1 | Study: Additives don't promote degradation
A university study suggests additives found in PET and PE might not aid degradability after all.
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2 | Republic Services to add processing capacity
The nation's second largest door-to-door recycling collector plans to substantially boost its processing capacity.
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3 | Export figures show full extent of Green Fence rebound
An analysis of full-year 2014 scrap plastic export totals shows a market rebound of nearly 14 percent from 2013's Operation Green Fence levels.
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4 | Will Hawaii's Big Island usher in a mixed-waste MRF?
The company behind a $50 million mixed-waste materials recovery facility proposed in Hawaii claims it will divert 70 percent of discarded plastics and other materials to recycling, composting and waste-to-energy.
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5 | PetroChem Wire: Recycled flake PP strengthens in mid-March
Recycled polypropylene prices for some grades were slightly stronger for the week ended March 13. CoPP mixed colors regrind sold at 43 cents per pound delivered U.S. East Coast (41 cents per pound FOB), up 1.5 cents per pound from a week earlier.
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6 | Patent watch
Several disparate compound plastics recovery offerings are featured in our technology roundup.
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7 | NewsBits
Recycling interests are taking aim at Keurig Green Mountain for producing difficult-to-recycle plastic cups with single-serving quantities of coffee grounds, and one environmentalist says plastics recycling simply needs greater public participation, not any radical overhaul of service or infrastructure.
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8 | Upcoming conferences and 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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9 | Jobs available and 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.
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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