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1 | Hard-to-recycle plastics may require infrastructure shakeups
During a compelling session at Plastics Recycling 2014, industry experts offered fresh thinking for the collection of film, foam and other plastic materials that have long eluded large-scale recovery efforts.
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2 | Seeking your best plastics processing innovations
With the official launch of the 2014 Recycling Innovators Forum, many of the early inquiries
from prospective contestants address the challenges posed by the growing numbers of different plastics packaging types entering the recycling stream.
The range of different products heading toward recycling facilities — typically as a result of the expansion of single-stream collection — has led many of the recycling industry's largest operators to rethink their processing methods. Not surprisingly then, many of the recycling innovators vying to compete in this fall's Forum have proposed new ways of collecting, transporting, sorting and processing plastics to save time, money and improve quality.
The second annual Recycling Innovators Forum is a competition to seek out the highest-return, most actionable new ideas to move recycling forward and is sponsored by Alcoa, the American Chemistry Council, Coca-Cola Recycling, Resource Recycling (the parent company of this publication) and Waste Management. The competition will be held on Sept. 15, the day before the start of the annual Resource Recycling Conference in New Orleans, and will award two $20,000 prizes to the top two of the 10 Forum finalists.
For more information about competing in, or attending, this free event, visit recyclinginnovators.com.
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3 | Single-stream experts confront roadblocks
Adding a slight wrinkle to the notion that single-stream recycling is the answer for the industry going forward, conference presenter Susan Albritton of Sonoco told attendees Tuesday plastics continue to cause the greatest contamination woes for the company.
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4 | Changing of the guard at CVP
Longtime industry veteran Steve Thompson, founding executive director Curbside Value Partnership, is stepping down and announced a new leader for the group.
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5 | Tuesday takeaways
Dozens of deeply experienced speakers took to the stage yesterday at Plastics Recycling 2014. Here's a quick rundown of some of their most thought-provoking points.
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6 | Addendum: Songwon Industrial in exhibit hall
Friendswood, Texas-based Songwon Industrial Co., Ltd. is exhibiting at the Plastics Recycling 2014 trade show. The company was a last-minute addition and was not listed in the conference program. It is located at booth 527.
Songwon Industrial Co., Ltd. is a leading producer and seller of SONGNOX antioxidants, SONGNOX one pack systems, SABOSTAB hindered amine light stabilizers, SONGSORB ultraviolet light absorbers, SONGXTEND Stabilizer Solutions, SONGSTAB acid scavengers, SONGSTAB PVC stabilizers, SONGCAT tin intermediates and SONGCIZER plasticizers for the plastics industry. It is also a supplier of lubricants, surface coating agents, polyurethane, alkyl phenols, flocculants and other chemicals.
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7 | Request for proposals
The Ag Container Recycling Council (ACRC), a voluntary industry funded organization that collects and recycles pesticide plastic containers nationwide, is seeking proposals from qualified firms for HDPE pesticide container collection and recycling services in one or more of the following 19 states: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Vermont and West Virginia. For more information or to obtain an RFQ, contact [email protected].
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8 | Upcoming conferences & webinars
Click here for a complete directory of upcoming conferences and webinars.
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9 | Jobs Available & Sought
Sales Manager, EREMA North America, Inc. (Ipswich, Massachusetts).
Details are available here.
Recycling Specialist, City of Livermore (Livermore, California).
Details are available here.
Environmental Engineer, University of Florida (Gainesville, Florida).
Details are available here.
Industrial Development Representative, North Carolina Department of Environment & Natural Resources (Raleigh, North Carolina).
Details are available here.
Sales Director, Emerald Pacific (Austin, Texas / Mexico City).
Details are available here.
Materials Manager, CP Group (San Diego).
Details are available here.
VP of Sales and Marketing, CP Group (San Diego).
Details are available here.
Sales and Marketing Professional, Birch Plastics, Inc. (Houston).
Details are available here.
Various Sales Positions, Waste Management (National).
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 associate editor Dan Leif at [email protected].
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