In This Issue:

1 | EPA releases municipal solid waste report

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released its annual report on municipal solid waste in the United States, which includes a trove of information on national recycling and composting trends.

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2 | Plastics Recycling Conference nearly full

Thanks to unprecedented demand following the success of last year's show, the exhibit hall for the 2011 Plastics Recycling Conference is nearly full! With only a small amount of spaces left, companies and organizations that are interested in securing exhibit space at North America's largest conference devoted to plastics recycling are highly encouraged to do so as soon as possible.

The Plastics Recycling Conference is universally considered a must-attend event for industry insiders and is an excellent opportunity to meet and network with clients, prospective partners, colleagues, vendors and industry leaders. For more information on how to secure your space at the 2011 Plastics Recycling Conference, March 1-2 in New Orleans, visit www.plasticsrecycling.com or click the banner below.

3 | Oregon observes 40th anniversary of the bottle bill

Forty years ago, the governor of Oregon signed into law a bill aimed at making "no deposit, no return" a thing of the past. Since then, it's been emulated and held up as a powerful tool to increase recycling.

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4 | Calling all processors

How did plastics recycling fare in the past year? What are the challenges facing the industry in the near term? How does your firm stack up against the competition?

Plastic Recycling Update is conducting its annual processing survey and we need your input to complete our data. Your responses to this short, five-minute survey will help us analyze trends in the industry and help set the agenda for issues to be addressed in 2011 and beyond.

The findings will appear in an upcoming issue of Plastics Recycling Update and will be presented at the Plastics Recycling 2011 Conference in New Orleans. You can begin this short, five-minute survey by clicking here.

5 | WRAP study highlights HDPE problem

A new report suggests that plans to add recycled HDPE to the UK's dairy supply chain will create truly "green" products � but not in a good way. Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP), a non-profit organization dedicated to reducing waste in the UK, has released a study on the prospects of increasing the amount of rHDPE used in plastic milk jugs and other products across the pond.

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6 | Plastrec ups FDA-approved rPET production

Canadian plastics recycler Plastrec has announced that it has significantly expanded its production capacity by installing and combining two decontamination technologies at its Joliette, Quebec facility.

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7 | Wide world of recycling

Efforts to reign in litter and waste caused by plastic products and packaging continued around the world, even as Chinese output of plastic products reached new highs.

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8 | NewsBits

This week's NewsBits take us from Italy to California and include the latest bioplastic, bag and food-contact packaging news, plus several unconventional uses for plastics recycling.

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9 | Upcoming conferences

Click here for a complete directory of upcoming conferences!

10 | Jobs Available & Sought

VP Sales and Marketing, Omni Resource Recovery, Inc..
Details are available here.

Service and Repair Technician, Steinert US.
Details are available here.

Service Manager, Steinert US.
Details are available here.

Plastics Business Development, Continental Waste Management LLC (Raleigh, North Carolina).
Details are available here.

PET Procurement Specialist, Perpetual Recycling Solutions (Richmond, Indiana).
Details are available here.

Regional Manager, Steinert US.
Details are available here.

Equipment Inside Sales Support, Steinert US.
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].