In This Issue:

1 | California program fights to overcome deficit, fraud

Year-over-year expenditures for California's Beverage Container Recycling Fund exceed revenues by approximately $100 million, according to data presented at a recent Container Recycling Institute webinar.

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2 | Plastics Recycling 2013: Focus on packaging

The variety of different types of packaging has exploded in the past few years, but what is the best way for recycling programs to deal with them?

The Continuous Improvement Fund (CIF), in partnership with the Canadian Plastics Industry Association and Stewardship Ontario, has undertaken an innovative study of the cost implications and alternatives to managing residential film and flexible plastic packaging. This critical study explores future packaging trends, recycling system capital and operating costs and the end markets for this material stream, and provides a new foundation from which municipalities and stakeholders can further advance efforts to increase the recycling and diversion of flexible film plastics from the landfill.

Come get your facts straight from the source at the 2013 Plastics Recycling Conference, which will be held March 19-20 in New Orleans. For more information, visit www.plasticsrecycling.com.

3 | Political signs pose recycling challenge

The polls have closed, the pundits are silent (sort of) and the ballots have been counted. But one question remains: What to do with all those political yard signs?

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4 | PetroChem Wire: Most recycled PE prices fall in October

Lower scrap bale prices and muted demand depressed repro and regrind recycled HDPE prices in late October.

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5 | Port closure boosts spot market elsewhere

The effects of Hurricane Sandy are being felt in the spot market for recyclable materials, including plastics.

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6 | Correction

A story in last week's PRU said the Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers Rigids Committee's Resin Subcommittee had identified "22 reclaimers with a combined demand for rigids of one billion pounds per year." In fact, the Resin Subcommittee identified 22 end-market purchasers. Plastics Recycling Update regrets the error.

7 | NewsBits

Packaging and bio-based news in this week's NewsBits

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8 | Upcoming conferences & webinars

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

9 | Jobs Available & Sought

Production Manager, Perpetual Recycling Solutions (Richmond, Indiana).
Details are available online.

Shift Manager, Perpetual Recycling Solutions (Richmond, Indiana).
Details are available online.

Quality Manager, Perpetual Recycling Solutions (Richmond, Indiana).
Details are available online.

Maintenance Manager, Perpetual Recycling Solutions (Richmond, Indiana).
Details are available online.

Maintenance Mechanic, Perpetual Recycling Solutions (Richmond, Indiana).
Details are available online.

Various Jobs, The IMS Group (National).
Details are available online.

Purchasing Account Executive, BoRec America, Inc. (Flexible Location).
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].