In This Issue:

1 | ORPET facility open for business

"I think it's a unique operation. I don't know of anything like it," says Bruce Sone, in advance of the grand opening of ORPET's facility outside of St. Helens. But according to Sone, getting there required careful planning, stakeholder buy-in and an update to the state's bottle bill to include water bottles and other beverage containers.

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2 | Waste Management to convert plastics to oil

Waste Management plans to operate a plastics-to-oil facility in Portland, Oregon, according to permits filed with the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality.

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3 | PetroChem Wire: Recycled PE pellet prices rise in April

Prices for PE repro grades rose again across-the-board in April, but flake pricing stayed flat, according to PetroChem Wire's latest Repro/Regrind Resin Report. Both pellet suppliers and producers said prices were up between one and two cents per pound for most grades of reprocessed PE. Demand, however, was said to be modest as a number of consumers worked off inventories.

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4 | California examines Seinfeld amendment to bottle bill

In California, a lawmaker has introduced a bill that would require anyone bringing a significant amount of used beverage containers into the state to report to CalRecycle.

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5 | NewsBits

Plastic bag recycling gets another boost, plus bins go big in New York City in this week's NewsBits

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6 | Upcoming conferences & webinars

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

7 | 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].