Plastics Recycling Update

November 4, 2011

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1 | Study hopes to yield degradability specs


The Plastics Environmental Council has announced that it is sponsoring a study to produce specifications for petroleum and gas-derived plastics that have been treated with additives to enhance their biodegradation.

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2 | Plastics Recycling 2012: Exclusive information for your business


How effective is the resin code identification system in recycling and how should it be updated? What are some ways bale quality can be improved? Where are the markets for reclaimed material headed and what are the major issues my firm needs to be aware of in the coming year? These are just a few of the topics that will be covered at the upcoming Plastics Recycling Conference.

Now in its sixth year, the Plastics Recycling Conference attracts the plastics recycling industry's best and brightest with its highly acclaimed agenda and dedication to recycling issues.

"The quality of the information was outstanding," said a plastics broker who attended the 2011 New Orleans conference. "I came here with a list of questions I needed answers to on materials pricing and between the speakers and the networking areas, I had most of it done by the end of the first day."

This level of information and interaction is something found nowhere else 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 | PetroChem Wire: October PS prices flat


Polystyrene prices were mostly flat in October, with some sellers able to get higher prices based on an increasingly tight supply situation.

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4 | Bag ban action continues at home and abroad


From a small town in the heart of the Rocky Mountains to an entire country in Africa, efforts to do away with plastic bags persist.

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5 | Bottle bill alright for OK?


An Oklahoma lawmaker is drafting a beverage container deposit law that he says will benefit the state by increasing its low recycling rate without imposing a "big-government approach" on businesses.

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6 | NewsBits


Important announcement from CalRecycle.

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7 | Upcoming conferences


Click here for a complete directory of upcoming conferences!

8 | 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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