1 | Bill Caesar leaves Waste Management
Waste Management's top recycling executive is parting ways with the firm after a tenure in which the company experienced erratic profitability and worked to develop a number of alternative technologies including plastics-to-oil.
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2 | Resource Recycling Conference 2014: The Good, the bad and the ugly of EPR
Extended producer responsibility for packaging, a concept in which packaging producers pay for the recycling of relevant materials after they're discarded by consumers, has recently gained traction in the offices of some lawmakers and corporate decision-makers.
At the upcoming Resource Recycling Conference, a moderated panel discussion will help provide a balanced, honest and thought-provoking look at the EPR landscape. Give these experts an opportunity to offer their perspectives and you just might walk away with an altered viewpoint of the contentious issue.
The session will feature Paul Gardner of Recycling Reinvented, Chaz Miller of the National Waste & Recycling Association, Meghan Stasz of Grocery Manufacturers Association and Usman Valiante of Corporate Policy Group LLP.
Resource Recycling Conference 2014 is taking place at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside Sept. 15-17. Head to rrconference.com for more information on attending, sponsoring and exhibiting.
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3 | California passes historic bag ban
California has become the first state in the nation to ban plastic checkout bags from grocery and convenience stores.
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4 | Austin adds rigid plastics to curbside program
Buckets, lawn chairs, toys and most other types of bulky rigid plastics can now be placed in curbside carts in Austin, Texas, a move that came after MRFs in the area secured permanent markets for that material.
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5 | Europe recycled 65 billion PET bottles in 2013
With demand for PET packaging on the rise, Europe captured the equivalent of 65 billion PET bottles for recycling last year, a new report shows.
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6 | PetroChem Wire: Recycled PET prices increase
Prices for prime PET are stronger and recycled material is following suit in early September.
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7 | Plastics not behind Madison move to end food scraps pilot
Madison, Wisconsin has put a halt on an initiative to bring food scrap collection to all city residents, but one official there says plastics contamination isn't the holdup.
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8 | NewsBits
A plastics recycling firm in Pennsylvania scores a National Science Foundation grant worth more than $730,000. Find out the plan for that funding in NewsBits.
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9 | Request for proposals
CARE is seeking proposals for a 12-18 month project to demonstrate value-added uses for PET recovered from post-consumer carpets. More information can be found here.
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10 | Upcoming conferences & webinars
Click here for a complete directory of upcoming conferences and webinars!
If you have a conference or webinar that you would like listed, please send an email to [email protected] for consideration.
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11 | Jobs Available & Sought
Product Development Manager, PRP Recycling (Chicago, Illinois).
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 web content manager Jade Rhianna at [email protected].
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