In This Issue:

1 | Bag tax coming to England

Liberal Democrats in England have received support from their Conservative party counterparts to push ahead with a country-wide tax on single-use plastic bags.

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2 | Consortium introduces label removal solution

The full-wrap label consortium, a coalition of 30 companies organized by Eastman Chemical Company, recently announced a potential breakthrough in label removal technologies.

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3 | PetroChem Wire: PS scrap prices down in September

Recycled HIPS pellet prices have been steadily weakening this year by an average of roughly a penny per month as environmental concerns limit consumption in some markets.

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4 | Patent watch

Several patents and patent applications relating to plastic separation, processing and recycled content uses have recently been published.

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5 | NewsBits

Bag and EPS bans in the states, while Europe aims to nearly triple plastic recycling in this week's NewsBits.

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6 | Upcoming conferences & webinars

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

7 | 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.

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].