Plastics Recycling Update

April 11, 2013

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1 | EPA to allow plastics recycling from shredder scrap


The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced an interpretation of regulations that will allow more plastics recovered from metal and automobile recycling facilities to be recycled.

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2 | PetroChem Wire: Recycled HDPE pellet prices mixed in March


HDPE frac melt natural dairy pellets were selling at 63-66 cents per pound at the end of March, up 3 cents from February and steady from the middle of the month. HDPE HMW film grade pellet, mixed color, fell by a penny in the second half of March.

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3 | Vermont bottle bill draft report raises eyebrows, objections


As the Vermont legislature considers an update to the state's 40-year-old bottle bill, the state's Agency of Natural Resources has issued a draft report comparing an expansion of Vermont's container deposit law to other waste and recycling management options.

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4 | Exports dipped in the New Year


The volume of plastic scrap exported in January 2013, at 366.55 million pounds, dipped by 2.1 percent from its December 2012 figure. When matched against its January 2012 position, however, the volume of exports was up, by 4.8 percent.

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5 | NewsBits


Bag bans and bottle bills, from Italy to Iowa in week's NewsBits.

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6 | Upcoming conferences & webinars


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

7 | Jobs Available & Sought


Sales and Marketing Professional, Birch Plastics, Inc. (Houston, Texas).
Details are available here.


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Database of job seekers available here.


If you would like to submit a job available or job sought listing, send an email to newsletter editor Henry Leineweber at [email protected].

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