF REVISIT SOME OF THOSE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES. SEE WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED OVER THE LAST YEAR.
AND WHAT WE MIGHT WANT TO REVISIT. YOU KNOW A REAL SUIT DOING THE BEST. SOLAR BEST PRACTICE REPORT IN JANUARY AS WELL. YES, I FORGOT TO ADD THAT, UM YES. SO WE HAVE NEARLY FINALIZED DRAFT OF OUR SOLAR BEST PRACTICES. REPORT. UM AND SO WE WILL PRESENT THAT TO YOU ALL IN JANUARY FOR SOME FEEDBACK. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. GREAT THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS TO ADDRESS TONIGHT? MANY IMPORTANT MEMBERS HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR ANYTHING
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ELSE THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS. I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY ASK I CAN'T REMEMBER.HAVE YOU STARTED THE CONVERSATION? WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ABOUT RECITING DREAMING THIS. NO NO, YOU'RE NOT DREAMING IT. WE HAD AN INITIAL CONVERSATION WITH THEM BEFORE WE PUT THE BUDGET TOGETHER, AND THEN WE SAID, WELL, LET'S SEE IF WE GET THE BUDGET APPROVED AND THEN WE WILL REVISIT THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS BASED ON KIND OF INPUT THAT THE BOARD HAS ON WHAT KIND OF PARTNERSHIP SO MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING WITH THAT WE HEARD TONIGHT. THAT'S HELP BRING IT UP BECAUSE IT'S LIKE I'M ALL FOR LIKE. BEING FOCUSED, BUT IT WOULD BE BETTER TO THROW UP AFTER THIS DISTRICT STANDPOINT, BUT JUST. I THINK THAT WE ARE.
WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS THAT. WE WANT TO GET EVERYTHING UP AND RUNNING AT THE INTERMEDIATE.
KIND OF WORK THINGS OUT. AND THEN MR SAWYER'S IS BEHIND US ON EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING HAS SOME INFORMATION TO SHARE. ABOUT ABOUT A COUPLE OF GRANT. YEAH. OH, YEAH, WE GOT A SCHOOL GRANT
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FOR THE INTERMEDIATE. TWO PEOPLE FOR COMPOSTING CAFETERIA STARTING AT THE FARM. SWEET COCOA. SO YOU HAVE A BIG PAPER GO ZEROS, SO SERVICES, SO WE'RE HOPING TO GET COMPOSTABLE TRAYS AND HE TENDS TO SO EVERYTHING IN THE CAFETERIA GLOBAL PRETTY MUCH COME CLOSE EXCEPT FOR LIKE.ZIPLOC BAGS. BUT I THINK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO LET US WORK OUT THE KINKS. AND THEN WE CAN TAKE IT TO THE DISTRICT. GREAT THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S INCREDIBLE. UH YES . SO WE LOOK FURTHER THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND WE CAN KIND OF SET UP. THIS POTENTIAL GRANT PROGRAM WITH THE DISTRICT ANYWAY , THAT THIS BOARD WANTS TO SHAPE IT WILL HAVE TO PUT TOGETHER GUIDELINES AND SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS, SO THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO START. GETTING THAT INFORMATION FROM YOU AND WORKING ON AND TRAINING RIGHT? GREAT ANY OTHER GOOD NEWS. ANYTHING ELSE THAT? NO NO. ALL RIGHT. WELL I MOVED TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 8 14. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND ALL IN FAVOR. ALL RIGHT
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.