The plastics industry needs to be sustainable and we have the technology to ensure we get there.

1. SUPPLY MANAGEMENT & PLASTICS
ROLE SUPPORTING SUSTAINABILITY
OCT 25, 2014

2. PRESENTED BY OUR PARTNERS
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3. TODAYS SPEAKERS ON SUSTAINABILITY
• Susan D’Souza, Staples Advantage Canada
• Joe Hruska, Canadian Plastics Industry Association
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4. SUSTAINABILITY & PLASTICS
Todays Topics:
• Sustainability: what, why, how
• Staples Advantage - Sustainability Strategy
• Staples Advantage - some examples
• Plastics Contribution to Sustainability
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5. WHAT IS SUSTAINABILITY ?
“Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the
ability of future generations to meet their own needs”
Washington State Department of Ecology
Our Corporate Social Responsibility Tool:
Community Environment Ethics Diversity
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6. BUSINESS CASE – ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
• Cost savings
– Reduced operational costs (less energy, water, waste, transportation)
• Increased customer loyalty and attraction
– Strong reputation for environmental commitment positively influences a
customer to buy your product or service
• Fuels innovation and creativity
– Having a green focus fosters the mindset of doing more with less
• Increased employee engagement and retention
– Enables development & growth of employees and productivity
– Employees seek out companies who care about the environment
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7. EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT IS CRITICAL TO SUSTAINABILITY
• Employee engagement is the #1 success factor in business sustainability programs
• Once executives set the goals, employees need to know:
– How it fits / aligns with the business
– Understand what is in it for them, what is expected from them
– Understand their role in helping the business achieve their goals
• How do we maximize employee engagement?
• How do we tap into those engaged pool of employees to drive initiatives
• How do we ensure sustainability initiatives implemented are “sustained”
à Green Teams àNational & Local Sustainability Teams
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/careers/business-education/strategy-does-it-benefit-your-company-to-go-green/article4204418/
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8. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY REPORT….IRIS TOOL
Website: www.staplesadvantage.ca
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9. STAPLES ADVANTAGE CANADA LOCATIONS
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10. SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY - OUR SUSTAINABILITY PLEDGE
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11. EXTERNAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
• Sustainability Recognition and Thought Leadership
ü 2013 Winner of the Green Living Excellence in Corporate
Responsibility (ECR) Award
ü 2013 Winner of COPA Community Leadership Award of Excellence
(4th consecutive year)
ü 2013 Winner of the YMCA Award for Outstanding Leadership in
Volunteerism
ü 2013 BLOOM Finalist Award for Sustainability Leadership
ü 2013 Winner of the Quebec ICI Recycling Award
ü 6 articles published in Environmentalleader.com
• ISO 14001 Corporate Registration since 2009

12. LEVERAGE CUSTOMER & COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
***Triple Win ***
• Helping our customers reduce their environmental footprint
• Products are designed with key environmental attributes that
benefit the environment
• Thousands of dollars donated to Evergreen to green our
communities
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13. THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX
TAKING SUSTAINABILITY BEYOND OUR FOUR WALLS:
“Staples suppliers are responsible for 93 percent of the company’s
carbon impact through products, packaging, and transportation.
The other 7 percent originates within the four walls of our
company’s operation.”
www.greenbiz.com / blog/ 2012/07/01
à In order to make the greatest stride towards Sustainability we
must collaborate with our customers and suppliers and build
strong partnerships so collectively we make the biggest impact.
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14. WORKING TOGETHER… SUSTAINABLE PARTNERSHIP - CUSTOMERS
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Recycling Programs
§ Staples is one of the world's largest ink recyclers. We're committed to
the highest level of sustainability by recycling or reusing 100% of a
cartridge's components - the plastics in many end-of-life cartridges are
reused to make other products.
§ A greener office. …helping our customers run their business with less
impact on the environment. In addition to offering our customers more
green products, we have our free driver pick up of our used SA corrugate
boxes , used ink and toner cartridges and e-waste items (computers,
monitors, batteries, printers etc)

15. WORKING TOGETHER… SUSTAINABLE PARTNERSHIP - SUPPLIERS
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Packaging Reduction
§ We are actively working with suppliers to reduce the amount
of packaging used and ensure the use of sustainable materials,
passing along the environmental savings to our customers.

16. WORKING TOGETHER... SUSTAINABLE PARTNERSHIP - COMMUNITY
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Paper Procurement
§ Our Sustainable Paper Procurement Policy specifies our
commitments for increasing the sustainability of the paper
products we source. We seek to work with suppliers that share
our commitment to responsibly managing natural resources,
supporting local communities, and producing sustainable
products.

17. NEW TOOLS – SCIENCE TO GUIDE NEW TOOLS –
SCIENCE TO GUIDE SUSTAINABLE THINKING – HOLISTIC VIEW
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Life Cycle Assessment
Source: http://www.pgsefose.com/process-and-overview.html

18. RECYCLE TONER CARTRIDGES AND INKJET CARTRIDGES
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• Staples is one of the world's largest ink recyclers. We have recycled more than 50 million
ink and toner cartridges over the last 2 years.
• Our delivery drivers will collect your empty ink and toner cartridges, regardless of brand,
the next time a delivery is made.
à By 2020, 55% of all ink and
toners sold will be collected
for recycling.

19. DRIVER PICK-UP OF E-WASTE
• Our Tech Recycling
Program makes it easy for
our customers to give
recyclables at next day
delivery
• In 2014, 17,600 kg of
e-waste was collected
• Zero to landfill
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20. SUMMARY
• View Sustainability as a key enabler not an obstacle
• Get started now….small steps add up to a BIG impact
• Obtain upper management support on your Sustainability strategy
• Tap into your engaged employees
• Think outside the box and be creative
• Look out for those “triple wins”
• Communicate your successes internally and externally
• Ongoing journey…always room to improve
susan.dsouza@staples.com

21. CANADIAN PLASTICS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION
• Voice of the Canadian Plastics
Industry
• Over 2,422 companies employing
76,530 workers
• $17.6 billion plastics industry is a
sophisticated, multi-faceted
sector encompassing:
o plastic products
manufacturing,
o machinery,
o moulds,
o resins.

22. POST-USE PLASTICS RECOVERY & SUSTAINABILITY
• CPIA works with government and stakeholders to facilitate increased
plastic waste diversion from landfill
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23. Plastics & Sustainability
Highlight merits of plastics to
support sustainable systems:
– Importance to reduction & conservation of all
resources
– Reduction, Reuse, Recycling of plastics
– Conversion recycling technologies
– Energy-from-waste an economic &
environmentally sustainable option to
manage plastics
– Manage plastic resources to the benefit of
local economies & environments
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24. World Class Technology
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• Plastics industry in Canada is a world leader, leading edge
technologies to manufacture plastics
• Plastics increase energy efficiency and;
• Reduces GHG emissions in various applications
• Smart Packaging – technological innovation & investment has
transformed the industry
• Food safety & protection
• Environmental protection
• Energy & resource conservation

25. PLASTICS’ CONTRIBUTIONS TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
ACROSS MAJOR SECTORS
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Construction Medical Innovation Health & Safety
Aerospace Automotive Packaging

26. SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY
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Plastics industry in
Canada:
• 76,530 employed
• Majority are Canadian
owned
• Highly skilled innovative
workforce

27. ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY
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Plastics industry in
Canada:
• Over 2,422 companies
• Small to medium sized
companies (SME’s) to a few
large corporations
• $29.2 billion in shipments

28. Malmo,
Sweden
Source: http://www.bpf.co.uk/Sustainability/EfW.aspx
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
Plastics make an immense
contribution to environmental
sustainability through:
• Reduction in Energy & Green
House Gas (GHG)
• Recyclable & Reusable
• Energy recovery options
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29. SUSTAINABILITY ACCOUNTING
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Source: http://www.thegreenmarketoracle.com/2013/08/what-is-your-ecological-footprint.html

30. NEW TOOLS – SCIENCE TO GUIDE SUSTAINABLE THINKING
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Eco-efficiency Assessment
• Calculate ecological impact over the entire lifecycle
Source: BASF

31. PLASTICS POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION TO PILLARS OF
SUSTAINABILITY
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Source: http://pmworldjournal.net/category/v2-
i4/
Source: http://pmworldjournal.net/category/v2-i4/
Plastics well-suited to supporting
more sustainable systems:
• Durable & Lightweight lowering emissions,
energy & transportation costs
• Design Freedom allows the use of innovative &
sustainable manufacturing technologies
• Product Safety & Security – will not shatter,
protects humans with products we use daily with
tamper resistant closures
• Hygiene in packaging for food, medicines,
pharmaceuticals

32. PLASTICS PERFORM IN THE RESOURCE HIERARCHY
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Reduce
Recover
Re-use
Recycle
Landfill
• Reduction benefits often not visible & often overlooked

33. PLASTICS CONSUME A FRACTION OF HYDROCARBONS,
MOSTLY NATURAL GAS
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Natural Gas
Oil
Coal
Transportation
Heating & Cooling
Power
Source: Canadian Plastics Sector Council (CPSC) / American Chemistry
Council
Petrochemicals
1% Plastic
Packaging

34. PLASTIC PACKAGING CONSERVES RESOURCES
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35. PLASTIC REDUCES ENERGY USAGE VERSUS ALTERNATIVES
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Canadian Plastic Packaging Study 2014
• 221 Billion MJ/yr equivalent to 18 super oil tankers
lined up for over 8.2 km

36. BIO-BASED PLASTIC SOURCES GROWING
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Not
Biodegradable
Biodegradable
Renewable raw
materials
Fossil raw
materials
PBAT
PBS
PCL
PBAT
PBS
PCL
PLA
PHA‘s
Starch
blends
PE
PP
PVC
Bio-PE
Bio-PA
Bio-PUR
Bio-PP
Bio-PVC
Source: Hans-Josef Endres,
Technische Biopolymere, 2009 (p.
21)
Fossil-based & bio based polymers

37. PLASTICS FROM NATURE ADDING TO SUSTAINABILITY
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Biobased & Recyclable

38. PLASTICS FROM NATURE ADDING TO SUSTAINABILITY
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Compostable & Biodegradable

39. PLASTICS CONTRIBUTION TO TRANSPORTATION
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Aerospace
• Airbus 380 & Boeing 787 Dreamliner both built with carbon reinforced plastics
• Increased use of plastics in aircraft enables:
- weight savings - use 22% less fuel
- reductions in emissions good for the environment
- reduced operating & maintenance costs.

40. PLASTICS CONTRIBUTION TO TRANSPORTATION
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Automotive
• Auto in 1984 contained 8.5% plastics by
weight, similar car today contains 11% -
15%.
• Increased use of plastics reduces the
weight of vehicles and emissions.
• 100 kg of plastics can replace between 200
- 300 kg of traditional materials.
• Every 100 kg of plastics reduces fuel
consumption over lifespan of the vehicle by
750 litres .

41. PLASTICS CONTRIBUTION TO TRANSPORTATION
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Rail
• Plastic composite panels in
Swiss trains has led to a
25% reduction in weight and
consequently significant
energy savings.

42. Plastic Packaging Sustainability Trends
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Factors influencing change & packaging
innovation:
1. Changing demographics
2. Concern over health & safety
3. Need for extended shelf life
4. Delivering products in a resource efficient &
cost effective manner

43. PLASTIC PACKAGING REDUCES WASTE
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Cucumbers wrapped in plastic film
prevents moisture loss and extends
shelf-life from 3 days to up to 14
days
Apples packed in a shrink wrapped
tray reduce damage and waste by
27%

44. PLASTICS PACKAGING HELPS TO CONSERVE NATURAL
RESOURCES
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GLASS 36%
PACKAGING
PLASTIC 3.56% IS
PACKAGING
Without plastics, distributors fleets would make
50% more journeys = more cost and emissions

45. INFRASTRUCTURE - REDUCED HEAT LOSS WITH PLASTIC FOAM
EXTERIOR
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Red & yellow = high heat loss
Foam insulation reduces
heating & cooling costs up
to 50%
• If all houses in Canada,
used plastic exterior foam
insulation, GHG emissions
would be reduced by 3
million tonnes per year
Blue = reduced heat loss

46. INFRASTRUCTURE - PLASTIC WATER PIPES CONSERVE
RESOURCES & ENERGY
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University of Toronto Study
• Canada could achieve 10% of its
Kyoto targets by replacing all the
old water pipes with plastic pipes
• More energy is required to pump
water through leaky & partially
blocked old iron pipes,
contributing to GHG emissions

47. PLASTICS ARE REUSABLE
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Landfill
Recover
Recycle
Reduce
Re-use

48. REUSABLE & RECYCLABLE
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The durability of
plastic makes it a
preferred material for
reusable items.

49. PLASTICS ARE RECYCLABLE
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Reduce
Recover
Re-use
Recycle
Landfill

50. PLASTICS PACKAGING RECYCLED IN CANADA
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• 285 million kgs collected for
recycling
• 10% increase over 2011
• 83% of collected plastics is
reclaimed in Canada or US
2012 Statistics (kgs)
CPIA 2014 Report

51. HIGH ACCESS RATES TO PLASTICS RECYCLING & GROWING
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Plastic Packaging % of Cdn Population with
Recycling Access
PET/HDPE Bottles 100%
Other Bottles & Jugs 70% - 96%
Non- Bottle Rigid Plastics 66% - 93%
PE Film & Bags 61%
PS Foam & Rigids 30-54%
Caps 57%
CPIA Report 2013 Statistics

52. ALL PLASTIC CONTAINER RECYCLING ACCESS 53%
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53. EXPANDING FILM PLASTICS RECYCLING TO RETAIL
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• Partnership - CPIA, Walmart & SC
Johnson announced in July 2014
• Canada-wide return-to-retail model
collecting a wide range of post-
consumer film & bag materials
• Campaign includes in-store marketing
– branded bins, e-signage, in-aisle
shelf-talkers

54. EXPANDING FILM PLASTICS RECYCLING TO IC&I
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Pilot PE Flexible Film
Recycling Project to
address flexible film
packaging within the
ICI sector
Promenade Mall

55. EXPANDING PS FOAM COLLECTION & DENSIFICATION
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British Columbia
New Brunswick
• Densifiers established in
other Canadian
locations IC&I, retailers,
warehouses
Quebec
Nova Scotia
Ontario
• Densifying PS Foam reduces shipping costs
substantially

56. PRODUCTS FROM RECYCLED PS#6 FOAM

57. SIMPLIFYING THIS PACKAGE – RECYCLABLE OR MORE
SUSTAINABLE?
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• Use a six layer 2 mil thick
structure or
• 160 mils of Polypropylene
to achieve the same barrier
properties.
• 160 mil structure is
mechanically recyclable but
has a greater environmental
footprint
Note: 1 mil = one thousandth of one inch
2 mil
Polypropylene
(PP)160 mil

58. LIMITS ON RECYCLING
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Technical Challenges
– Foodservice contamination
– Multi-layer/multi-material
packaging
Cost Challenges
– Collection, Sorting, Cleaning, Transport, Processing, Markets
Infrastructure Challenges
– Inconsistent national approach
• Curbside vs. Deposits vs. Depots vs. Retail stores
– Material codes
– End markets are not supported consistently
• Supply issues for recyclers
2 mil

59. PLASTICS & ENERGY RECOVERY
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Reduce
Recover
Re-use
Recycle
Landfill

60. PLASTICS ARE BORROWED ENERGY
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61. Energy Recovery of Non-Recycled Plastics (NRP)
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Key Findings Residential &
IC&I Wastes:
• NRP disposed 2.8 million
tonnes
• Energy equivalent to:
• 3.4 million tonnes of coal,
• 14 million barrels of oil,
• 79 billion cubic feet of
natural gas

62. ENERGY RECOVERY & CONVERSION RECYCLING
TECHNOLOGIES
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Technology can support Zero Waste with
no plastics having to go landfill:
• Emerging Technologies
• Gasification, Pyrolysis, Plasma Arc,
Microwave
• Refuse Derived Fuel
• Cement kilns, coal powered plants, boilers
• Combustion with energy recovery
• Plastic Conversion Recycling
Technologies
• Plastics to fuel, oil and waxes

63. NRP Used to Manufacture Cement
Holcim's Joliette Cement plant now
burns a variety of alternative fuels
Source: http://www.cemnet.com/Articles/story/39859/canada-s-sustainable-goals.html
• Canadian cement manufacturing industry
used 25 million GJ of energy derived from
coal in 2010.
• Diversion of 25% of currently disposed
plastics can produce 22 million GJ, that
can mostly offset coal use for energy
generation in cement production industry in
Canada.
• This would reduce coal consumption by
750,614 tonnes

64. WTE NO ADVERSE HEALTH & ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
2009: Durham/York Study (Jacques Whitford)
• 25 studies from 1998-2008
• No correlation between chemicals emitted from modern
municipal waste incineration facilities and those measured in
bio monitoring samples (blood, urine, breast milk, hair)

65. PERSPECTIVE ON ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
Dioxins Perspective
100 years of Waste to
Energy operation
Source:
Marco J. Castaldi Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
Department, The City College of New York, City University of
New York
=
15 mins. of
fireworks

66. ADOPT A HIERARCHY TO INCENTIVIZE RESOURCE RECOVERY
PATH TO SUSTAINABILITY

67. EDUCATION CRITICAL FOR SUSTAINABILITY
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• Images of plastic containers
• Free for municipal & recycling operators to use
• Register at CPIA Website - www.plastics.ca/Recycling/
PandEPlasticBottlesandContainers/ImageBank/index.php

68. CPIA INITIATIVES TO PREVENT MARINE DEBRIS WITH GLOBAL
PARTNERS
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• Plastic industry committed to
initiatives we believe will make a
difference.
• Over 140 global projects by the
plastics industry

69. PLASTICS TOO VALUABLE TO WASTE
1. Use of Plastics Supports Sustainability Goals of
Society
• Plastics use reduces waste, energy use & emissions
2. Plastics make a positive contribution to the three
pillars of sustainability
• Plastics characteristics conserve resources, protect the
environment and are positive for economic and social
sustainability

70. PLASTICS TOO VALUABLE TO WASTE
3. Plastic Packaging Has Been Beneficial to Reducing
Waste To Landfill & Lowering Energy Use
• Residential & IC&I recycling & energy recovery: More
plastic diversion is needed on the post-use side:
4. Communication & Education to inform on the efficient
use of plastics to public & industry
• Options to reduce, reuse, recycle & recover more
plastics and their benefits

71. PLASTICS BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
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72. SUPPLY MANAGEMENT & PLASTICS
ROLE SUPPORTING SUSTAINABILITY
OCT 25, 2014

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