In This Issue:

1 | ISRI objects to new EPA regulations

The Institute for Scrap Recycling Industries is raising concerns that new regulations being considered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency could severely hobble the recycling of plastics from electronic scrap and other plastics.

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2 | Don't miss the Resource Recycling Conference

Several hundred companies are heading to Austin, Texas in just a few days for the Resource Recycling Conference, is yours one of them?

There's still time to register, sponsor and book your hotel! The 2012 Resource Recycling Conference will be held August 28-29 at the Hilton Austin in Austin, Texas. Don't miss out!

· AbiBow Recycling LLC · ADG Solutions LLC · American Beverage Association · American Forest & Paper Association · American Packaging Corporation · Ameripen · AMUt S.p.A. · Association of New Jersey Recyclers · Association of Ohio Recyclers · Association of Oregon Recyclers · Avangard Innovative · Avery Dennison · Balcones Resources · Balemaster · Bright Technologies, div. of Sebright · Buhler Sortex, Inc. · Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) · Busch Systems International, Inc. · C&D Resource Center · CA Resource Recovery Assoc. · CAFR (Colorado Association for Recycling) · Call2Recycle · Can Manufacturers Institute · Canuck Compounders · CARC, INC. · Carton Council · Cascadia Consulting Group · Charity Shoes and Clothing, LLC · CIF · Cinco Electronics Recycling · Cipherwaste Polymers · CLYNK · Colotronic North America · Compucycle · Consumer Electronics Association · Container Recycling Institute · Convermex USA · Covanta Energy Corp. · CP Group · CRRA · Cuddyh Integrated Services Limited · Cumberland Recycling · Curbside Recycling Inc. · Curbside Value Partnership · Custom Poymers PET · D.M. Plastics · Dart Container · Dell · Dem-Con Companies · Desert Arc · Dooran America Inc. · Earth911, Inc. · Eastman Chemical Company · EcoPartners, Inc. · Ecoplast Corporation · eCullet Invc. · Envision Plastics · Evergreen Companies · Evermore Recycling · FMS Logistics (Fr. Meyer's Sohn NA) · Foodservice Packaging Institute · Foothills Sanitation & Recycling, Inc · Frontier Polymers LLC · Gaia Strategies · Gala Industries · Gallegos Sanitation, Inc · Gallegos Sustainable Innovations · Gary Liss & Associates · GGS Wiping Products LLC · Glass Manufacturing Industry Council · Goodwill Industries International · Goodwill Industries of Central Texas · GP Harmon Recycling LLC · Green Metals · Green Spectrum Consulting · GreenPath Sustainability Consultants · Greenstar Recycling · Grupo Simplex · Heil of Texas · Herbold Meckesheim USA · Himes Service Company · Hustler Conveyor Company · Image Microsystems · Indiana Recycling Coalition · InterGroup International, Ltd. · International Bottled Water Association · International Paper · Iowa Recycling Association · ITW Hi-Cone · Iveelt Tenger Co., Ltd, Ireedui tanii Tuluu NGO · JOSCO Products · Keep America Beautiful · L&P Wire-Tie Systems · Lavergne Group Inc. · LIPOR · M2B2, LLC · Machinex Technologies Inc. · Maine Plastics · Maren Engineering Corporation · Mass Recycle · Mervis Industries, Inc. · Metropolitan Environmental Trust · Michigan Recycling Coalition · Midland Davis · Midwest Fibre Sales · Moore Recycling Associates, Inc. · Municipal Media Inc. · NAPCOR · National Recovery Technologies, Inc. · National Recycling Coalition · NatureWorks LLC · Nestor Resources, Inc. · New Mexico Recycling Coalition · NewGreen Consulting, LLC · Nexeosolutions · NGP Energy Technology Partners · Northeast Recycling Council · Northeast Resource Recovery Association · Northern California Recycling Association (NCRA) · NSWMA · NYSAR3 · OHL · Oklahoma Recycling Association · ORBIS Corporation · Owens-Illinois (O-I) · P&G · Pacific/West Recycling Services Inc. · Paper Recycling Coalition · Pellenc ST America · Pennsylvania Recycing Markets Center, Inc. · PETCAN Recycling LLC · Petoskey Plastics · Phoenix Technologies International · Placon · Plastic Advanced Recycling Corporation · Plastics News · Polimeros Nacionales USA Co. · PolyAd Services · Poly-America, LP · Polymax · Product Stewardship Institute · Progressive Waste Solutions · Purolator EFP · ReCommunity · Recyclable Materials Marketing (ReMM) · Recycle Florida Today, Inc. · Recycling Coalition of Utah · Recycling Council of Alberta · Recycling Markets · Recycling Organizations of North America · Recycling Reinvented · Recycling Technology Consultants · Republic Machine, Inc. · Republic Services · Requip, LLC · Resource Recycling Systems · Resource Recycling, Inc. · Re-TRAC Connect · RISI · RiverRoad Waste Solutions · RMA Consultants · RockTenn · RSR Technologies, Inc. · RTC · S+S Inspection Inc. · SAIC Energy, Environment & Infrastrusture · SCA Tissue Americas · Seventh Generation · Sierra International Machinery · Sigma International FZC · Sims Recycling Solutions · Skumatz Economic Research Associates Inc. · Smart International, Inc. · Solar 1 · Southeast Machinery Company · St Louis-Jefferson Solid Waste Mgmt District · State of Texas Alliance for Recycling · Steel Recycling Institute · StewardEdge USA Inc. · Stewardship Ontario · Strategic Materials Inc. · Sunbright Recycling · SustainableBizness.com · TetraPak with Carton Council · Texas Disposal Systems · Tex-trude · TM Trade Group, Inc. · Trex Company, Inc. · Try 2 Recycle · UNTHA America · VAN DYK Recycling Solutions · Verallia / Saint-Gobain Containers, Inc. · Vincent Corp. · Waste & Recycling News · Waste Age · Waste Management, Inc. Recycling Services · Waste Processing Equpment, Inc. · Weisenbach Recycled Products · Western Disposal Services, Inc. · WestWind Logistics, LLC · Whole Foods Market · WM Sustainability Services · Yellowbook · Zero Waste, LLC

The conference is provided in association with the National Recycling Coalition (NRC), the Recycling Organizations of North America (RONA), Keep America Beautiful (KAB) and the Product Stewardship Institute (PSI).

3 | PetroChem Wire: Recycled PS market takes direction from prime

Buyers and sellers of recycled PS scrap and repro/regrind were eager to see where prime pricing settled in early August as they discussed recycled PS pricing.

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4 | Europe issues new guidelines for food-contact rPET

The European Food Safety Authority has new guidelines for processes producing food-contact PET from recycled material.

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5 | KAB offers resources for America Recycles Day

America Recycles Day (ARD), a national day that celebrates and raises the awareness of the benefits of recycling, is only three months away. The organization behind it is offering resources to help local groups who want to hold an event in coordination with ARD.

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6 | NewsBits

Company expansions and plastics market development are highlighted in this week's NewsBits.

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7 | Upcoming conferences & webinars

Click here for a complete directory of upcoming conferences and webinars!

8 | Jobs Available & Sought

Various Jobs, The IMS Group (National).
Details are available online.

Customer Service Rep II, Waste Management, Inc. (Calgary, Alberta).
Details are available online (#121360).

Project Manager, Waste Management, Inc. (Edmonton, Alberta).
Details are available online (#12529).

Purchasing Account Executive, BoRec America, Inc. (Flexible Location).
Details are available here.

Jobs Sought
Database of job seekers available here.

If you would like to submit a job available or job sought listing, send an email to newsletter editor Henry Leineweber at [email protected].