In This Issue:

1 | California bag ban fails, but proponents vow to fight on

An attempt to ban plastic bags in California has failed. While the proposal received four more votes than a similar attempt in 2010, it was still three votes short of the minimum threshold to move out of the Senate.

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2 | Free listings available for the Resource Recycling Equipment Buyers' Guide

If you manufacture e-scrap recycling or processing equipment, be sure your company is listed in the all-new edition of our Recycling Equipment Buyers' Guide. Go to www.resource-recycling.com/buyersguide or click on the below banner to download a listing form. Send your free listing form in today!

Enhanced listings with logos and other information are available. Contact Resource Recycling advertising director, Rick Downing, with any questions. He can be contacted at [email protected] or (440) 257-6453.

3 | PetroChem Wire: Recycled polystyrene pellet prices drift lower in May

HIPS and GPPS pellet prices dropped a penny in the first two weeks of May, as on-spec and off-spec prime PS continued to compete for market share with recycled material.

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4 | Feedback sought for plastic recycling terminology

Plastics recycling consultancy Moore Recycling Associates and recycling software firm Re-TRAC Connect are teaming up to standardize plastic recycling terminology.

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5 | Patent watch

Plastics recycling systems and processes have seen increased patent activity lately.

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6 | NewsBits

Bottle and bag recycling news from the U.K., plus hospital recycling takes off in Australia in this week's NewsBits.

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7 | Upcoming conferences & webinars

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

8 | Jobs Available & Sought

Sales and Marketing Manager, Newell Recycling LLC (Atlanta).
Details are available here.

Plastic Sales and Marketing Professional, AMI Trading, Inc. (Miami).
Details are available here.

Sales and Marketing Professional, Birch Plastics, Inc. (Houston).
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 newsletter editor Henry Leineweber at [email protected].