In This Issue:

1 | Plastic exports down in January

The volume of plastic scrap exported in January, at 327.57 million pounds, was down 12.5 percent from its December figure. And, when matched against its January 2010 position, the volume of exports decreased by 4.2 percent.

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2 | Nestl� releases sustainability info

Nestle Waters North America has released its 2010 Corporate Citizenship Report, which outlines the bottled water behemoth's endeavors to reduce the size of its bottles while increasing the amount of recycled PET it uses.

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3 | Save the date for the Resource Recycling Conference

Following up on last year's groundbreaking event for recycling professionals, Resource Recycling, Inc. is excited to bring the 2011 Resource Recycling Conference to the JW Marriott in Indianapolis, Indiana, August 17-18.

The Resource Recycling Conference focuses on the latest issues, trends and analysis for collection program managers, MRF operators and downstream processors, equipment manufacturers, representatives of state, regional and national recycling organizations, and buyers, sellers and processors of a wide range of recyclable material, including paper, aluminum, plastic, glass, steel, C&D material, organic waste and much more.

The conference also features an exhibit hall and tradeshow where attendees can meet with existing or potential partners and network with the leading firms and organizations in the recycling industry.

"This is a crowd that knows what it wants and asks detailed, intelligent questions," said one exhibitor at the inaugural RR Conference in San Antonio. "Not only did we get a lot of traffic at our booth, people wanted to talk to us and learn about what we had to offer. It's different than other shows I've been to."

For more information on the 2011 Resource Recycling Conference, including information on the JW Marriott Hotel, session topics and the agenda, or exhibiting and sponsorship opportunities, please visit www.rrconference.com.

4 | WRAP and Biffa expand mixed plastic recycling

Biffa Polymers has opened up the UK's first dedicated mixed plastics recycling facility.

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5 | Plastic bag ban update

A roundup of bag ban stories from here, there and everywhere.

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6 | Patent watch

Several patents relating to plastics processing and recovery have recently been published.

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7 | NewsBits

Plastic packaging news is profiled in this week's NewsBits.

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8 | Upcoming conferences

Click here for a complete directory of upcoming conferences!

9 | 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.

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].