In This Issue:

1 | Plastic exports slide again

Plastics exports continued their steep decline in April of this year, with exports of other recyclable materials not faring much better.

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2 | RR Conference: Will China's Green Fence change recycling in North America?

When President Xi Jinping of China told custom inspectors in February to enforce a five-year-old importation law, his decision created huge levels of concern throughout the recycling world. Operation Green Fence has resulted in inspectors refusing to allow some loads of paper, plastics and metals from Europe and the U.S. to enter the country because they contained high levels of contamination. Some containers were sent back to the supplier, at a great expense. What has been the effect of increased diligence by customs officials? Can MRFs comply with these new standards? Is this good or bad for recycling? Resource Recycling's editorial team has focused on this issue over the past months, and Jerry Powell will report some new and intriguing findings.

The 2013 Resource Recycling Conference will be held August 27-28 at the Marriott Louisville Downtown in Louisville, Kentucky. For more information, including information on booking a hotel room, session topics, or exhibiting and sponsorship opportunities, please visit www.rrconference.com or click on the banner below.

3 | China's Green Fence cuts through a black market

Scrap recycling firms in North America and Europe aren't the only ones feeling the pressure from China's Green Fence. Many in China's informal recycling sector have resorted to illicitly trading recyclable commodities as the ongoing enforcement action takes its toll on material supplies.

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4 | PetroChem Wire: Nylon 66 prices rise sharply in June

Between mid-June and the end of that month, nylon 66 regrind prices for post-industrial unfilled black material rose 6-8 cents per pound, with business done at 65-70 cents per pound FOB U.S. East Coast.

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5 | SPI weighs in on Green Fence

The Society of the Plastics Industry hosted a webinar on July 2 to address some ongoing questions about China's Green Fence enforcement operation.

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6 | NewsBits

News that's not about the Green Fence in this week's NewsBits.

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7 | Upcoming conferences & webinars

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

8 | Jobs Available & Sought

Sales Representative, TKO Polymers (Atlanta).
Details are available here.

Sales and Marketing Manager, Newell Recycling LLC (Atlanta).
Details are available here.

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

Sales and Marketing Professional, Birch Plastics, Inc. (Houston).
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].