In This Issue:

1 | NYC adds mixed rigid plastics to curbside recycling program

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg yesterday announced a large-scale change to the Big Apple's recycling program, adding mixed rigid plastics to its curbside recycling collection.

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2 | Register early to save on the Resource Recycling Conference

Early-bird online registration is now open for the annual Resource Recycling Conference!

Hosted at the Marriott Louisville in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, the 2013 Resource Recycling Conference is a gathering of the best and brightest in recycling and waste management. The conference features a packed agenda including the latest strategies on operating your recycling program efficiently, best practices for adding more materials, and a comprehensive overview of lessons that can be learned from other states and communities.

Attendees will walk away from the Resource Recycling Conference with new connections and new opportunities to collaborate and grow their programs, organizations and businesses.

The 2013 Resource Recycling Conference will be held August 27-28 in Louisville, Kentucky. For more information, visit www.rrconference.com or click the banner below.

3 | New tools available for healthcare plastics recycling

The Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council has released tools and best practices guidelines to assist hospitals in initiating a plastics recycling program.

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4 | Canada expands ag-plastic collection

The Canadian agricultural plastic recycling program CleanFARMS is expanding to cover fertilizer containers.

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5 | PetroChem Wire: rPET prices pressured lower in April

Oversupply of prime PET, PET pellets and PET scrap bales exerted downward pressure on rPET prices in the first half of April.

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6 | Will ITW sell its plastics recycling assets?

ITW, the giant conglomerate with over 800 businesses under its banner, wants to downsize to about 120 firms. This may affect ITW’s plastics recycling operations.

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7 | Recycling makes it to the Supreme Court (peripherally)

The concept of recycling got its 10 seconds of fame yesterday before the U.S. Supreme Court.

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8 | NewsBits

China's bioplastics industry assessed, plus recycling news from Coca-Cola in this week's NewsBits.

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9 | Upcoming conferences & webinars

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

10 | Jobs Available & Sought

Plastic Sales and Marketing Professional, AMI Trading, Inc. (Miami, Florida).
Details are available here.

Sales and Marketing Professional, Birch Plastics, Inc. (Houston, Texas).
Details are available here.

Waste Reduction and Recycling Outreach Coordinator, North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina).
Details are available here.

Recycling Manager, BARC (Bakersfield, California).
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].