Plastics Recycling Update

Sept. 4, 2013

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1 | APR rolls out updated guidelines for product designers


The Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers (APR) has unveiled renewed guidelines to help manufacturers better integrate recyclability into product design.

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2 | Industry professionals meet in Louisville


Nearly 500 recycling professionals from 37 states, four Canadian provinces and eight countries convened in Louisville, Kentucky last week for the fourth annual Resource Recycling Conference and Trade Show.

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3 | Plastic exports decline less in June


The sharp downturn of plastics exports became a bit less steep in June of this year, though year-to-date figures are all still down for the first half of 2013, with China's slowing economy and continued issues connected to Operation Green Fence the likely culprits.

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4 | PetroChem Wire: Recycled Polypropylene prices steady in August


Recycled PP prices were unchanged in first-half August versus July, according to PetroChem Wire's Repro/Regrind Resin Report.

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5 | JBI shutters plastics recycling facility in Ontario


Plastics-to-oil conversion company JBI has announced the closing of its facility in Thorold, Ontario.

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6 | Is Ghana's plastics-to-diesel sector primed for growth?


A Ghana environmental official says investors have their eye on plastics-to-diesel operations in the West African country.

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7 | NewsBits


One American city bans plastic bags, another outlaws EPS and a shrink-label maker claims its products leverage a technology to better separate from PET bottles during processing. It's all 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.


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].

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