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1 | Netherlands group plans $100 million PP, PE plant
A group of investors and industry stalwarts are putting together $100 million to build a plastics recovery facility in The Netherlands.
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2 | Time running out to score $20,000 in funding
The deadline to submit proposals to the 2014 Recycling Innovators Forum is fast approaching: Those interested in having their idea considered for the Forum have until April 30 to apply.
The Forum is seeking the top ideas in how to advance recycling, and possible topics ripe for innovation include driving consumer participation, developing plastics processing or collection methods, and improving recyclable quality. The individuals behind the top 10 ideas will be asked to present to a panel of judges and an assembled audience of approximately 200 recycling professionals.
Two $20,000 funding prizes will be awarded — one to the top idea backed by an enterprise or institution, and the other to the top idea backed by a single inventor or startup team.
The second annual Recycling Innovators Forum is sponsored by Alcoa, the American Chemistry Council, Coca-Cola Recycling, Resource Recycling (the parent company of this publication) and Waste Management. The competition will be held on Sept. 15, the day before the start of the annual Resource Recycling Conference in New Orleans. For more information about competing in, or attending, this free event, visit recyclinginnovators.com.
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3 | Can recycling industry capture rising tide of PET thermoforms?
A pair of PET experts this week helped articulate the industry's opportunities and challenges when it comes to recycling PET thermoform containers.
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4 | PetroChem Wire: HDPE prices hold steady
HDPE post-consumer frac-melt natural dairy prices have been firm in April from March at 73-76 cents per pound on steady demand and adequate supply.
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5 | A $15 million container recycling facility slated for BC
British Columbia will be getting a new residential packaging and printed paper recycling center to help the province transition to an extended producer responsibility way of life.
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6 | NewsBits
A Taiwan plastics recycling company faces allegations of financial wrongdoing, and a Miami recycling firm teams with elementary school kids to boost diversion. Class is in session in NewsBits.
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7 | Requests for proposals
The Ag Container Recycling Council (ACRC), a voluntary industry funded organization that collects and recycles pesticide plastic containers nationwide, is seeking proposals from qualified firms for HDPE pesticide container collection and recycling services in one or more of the following 19 states: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Vermont and West Virginia. For more information or to obtain an RFQ, contact [email protected].
South Africa-based industry group Polyco has issued an RFP for grants to spur polyolefin recycling. More information is available here.
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8 | Upcoming conferences & webinars
Click here for a complete directory of upcoming conferences and webinars.
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9 | Jobs Available & Sought
Recycling Program Manager, Frederick County (Frederick, Maryland).
Details are available here.
Service Technician, Plastics Recycling Equipment Company (Norcross, Georgia).
Details are available here.
Sales Manager, EREMA North America, Inc. (Ipswich, Massachusetts).
Details are available here.
Sales Director, Emerald Pacific (Austin, Texas / Mexico City).
Details are available here.
Sales and Marketing Professional, Birch Plastics, Inc. (Houston).
Details are available here.
Various Sales Positions, Waste Management (National).
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 associate editor Dan Leif at [email protected].
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