1 | Film recycling groups organize
Film recycling is emerging as a major area of interest for the plastics recycling industry, with several groups mobilizing around the topic.
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2 | New plastic recycling innovations profiled
Inventors are set to unveil a new food-grade recycling method for post-consumer PP packaging at this fall's Recycling Innovators Forum.
Although polypropylene is one of the most widespread resins used, its recycling rate consistently lags far behind PET and HDPE. This new technology allows PP food packaging to be completely decontaminated and reused in a closed loop back into food packaging. The new technology profiled at the forum will allow recycled PP to displace virgin PP with savings on resources, emissions and landfill.
Details on how the process works will be first available exclusively to attendees at the first annual Recycling Innovators Forum, to be held August 26 in Louisville, Kentucky. For more information on attending, visit www.recyclinginnovators.com or click on the banner below.
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3 | PetroChem Wire: Higher supply pushes East Coast rPET prices lower
Recycled PET pellet prices were down about a penny in early June compared with the previous month on a continued oversupply.
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4 | Tennessee incentivizes beverage container recycling
Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam has signed a new law designed to incentivize the recycling of aluminum cans and plastic bottles.
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5 | Japan relies on energy recovery to handle waste plastics
Data from the Plastic Waste Management Institute shows that 1.58 billion pounds of the plastics consumed by Japanese residents are mechanically recycled each year.
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6 | British Columbia beverage container program sees flat results
The performance of the beverage container return system in British Columbia for 2012 showed little change from the previous year.
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7 | Patent watch
Companies and inventors have been busy with new innovations in plastics recycling, highlighted in these recent patents and patent applications.
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8 | NewsBits
The skinny on L.A.'s new plastic bag ban, plus a new plastic-to-fuel startup is seeking investors in this week's NewsBits.
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7 | Upcoming conferences & webinars
Click here for a complete directory of upcoming conferences and webinars!
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8 | Jobs Available & Sought
Sales Representative, TKO Polymers (Atlanta).
Details are available here.
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].
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