1 | Romney has mixed career in recycling investments
While Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney led Bain Capital in the 1990s, the firm made several investments in recycled steel production, with mixed results.
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2 | PRC 2012: Innovative technological developments
Come to the Plastics Recycling Conference to hear about innovative developments in plastics technology. For instance, Bepex has received a letter of non-objection from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to process ground and washed post-consumer polyester packaging (RPET) flakes for food contact applications. Join Dr. Girish Bhatt as he offers a thorough analysis of this new, patent-pending processing technology. Lastly, Keith Vorst (California Polytechnic State University) will share details on the brand new technology for PET flake auditing and testing.
Don't miss the 2012 Plastics Recycling Conference, to be held March 20-21 in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information, visit www.plasticsrecycling.com.
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3 | Game Day crowns waste diversion winners
The results are in for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's 2011 Game Day Challenge, a competition that uses college football team rivalries to increase recycling.
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4 | The recycling of rigid plastic packaging
Resource Recycling and Plastics Recycling Update have research underway on the recycling of non-bottle rigid plastics packaging, such as tubs, trays, pots and pails. We've developed a draft list of nearly 50 domestic and foreign buyers of this material, and we're profiling how this material is collected and processed. Do you handle non-bottle rigid packaging? If so, we'd love for you to drop us a line at [email protected]. And if you wish a free copy of the final report or our markets list, just let us know.
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5 | Chinese paper recycling growth to moderate
Han Yao, RISI's Asian paper packaging analyst, has issued a research report suggesting that the rapid expansion of paper recycling capacity in China is reaching its peak, and growth will slow down in the coming years. The largest surge in capacity growth was last year, when 8.0 million tons of containerboard and boxboard capacity came on line.
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6 | Battery recycling up in 2011
Call2Recycle, a North American battery recycling organization, has announced a 13.1 percent increase in battery collections in 2011.
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7 | Export watch
The volume of plastic scrap exported in October, at 412.974 million pounds, was down 1.0 percent from its September figure. The volume also dipped when matched against its October 2010 position, with a 2.6 percent decrease in the volume of exports.
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8 | Report finds gaps in materials collection
If the U.S. is ever going to close the loop on material recovery, it'll have to close the many gaps in its collection methods, according to a new report from GreenBlue, a nonprofit organization focused on business sustainability.
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9 | NSWMA looks to close the loop
The National Solid Wastes Management Association is asking that policy makers keep the solid waste and recycling industries in the loop when crafting product stewardship programs.
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10 | The wide world of recycling
An Ethiopian entrepreneur seeks to turn old tires into footwear, the environment minister of Wales hopes the country will reach a recycling milestone in 2012 and a new facility will recycle road sweepings collected from the Midlands.
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11 | NewsBits
A new BottleDrop for Oregon, plastic bottle in car seats and a declining beer industry — all in this week's NewsBits.
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12 | Upcoming conferences & webinars
Click here for a complete directory of upcoming conferences and webinars! If you have a conference or webinar that you would like listed, please send an email to [email protected] for consideration.
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13 | Jobs Available & Sought
Administrator, Solid Waste, City of Palo Alto (Palo Alto, California).
Details are available online.
Coordinator of Recycling Program, Horry County Solid Waste Authority (Conway, South Carolina).
Details are available online.
Recycling Specialist, Loudoun County, Virginia (Loudon County, Virginia).
Details are available online.
Manager of Program Operations for Recycling & Solid Waste, University of Washington (Seattle, Washington).
Details are available online (Req # 79384).
Program Manager, Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District (Montpelier, Vermont).
Details are available online.
Director of Business Development, Mextek (Dallas-Fort Worth Area).
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 managing editor Dylan de Thomas at [email protected].
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