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1 | A closer look at polyolefin markets in 2012
Polyethylene and polypropylene markets were somewhat volatile in the last six months of the year.
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2 | Time to send in your Recycling Innovators Forum abstracts
With less than three weeks to go until 3-4 page abstracts of proposals are due, the response to the first-annual Recycling Innovators Forum has been outstanding. Forum organizers have already begun to receive submissions, with many more in the works for the Jan. 7 deadline.
The Recycling Innovators Forum is designed to seek out new ideas to move recycling forward. Forum organizers have identified a dozen topics innovators can focus their efforts on, covering everything from recycling markets, to engineering improvements, to innovative collection ideas, and more. The top 7-10 proposals will be asked to participate in the forum and competition for a chance to win a $20,000 grand prize and the opportunity to pitch their idea to investors.
Backed by Alcoa, The American Chemistry Council's Plastics Division, Coca-Cola Recycling, eCullet, Resource Recycling, Inc. and Waste Management, Inc., the Recycling Innovators Forum will be held Aug. 26 in Louisville, Kentucky.
The 3-4 page abstracts of proposals are due Jan. 7. For more information, including official rules and guidelines, visit recyclinginnovators.com, or click the banner below.
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3 | PetroChem Wire: Recycled polyethylene pricing mixed in November
Prices for various grades of polyethylene slipped in November on weak demand and lower bale prices.
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4 | Plastics Recycling 2013: State-of-the-art processing systems
Europe's largest and most state-of-the-art plastic sorting and recycling facility, Eco Plastics Ltd, is capable of processing 150,000 tons of plastic bottles per year. How is the processing system designed and laid out? What is unique about its technology and application? What is the quality of the outputs? Will the facility be able to meet the growing demand for food-grade recycled plastics? Managing director, Jonathan Short, answers these questions and more in this fascinating technical presentation.
Get your facts straight from the source at the 2013 Plastics Recycling Conference, which will be held March 19-20 in New Orleans. For more information, visit www.plasticsrecycling.com.
And after the conference, stick around for the Global Plastics Environmental Conference's (GPEC) "The Latest Need to Know: From Recycling to Sustainability of Plastics." GPEC's conference will be held right after the Plastics Recycling Conference, March 20-22 at the same great location, the Sheraton New Orleans, right next to the Crescent City's famed French Quarter. Don't miss out on these two terrific events.
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5 | Plastic export volume up in October
The volume of plastic scrap exported in October, at 401.36 million pounds, rose by 8.8 percent from its September figure. When matched against its October 2011 position, however, the volume of exports was down by 2.8 percent.
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6 | PSI offers different takes on plastic bags
A recent webinar hosted by the Product Stewardship Institute offered information for multiple options to manage plastic bags and film.
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7 | RR's recycled products holiday buyers' guide
Every month, Resource Recycling features a column on the most interesting recycled products on the market and, just in time for your holiday buying, we put together a list of consumer products that contain recycled content. Click here or on the banner below to see the column.
And, if you know of a product out there — consumer or industrial — that contains recycled content, please send it along to Senior Writer Jake Thomas at [email protected] and we might feature it in a future column.
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8 | Chinese plastics recycling group seeks tour sites
A group of Chinese plastics reclaimers will visit the U.S. in March to meet with potential suppliers and equipment makers. The contingent from the Chinese Resource Recycling Association desires to visit plants in or near Houston, the Washington D.C. region and the New York City area. For more details, contact Sunny Li at CRRA at [email protected].
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9 | NewsBits
Facility and program news from around the country in this week's NewsBits
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10 | Upcoming conferences & webinars
Click here for a complete directory of upcoming conferences and webinars!
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11 | Jobs Available & Sought
Multiple Positions, Perpetual Recycling Solutions (Richmond, Indiana).
Details are available online.
Buyer, Winjet Trading Inc. (City of Industry, California).
Details are available here.
Plant Manager, Omni Recovery (Dallas, Texas).
Details are available here.
Various Jobs, The IMS Group (National).
Details are available online.
Purchasing Account Executive, BoRec America, Inc. (Flexible Location).
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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