In This Issue:

1 | GP Harmon buys plastics recycling facility, deepens non-fiber commitment

One of the country's largest fiber brokers, GP Harmon Recycling, has acquired a plastics recycling facility in Elizabethton, Tennessee from the Highlands Group.

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2 | RR Conference 2013: The latest info on resin markets

What does the market look like for PE and PET? What will it look like tomorrow? Expert analysis from Chase Willet, the director of polyester and polyester raw materials consulting at IHS Chemical, will explore the general market conditions for PE and PET, along with the not-inconsiderable impacts of shale gas production on the market.

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 | Maryland officials push bottle bill in emissions-reduction plan

As part of an effort to significantly curb statewide greenhouse gas emissions in the coming decade, Maryland recently set some ambitious goals when it comes to diverting what residents send to landfills. And to make those hopes a reality, state officials are saying a bottle bill is needed.

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4 | PetroChem Wire: Recycled polypropylene prices higher in July

Recycled CoPP and HoPP pellet prices rose a penny in July, with a high volume supplier selling multiple truckloads of copolymer pellets at 65 cents per pound delivered to Ontario from the Southeast U.S.

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5 | Bloomberg tells New Yorkers to "Recycle Everything"

Mayor Michael Bloomberg is telling New York City residents to "Recycle Everything," in an attempt to jump-start recovery rates in the Big Apple in his last year in office.

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6 | NewsBits

A European trade group wants a separate recycling stream for PET trays, BMW uses recycled plastic for a car's interior and much more in NewsBits.

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7 | Upcoming conferences & webinars

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

8 | Jobs Available & Sought

Purchasing Assistant, MRC Polymers (Chicago).
Details are available here.

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

Executive Director, Carolina Recycling Association (North Carolina/South Carolina).
Details are available here.

VP of Sales and Marketing, CP Group (San Diego, California).
Details are available here.

VP of Engineering Design, CP Manufacturing, Inc. (San Diego, California).
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 associate editor Dan Leif at [email protected].