1 | Industry beats sleet, gathers in Dallas
The Plastics Recycling Conference in Texas this year marked the 10th iteration of the event and drew strong attendance.
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2 | Trade association execs confront industry issues
Recycling professionals, it's time for you to stick up for yourselves. That was the message from one key trade association leader during the opening session at Plastics Recycling 2015.
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3 | Port agreement reached after months of deadlock
West Coast port workers have agreed to a new multi-year contract, ending more than nine months of contentious negotiations and, at least on paper, freeing up the flow of scrap recyclables for export.
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4 | ACC: Film recycling up, non-bottle rigid plastics flat in 2013
Recovery of post-consumer film in 2013 rose to new heights, while China's Green Fence largely kept non-bottle rigid plastics at home, according to a pair of reports from the American Chemistry Council.
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5 | Data effort in Texas leads to recycling rate, plastics info
A data collecting initiative in Texas has arrived at a historically elusive figure: the Lone Star State's recycling rate. It's also led to some fresh data on plastics in Texas.
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6 | ISRI adds plastics specs
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries has added nine new plastics specs to its "Scraps Specifications Circular" document.
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7 | PetroChem Wire: Prime PET producers eye March rise, rPET Price Holds
Prime PET prices notched up during the third week in February, with spot business done at 57.5 to 58.5 cents per pound delivered Midwest. Prime PET producers announced an increase of as much as 4 cents per pound for March deliveries.
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8 | NewsBits
Is California's bag ban in jeopardy? Find out in this week's edition of NewsBits.
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9 | 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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10 | Jobs available & sought
Marketing Manager, Plastics Sales & Trading, TKO Polymers (Atlanta, Georgia).
Details are available here.
Plastic Sales and Marketing Representative, AMI Trading Inc. (Miami, Florida).
Details are available here.
President, ReTech, LLC (Grafton, Ohio).
Details are available here.
Product Development Manager, PRP Recycling (Chicago, Illinois).
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, contact Jared Paben at [email protected].
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