In This Issue:

1 | NAPCOR isn't sold on delabeling "solutions"

An association that represents the PET processing industry is making it known that recycling bottles with full wrap shrink labels continues to be a challenge, and it says label manufacturers should be held accountable.

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2 | Plastics exports see 18 percent year-over-year gain

The most recent figures show exports of scrap plastics bounced back from 2013 levels.

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3 | PetroChem Wire: Recycled PET prices hold steady in late May

Relatively balanced supply and demand kept U.S. recycled PET flake and pellet prices stable in May.

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4 | Japan uses 80 percent of its plastics discards

Japanese consumers and businesses used 10.2 million tons of plastics in 2012, reports the country's Plastic Waste Management Institute. Some 80 percent of this material was either recycled, gasified or used as a fuel.

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5 | NewsBits

Coca-Cola hatches a unique campaign to encourage plastic bottle reuse in Asia, and a Dutch entrepreneur has an idea that could turn anyone into a plastic processor. We're thinking outside the box in NewsBits.

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6 | Industry and supplier news

The Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers is the latest industry entity to offer its support of the Recycling Partnership, a new recycling infrastructure improvement initiative managed by the Curbside Value Partnership. More information can be found here.

7 | Upcoming conferences & webinars

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8 | Jobs Available & Sought

Project Lead, Waste Solutions, Ecova (Seattle/Spokane, Washington).
Details are available here.

Logistics Coordinator, Denton Plastics Inc. (Portland, Oregon).
Details are available here.

Service Technician, Plastics Recycling Equipment Company (Norcross, Georgia).
Details are available here.

Sales Manager, EREMA North America, Inc. (Ipswich, Massachusetts).
Details are available here.

Sales Director, Emerald Pacific (Austin, Texas / Mexico City).
Details are available here.

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

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