In This Issue:

1 | Plea agreement in deposit fraud case

The owner of a recycling facility that California officials allege bilked millions of dollars out the state's Beverage Container Recycling Fund has reached a plea agreement clearing him of most of the charges, but leaving him with a hefty bill.

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2 | Recycling connection in New York corruption probe

The latest political scandal to rock New York state has a connection to plastics recycling. State senator Carl Kruger (D-Brooklyn) and registered lobbyist Richard Lipsky are among those named in an indictment exposing a scheme to accept money for political favors.

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3 | Maine bottle bill on tea party's chopping block?

Members of the Maine Legislature and the state's tea party-backed governor have been seriously looking at repealing or trimming a number of environmental protection measures ever since the 2010 elections. Among them is the state's 33-year-old bottle bill.

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4 | Opposition to Wisconsin recycling cuts grows

Another Wisconsin state legislator is backing away from the governor's proposal that could potentially devastate the state's recycling programs.

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5 | Pepsi unveils 100-percent plant based PET bottle

PepsiCo. has countered it's other beverage rivals with the introduction of its own PET bottle made from bio-based raw materials. Until now, conventional bio-based bottles, such as the PlantBottle used by Coca-Cola, only sourced approximately a third of their material from bio-based sources. However, Pepsi claims it has solved several engineering challenges and has produced a bottle made from 100-percent bio-based PET.

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6 | Oregon bill counts plastics-to-oil as recycling

A bill introduced in the Oregon state legislature would redefine recycling to include plastics-to-oil operations � updating a 1991 law that requires Oregon cities with over 4,000 residents achieve mandatory recycling targets.

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7 | NewsBits

Waste Management acquisitions and materials processing news top this week's NewsBits.

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8 | Upcoming conferences

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9 | Jobs Available & Sought

VP Sales and Marketing, Omni Resource Recovery, Inc..
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Service and Repair Technician, Steinert US.
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Service Manager, Steinert US.
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Plastics Business Development, Continental Waste Management LLC (Raleigh, North Carolina).
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PET Procurement Specialist, Perpetual Recycling Solutions (Richmond, Indiana).
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Regional Manager, Steinert US.
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If you would like to submit a job available or job sought listing, send an email to newsletter editor Henry Leineweber at [email protected].