In This Issue:

1 | Exports of recovered plastic gain 34 percent over last year

The bounce-back from China's Green Fence can be seen in the most recent figures on scrap plastic shipments.

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2 | Plastics groups say they're fighting hard to curb marine debris

A report on recent efforts by plastics groups to combat marine debris indicates nearly 200 projects have been launched by the industry since 2011.

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3 | PetroChem Wire: PET pellet prices up in late June

Prices for FDA grade rPET clear pellets rose in June, with product selling late-month for 80 to 82 cents per pound. That was up a penny from the beginning of the month.

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4 | Recycling Partnership aims to bust collection bottlenecks

Today marks the start of a major initiative to collect more plastics and other materials from U.S curbsides.

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5 | Patent watch

Check out our innovation rundown and learn which outside-the-industry company was recently awarded protection for a technology used to process post-consumer PET.

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6 | Wide world of plastics recycling

The U.K. government is funding an effort to see if one type of hard-to-recycle plastics can be recovered in greater volumes. Our global roundup looks at that story as well as news from India and New Zealand.

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7 | NewsBits

One major league baseball team lets fans exchange their plastic bottles for T-shirts. Catch the details in NewsBits.

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8 | Upcoming conferences & webinars

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

If you have a conference or webinar that you would like listed, please send an email to [email protected] for consideration.

9 | Jobs Available & Sought

E-Cycling Project Coordinator, WM Recycle America (Nationwide).
Details are available here.

Regional Account Executive, Gannon & Scott (Southeast U.S.).
Details are available here.

Zero Waste Program Coordinator, PRC WEST (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania).
Details are available here.

Recycling Programs Manager, Keep America Beautiful (Washington, D.C.).
Details are available here.

Waste Solutions Project Lead, Ecova (Seattle/Spokane, Washington).
Details are available here.

Jobs Sought
Database of job seekers available here.