In This Issue:

1 | EU again shows growth in recovery of PET

Recently released statistics show European Union countries have continued to increase the amount of PET collected for recycling each year.

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2 | RR Conference 2013: A who's who of industry leaders

Nearly 230 companies and organizations will be represented at the upcoming Resource Recycling Conference and Trade Show in Louisville, Kentucky. Over a dozen sponsors and 50 exhibiting organizations have come together to create the most engaging and forward-looking event in recycling to date.

The Resource Recycling Conference will be held August 27-28 at the Marriott Louisville Downtown in Louisville, Kentucky. The first annual Recycling Innovators Forum will also be held in conjunction with the conference on August 26, with free admission for conference attendees.

Time is running out to connect with top recycling professionals and these innovative companies and organizations! Register today at rrconference.com!

360 Waste · ACUA · Adams-Clermont Solid Waste District · Advanced Disposal · Advanced Equipment Sales · Agilyx Corporation · AL DEM · Alaskans for Litter Prevention & Recycling · Alcoa / Evermore Recycling · American Chemistry Council · American Forest & Paper Association · Ameripen · AMUT Ecotech S.r.l. · APR ·Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers · Association of Ohio Recyclers · Association of Oregon Recyclers ·Avery Dennison · B K Holdings Ltd. ·Ball Corporation · BC Bottle Depot Association · Berry Plastics · Blue Bag Organics · Blue Mountain Plastic · Boyle County Fiscal Court · Brown County Solid Waste ·Buhler Group · Busch Systems Intl. Inc. · California Resource Recovery Association · Canuck Compounders Inc. · Carris Plastics · Cascade Engineering, Inc. · Cascadia Consulting Group · Casella Recycling LLC · Catlettsburg Refining LLC · CCH Environmental Group · Chittenden Solid Waste District · cie Trade Systems, Inc. · CIF · City of Austin - Resource Recovery · City of Fort Collins · City of Gainesville · City of O'Fallon · City of Portland · City of Stillwater · City of Tacoma, Solid Waste Management · City of Urbana, Illinois · Clearstream Recycling, Inc. · Clearwater Paper · Coalicion de Reciclaje de Puerto Rico · Coca-Cola Recycling · Colorado Association for Recycling / RONA ·Community Recycling Center · Conestoga-Rovers & Associates · Consumer Aerosol Products Council · Container Recycling Institute · CP Group · CRINC · Cumberland Recycling · Curbside Value Partnership · Cuyahoga County Solid Waste Management District · Dearborn County Solid Waste Mgmt. District · Dem-Con Companies · DKMM Solid Waste District · DSM Environmental Services, Inc. · Earth911, Inc. · Eastern Aerosol Association · Eco Partners · EcoPelicano · Emmet County · Encorp Pacific · Entropex ·Enviroplas, Inc. · EnviroStar Waste Service · Envision Plastics · ERC Engineers · Evermore Recycling-Alcoa Global Packaging · E-World Recyclers/E-World Online · Foodservice Packaging Institute · For Sustainability Too · Gaia Strategies · GBB · Glass Mfg. Industry Council · Goodwill Industries International · Goodwill Industries of Central Indiana · Green Line Polymers, Inc. · Green Umbrella Sustainability Alliance · GreenBlue's Sustainable Packaging Coalition · GreenMantra Technologies · GreenPath Sustainability Consultants · Gulfstream Services · Hamilton County Recycling and Solid Waste District · Han Li Metalworks Co., Ltd. · Herbold USA · Hibu - publisher of Yellowbook · Hilex Poly Co. LLC · Hill+Knowlton Strategies · Houston-Galveston Area Council · Hyperplastics · Indiana Department of Environmental Management · Indiana Recycling Coalition · International Paper · International Sleep Products Association · IRC COG · JAYCO, INC. · Johns Manville · Joint Base Andrews · Kankakee Community College · KDEP-DWM-HWB · Keep America Beautiful · Kentucky South Recycling · Kessler Consulting, Inc. · KY Recycling Assistance Section · L&P Wire Tie Systems · LFUCG/Division of Waste Management · Lindner America LLC · Louisville Metro Solid Waste Management Services · Louisville/Jefferson County Waste Management District · M2B2 LLC · Machinex · Maggie Clarke Environmental · Maryland Department of Environment · Maryland Recycling Network · MassRecycle, Inc. · McPherson Area Solid Waste · MD Plastics · Meade County Solid Waste & Recycle · Metal Conversion Technologies, LLC · Metro Vancouver · Metro Waste Authority · Metropolitan Environmental Trust · Michigan Recycling Coalition · Ministry of Environment · Missouri Recycling Association · MMJ OHIS NIG.LTD · Montgomery Regional Solid Waste Authority · Moore & Associates · Moore Recycling Associates · NAPCOR · National Recycling Coalition · NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources · Nestle Waters North America · Nestor Resources, Inc. · New Mexico Environment Department · New Mexico Recycling Coalition · New York City · Nextek · Novelis Corporation · NRT · NSWMA · OBRC · OHL · Olympic Wire & Equipment, Inc. · Owens-Illinois, Inc. · PAC NEXT · Padnos · PaintCare · Paper Recycling Coalition · Pellenc Selective Technologies · Pennsylvania Recycling Markets Center, Inc. · Perpetual Recycling Solutions · Phoenix Technologies · Plastics Provider, Inc. · Plateau Environmental Protection and Sanitation Agency · Polymer Technologies and Services, Inc. · Product Stewardship Institute · Progressive Waste Solutions · Reclay StewardEdge, Inc. · ReCommunity Recycling · Recupera · Recycle Away · Recycle Clear · RecycleForce · Recycling Council of Alberta · Recycling Markets · Recycling Reinvented · rePLANET · Republic Machine · Resolute Forest Products · Resource Recycling Systems · Resource Recycling, Inc. · Re-TRAC Connect · Rumpke Recycling · Rural Action · S+S Inspection, Inc. · Sabert Corporation · Samuel Strapping Systems · Schupan Industrial Recycling · SERA- Skumatz Economic Research Assoc · Shelby County Solid Waste · Shoreland'r · Shred-Tech · Sonoco · Southeast Recycling Development Council · Starbucks Coffee Company · State of Texas Alliance for Recycling (STAR) · Steel Recycling Institute · Strategic Materials, Inc. · SWALCO · Technimark LLC · Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation · TeTechS, Inc. · The Coca-Cola Company · The Rehrig Pacific Company · Tompkins County Solid Waste · Trex Company, Inc. · Tri-Arrows Aluminum, Inc. · TRICOR · U.S. Zero Waste Business Council · Universal Recycling Technologies · University of Colorado · University of Kentucky · University of Louisville · University of Wisconsin Extension · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · VAN DYK Recycling Solutions · Vangel, Inc. · Verallia/Saint-Gobain Containers, Inc. · Verso Paper Corporation · Washington State Recycling Association · Waste Management · Waste Management Sustainability Services · Waukesha County · WEIMA America · Weisenbach Recycled Products · Western Disposal Services, Inc. · WM Sustainability Services

3 | Plastic film recycling plant to open in California

Capitalizing on the recent flurry of single-use plastic bag bans in the state of California, Command Packaging is preparing to open a 200,000-square-foot ag-plastic film recycling facility in Salinas to produce reusable shopping bags.

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4 | PetroChem Wire: HDPE bale prices up in July

HDPE post-consumer bale prices for U.S. East Coast business ended July up 1-1.5 cents from June, at 37-39 cents per pound.

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5 | Connecticut wins case over unredeemed bottle deposits

The Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled the state can keep nearly $6 million in unredeemed bottle deposits it forced beer and soda distributors to turn over several years ago.

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6 | RR Conference 2013: How to plan for packaging

How to accommodate evolving types of consumer packaging is hotly debated within the recycling industry. A number of multi-stakeholder organizations have sprouted in the last few years to tackle this question with input from multiple supply chain players, but are we any closer to answering the packaging question? Don't miss this opportunity to hear from three key industry groups — AMERIPEN, PAC NEXT and Recycling Reinvented — as they explore their various efforts underway to tackle the packaging issue.

The 2013 Resource Recycling Conference will be held August 27-28 at the Marriott Louisville Downtown in Louisville, Kentucky. For more information, please visit www.rrconference.com or click on the banner below.

7 | NewsBits

PlastoTurf? The company behind AstroTurf has developed a recycling system to convert old synthetic fields into raw material for other products. Get the details and more headlines in NewsBits.

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8 | Upcoming conferences & webinars

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

9 | Jobs Available & Sought

Senior Consultant-Project Manager, Resource Recycling Systems(Ann Arbor, Michigan).
Details are available here.

Executive Director, Indiana Recycling Coalition.
Details are available here.

Purchasing Assistant, MRC Polymers (Chicago).
Details are available here.

Sales Representative, TKO Polymers (Atlanta).
Details are available here.

Executive Director, Carolina Recycling Association (North Carolina/South Carolina).
Details are available here.

VP of Sales and Marketing, CP Group (San Diego, California).
Details are available here.

VP of Engineering Design, CP Manufacturing, Inc. (San Diego, California).
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.

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].