In This Issue:

1 | QRS set to open major plastics facility in Maryland

QRS Recycling and Canusa Hershman Recycling are teaming up to build and run a sizable plastics recovery facility in Maryland.

READ MORE>>

2 | Plastics recycling awareness push headed to Carolinas

The Carolinas Plastics Recycling Council this week announced an upcoming marketing campaign with as much as $1 million behind it to encourage residents in North Carolina and South Carolina to recycle plastic bottles.

READ MORE>>

3 | Recycled-plastic product maker moves to $20 million Louisiana facility

IntegriCo Composites, which makes railroad products from recovered plastics, announced it is investing $20 million to build a facility in Louisiana and move its headquarters there.

READ MORE>>

4 | PetroChem Wire: PET scrap prices move higher in March

Clear recycled PET pellet prices were up half a cent in early March on steady demand and a bottleneck of truck deliveries due to inclement weather, but prices were stable in the second half of the month.

READ MORE>>

5 | NewsBits

Dallas becomes the latest major U.S. city to pass limits on single-use plastic bags, and Massachusetts environmental groups push to expand the state's bottle bill. Get your legislative fill in NewsBits.

READ MORE>>

6 | Industry and supplier news

The Foodservice Packaging Institute recently released a toolkit aimed at helping communities, materials recovery facilities and end markets recover plastic foodservice packaging. The Foodservice Packaging Recovery Toolkit explains what materials can be recovered as well as how and where they're collected and processed. More information can be found here.

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].

8 | Upcoming conferences & webinars

Click here for a complete directory of upcoming conferences and webinars.

9 | Jobs Available & Sought

Recycling Supervisor, City of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania).
Details are available here.

Recycling Program Administrator, City of Denver (Denver, Colorado).
Details are available here.

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.

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].