In This Issue:

1 | APR responds to delabeling announcement

The Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers (APR) has issued a robust response to last week's announcement by Eastman Chemical Company and the Full-Wrap Label Consortium of a successful trial of a full-wrap delabeling process.

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2 | Oregon begins major plastics study

Oregon is in the early stages of conducting a major study on plastics recycling to assess how the state can boost recovery rates while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and energy use.

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3 | PetroChem Wire: September rPET prices hold steady

Prime PET prices are up 3 cents, reaching highs of 83 cents per pound for September, but recycled prices are holding steady this month.

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4 | ISRI, APR release common model bale specs

The Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers and the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries have joined together to release joint model bale specifications covering bulky rigids, tubs and lids with bulky, and tubs and lids without bulky.

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5 | Crain shutters W&RN website

Roughly seven weeks after ending its print product, the publisher of Waste & Recycling News announced the publication's web presence is also shutting down.

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6 | NewsBits

McDonalds goes paper, the U.K. opens its first plastic bag recycling facility and a small town in Alaska decides the fate of a bag ban. We're covering it all in this week's edition of NewsBits.

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7 | Upcoming conferences & webinars

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

8 | Jobs Available & Sought

Waste Diversion Specialist, City of Calgary (Calgary, Alberta).
Details are available here.

Sales Representative, TKO Polymers (Atlanta).
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.

Various Sales Positions, Waste Management (National).
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].