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1 | Agilyx attracts new investment
Tigard, Oregon-based Agilyx closed out its recent round of Series B funding with a total of $22 million in new investment from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital, Total Energy Ventures International and Waste Management, Inc. The new investment will allow Agilyx to expand operations, hire new personnel and grow the company, with some of the funding earmarked for financing new client operations.
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2 | Exclusive research at the Resource Recycling Conference
Want to know the views of recycling coordinators, MRF operators and other waste management professionals? Original survey research will be presented at the second annual Resource Recycling Conference, August 17-18 at the Indianapolis JW Marriott. Using data gathered by the editorial staff at Resource Recycling magazine, these presentations will expand on research examining the attitudes, business strategies and operational practices of MRF operators, as well as the outreach strategies, attitudes and challenges facing recycling coordinators.
The 2011 Resource Recycling Conference will be held Wednesday and Thursday, August 17-18, at the JW Marriott in Indianapolis, Indiana. For more information, visit www.rrconference.com or click on the banner below.
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3 | Coalition aims to improve recycling of healthcare plastics
A group of eight healthcare, chemical and waste management companies have teamed up to improve the sustainability and recycling of plastics used in the healthcare industry.
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4 | Standardizing recycling labels for bins
A nonprofit organization is spearheading a simple solution to a common source of confusion that often leads to headaches for recycling processors and haulers. Despite other advancements in recycling, the industry still lacks a consistent and coherent way to label recycling bins, leaving the guesswork with consumers who often put items in the wrong receptacle or in the trash, creating more work for processors down the line.
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5 | ACC releases new resin numbers
The latest numbers from the American Chemistry Council show domestic production of major plastic resins topped 5.6 billion pounds in February, down 4.6 percent from February 2010.
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6 | NewsBits
A roundup of short news items from the past week.
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7 | Upcoming conferences
Click here for a complete directory of upcoming conferences!
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8 | 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].
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