In This Issue:

1 | Post-consumer EPS recycling sluggish

Recycling of rigid foam products, known as expanded polystyrene (EPS), gained ground in 2012, with strong post-industrial figures outweighing a slight decline in post-consumer recycling output.

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2 | CalRecycle lacks funds to analyze plastic-film data

The California agency in charge of overseeing a state law requiring retailers to collect plastic bags and film for recycling says it has no funds to properly track the impact of the law.

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3 | Montreal gives polystyrene recycling another try

Hoping the second time's the charm, the City of Montreal is recasting a polystyrene recycling program first introduced in 2011.

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4 | PetroChem Wire: Recycled CoPP Sees Strong Demand, Prices

Lower prices for prime polypropylene in September had little impact on prices for recycled material in early October, with CoPP black pellet up a penny and both CoPP black regrind and HoPP black and mixed color regrind up several cents per pound on strong demand.

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5 | Pennsylvania programs face uncertainty after fee ruling

A state appellate court has ruled that Reading, Pennsylvania does not have the right to impose an annual recycling fee on its residents, a decision that may jeopardize similar recycling programs throughout the Keystone State.

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6 | NewsBits

A smartphone app that measures the recyclability of your water bottle and a new survey that shows consumers expect food and beverage companies to do more when it comes to recycling. Read all about it 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

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

VP of Sales and Marketing, CP Group (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].