Plastics Recycling Update

September 23, 2011

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1 | Wellman Europe operations acquired


Thai petrochemical giant Indorama Ventures has agreed to a deal with Aurelius AG to purchase subsidiary Wellman International's PET recycling business.

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2 | PRC 2012: Grow your plastics recycling business


The upcoming 2012 Plastics Recycling Conference is already attracting the biggest names in the recycling industry.

At the 2011 conference in New Orleans, new firms and independent consultants rubbed elbows with some of plastics recycling's major players, including Waste Management, PepsiCo, Husky Injection Molding Systems, ISRI, the American Chemistry Council, Custom Polymers and more in the show's sold out exhibit hall. Not only did all exhibiting firms report high levels of traffic at their booth, but all were impressed by the quality of walk-ups as well.

As the largest conference designed exclusively for plastics recycling firms, the executives, trade association representatives and recycling professionals who attend come ready to do business and have yet to leave disappointed. Whether your firm is a small startup or an established company looking to expand your reach, the Plastics Recycling Conference is a forum for new ideas, an incubator for plastics recycling businesses and a phenomenal networking opportunity that is not to be missed.

Booth space for 2012 is already filling up fast, so inquire now to secure your space at the only must-attend conference in plastics recycling.

The 2012 Plastics Recycling Conference will be held March 20-21 in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information, visit www.plasticsrecycling.com.

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3 | New Coke recycling venture to open in the UK


Coca-Cola Enterprises Ltd. and ECO Plastics Ltd, a U.K. plastics recycling company, have released the name of a new joint venture for bottle-to-bottle recycling in the U.K.

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4 | Ireland beats packaging recycling target


Ireland exceeded its 2011 European Union packaging recycling target in 2010 by recovering over 65 percent of all glass, cardboard, plastic, metal and wood used to encase consumer goods. Although an overall drop was recorded for the average of all materials collected, the percentage of plastics rose.

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5 | Californians urge action on plastic program


California Governor Jerry Brown has until the end of the month to sign into law a bill that continues funding for the state's Plastic Market Development Program.

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7 | NewsBits


New collections and uses for recovered materials are highlighted in this week's NewsBits.

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8 | Upcoming conferences


Click here for a complete directory of upcoming conferences!

9 | Jobs Available & Sought


Service and Repair Technician, Steinert US.
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Service Manager, Steinert US.
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Plastics Business Development, Continental Waste Management LLC (Raleigh, North Carolina).
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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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