1 | Bottle bill headed for update
Forty years after Oregon passed the nation's first bottle bill, the state legislature is working on a significant overhaul the landmark container deposit return system.
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2 | Resource Recycling Conference: Get to know recycling markets
Recycling program success relies on understanding and navigating recycling markets. Fortunately, the Resource Recycling Conference will feature presentations on the past trends, present prices and future outlooks for a variety of recycling markets. Whether your firm or program focuses on aluminum, plastic, glass, ferrous, paper, or all of the above, experts and market analysts in each respective field will offer their take on what to expect in 2011, 2012 and beyond. The Resource Recycling Conference will offer invaluable information, from experts that can't be missed.
For more information on the Resource Recycling Conference, which will be held August 17-18 at the JW Marriott in Indianapolis, visit www.rrconference.com or click on the banner below.
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3 | Plastic export watch
The volume of plastic scrap exported in February, at 363.41million pounds, was up 10.9 percent from its January figure. However, when matched against its February 2010 position, the volume of exports decreased by 1.9 percent.
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4 | Value of recovered packaging approaches record highs
Many recycling processors will be smiling in May. Early reports indicate that the prices bid for recovered plastic and aluminum packaging next month are approaching record highs.
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5 | CA proposes rigids rules
The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) will be holding workshops on its proposed rules to regulate rigid plastic containers.
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6 | Europe rigids market to grow
In Europe, the market for rigid plastic packaging for food and drink is expected to grow faster than other plastics between 2010 and 2015, according to a research firm.
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7 | Bag bans a push in California
Even as one community in California enacted the fifth ban on single-use plastic bags this year, another in the Golden State shelved the idea.
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8 | NewsBits
Corporate sustainability news and new patent information in this week's NewsBits.
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9 | Upcoming conferences
Click here for a complete directory of upcoming conferences!
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10 | Jobs Available & Sought
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.
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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