In This Issue:

1 | Pepsi releases numbers for Dream Machines

PepsiCo has unveiled the two-year results of its Dream Machine project, which is intended to provide recycling receptacles in high-traffic public places, such as gas stations, retail stores, sports stadiums and others, while also providing consumers an incentive to not trash their recyclables while on the go.

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2 | Coke, KAB announce latest round of bin grants

The Coca-Cola Foundation, working in partnership with Keep America Beautiful, has announced the recipients of this round of Recycling Bin Grant Program.

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3 | SABIC moves forward in recycling

As the world's second largest petro-chemical company and a leading producer of engineered polymers such as ABS, PC and PC blends, SABIC is moving heavily into post-consumer plastics recycling.

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4 | PetroChem Wire: Recycled PET holds steady in March

Following several months of decline, recycled PET pricing held steady at the end of the first quarter.

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5 | Export volume up, price down in February

The volume of plastic scrap exported in February, at 372.34 million pounds, was up 6.4 percent from January levels. When matched against its February 2011 position, the volume of exports rose 2.5 percent.

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6 | IBWA says over 32 percent of water bottles recycled

The International Bottled Water Association has revealed new figures that show an increase in curbside recycling of PET plastic water bottle containers.

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7 | NewsBits

Legislative updates, plus the latest on plastics-to-fuel in this week's NewsBits

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8 | Upcoming conferences & webinars

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

9 | Jobs Available & Sought

MRF Manager II, Waste Management (Denver, Colorado).
Details are available here.

Plant Maintenance Manager, Waste Management (Auburn, Washington).
Details are available here.

Manager, Operations Improvement II, Waste Management (Kirkland, Washington).
Details are available here.

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

Plastics Business Development, Continental Waste Management LLC (Raleigh, North Carolina).
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].