1 | Study finds plastics misdirected at MRFs
Just because a wide array of plastic packaging makes it into a curbside cart or bin doesn't mean it'll make it into a bale. Up-to-date sortation equipment, as well as recycling-friendly product design and consumer best practices, can help improve the chances, a study finds.
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2 | Curbside EPS collection comes to Nova Scotia county
A county in Nova Scotia is leveraging an industry grant to open the door to accepting expanded polystyrene in its curbside recycling program.
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3 | PetroChem Wire: Recycled HDPE prices increase
Prices for many recycled resins were unchanged in the second week of July as summer markets quieted. But HDPE post-consumer natural (dairy) scrap prices consolidated higher on tight supply, with business done at 39 to 40 cents per pound FOB east of the Rockies, up from the 35 to 40 cents per pound range reported at the very beginning of July.
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4 | Procter & Gamble joins Recycling Partnership
Procter & Gamble Co. is putting its consumer-products heft behind The Recycling Partnership.
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5 | Wide world of plastics recycling
As part of a retail activism campaign, London department store Selfridges has banned plastic water bottles, and reverse vending machines in Beijing are paying consumers based on the value of the PET recovered.
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6 | NewsBits
An ambitious (and very expensive) effort is underway to remove plastic debris from remote Alaska coastlines. And some stores in Hawaii are responding to a new bag ban by … handing out more plastic bags.
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7 | Industry and supplier news
The Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers appointed longtime recycling industry executive Sandi Childs to direct its flexible film recovery efforts. For more, click here.
RES Polyflow has appointed two new members to the company's board of managers: Michael Erler and Joel Stevenson. The Akron, Ohio-based company makes plastics-to-fuel equipment. For more, click here.
EREMA has started construction on an expansion of its Ipswich, Mass. customer trial and spare parts center. The center serves customers in North America. For more, click here.
Global Experience Specialists (GES) has achieved level two certification under APEX/ASTM Environmentally Sustainable Event Standards, being the first general service contractor to be certified to an international sustainability standard for the meeting and event industry. GES is the general service contractor for the trade show logistics at conferences produced by Resource Recycling, Inc., including the Plastics Recycling Conference. For more, click here.
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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
Quality Control Assistant, Denton Plastics (Portland, Ore.).
Details are available here.
Plant Manager, QRS (Baltimore, Md.).
Details are available here.
Various Positions, PRP Recycling (Chicago, Ill.).
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 Scott Beck at [email protected].
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