1 | India bans new imports of PET scrap
India will no longer consider applications to import PET scrap, with experts saying the country should focus on recycling its own post-consumer scrap.
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2 | Sign up for Plastics Recycling Update: Technology Edition
A monthly e-newsletter on the biggest plastics recycling technology news is set to debut Aug. 31.
From the publishers of Plastics Recycling Update, Plastics Recycling Update: Technology Edition will offer readers an exclusive look at processing strides, new equipment and the latest research and inventions in our ever-expanding field.
For the inaugural e-newsletter due out later this month, readers will get an inside look at the equipment in Repreve's $25 million expansion, letters of no objection from the FDA and a never-before-seen project aimed at recovering laminated films.
To receive the free monthly e-newsletter, sign up here.
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3 | Austin study details bag ban's consequences
Austin's ban on single-use plastic bags has reduced the number of bags in roadside litter, but too many reusable bags are landing in recycling bins.
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4 | Buzz begins for fall recycling events
Keep America Beautiful has opened registration for its two major fall events: Recycle-Bowl and America Recycles Day.
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5 | Plastics Recycling 2016: Get your brand in front of the industry
Sponsorship and exhibitor packages are now available for the leading North American gathering of plastics recycling professionals.
By integrating your company into the action at Plastics Recycling 2016, you'll be ensuring name recognition and brand cache among plastics reclaimers, brokers, packaging executives, government officials and other sustainability leaders. Be sure to act quickly to get ahead of your competitors in terms of exhibit hall placement and sponsorship choices.
Plastics Recycling 2016 is set for Feb. 1-3 at the Hyatt Regency in New Orleans, Louisiana. Head to plasticsrecycling.com to register and get all the facts on exhbiting and/or sponsoring at the premier conference for plastics recovery.
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6 | PetroChem Wire: Recycled PVC price weakens
Early August post-consumer polyvinyl chloride (PVC) flake prices dropped 2 to 3 cents per pound due to slower demand and rising inventories in East Coast markets.
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7 | Wide world of plastics recycling
Plastic collection and recycling programs in Australia and New Zealand are experiencing robust growth, and a town in England now has a recycling outlet for unused Legos.
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8 | NewsBits
Golden, Colo. will have rigid plastics and expanded polystyrene added to its single-stream program, and a newspaper's editorial board points to Princeton, N.J.'s collaborative approach to plastic bag recycling as a model for others to follow.
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9 | Industry and supplier news
Kalamazoo, Mich.-based Schupan & Sons, Inc. has promoted Bryan Huggett to director of maintenance coordination for all Schupan & Sons companies and Troy Lincomfelt to director of Michigan operations for Schupan Recycling. The family-owned business specializes in industrial and electronics recycling, metal and plastics fabrication and beverage container processing.
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10 | 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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11 | Jobs available and sought
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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