1 | Coca-Cola introduces APR-influenced sleeve label
Coca-Cola has released its first bottle with a shrink-sleeve label that was designed to meet guidelines outlined by the Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers.
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2 | Register today for Plastics Recycling 2014
It's time to reserve your place at Plastics Recycling 2014. The largest, most innovative event in plastics recycling, the upcoming Plastics Recycling Conference will be held March 11-12, 2014 at the Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando, Florida and will feature the latest policy news, technical information, and sales and networking opportunities uniquely designed for the plastics recovery and processing sector.
Last year's conference included a packed trade show with more than 125 exhibiting companies, as well as more than 1,300 attendees from 39 states, six Canadian provinces and 30 countries, and the 2014 conference is expected to be even bigger.
Registration, exhibiting and sponsorship opportunities are now available. Visit www.plasticsrecycling.com to take advantage of this great opportunity.
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3 | Plastic scrap exports still down for 2013
The export of recovered plastics rebounded in August over July levels, but year-over-year, the export of plastics resins were down for the first eight months of 2013.
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4 | An EPS recycling offer New York City can't refuse?
After months of lobbying against a potential ban on expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam in New York City, EPS manufacturer Dart Container has offered the city a deal: Include foam in the city's curbside pick-up program and the company will buy it — and recycle it — on its own.
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5 | AXION inks recycled plastics deal worth $42 million
Shortly after building-product manufacturer AXION launched its own recycled plastics division in Ohio, the company announced a three-year contract to become a supplier for a major thermoplastics company. According to a press release, the deal is expected to add $42 million in AXION revenues.
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6 | PetroChem Wire: rPET prices down in November
U.S. prime PET remained oversupplied in November on rising imports and robust U.S. production. At the same time, inexpensive PET scrap remained abundant throughout the country.
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7 | Market summary: Master Mark Plastics
For more than 40 years, a Minnesota plastic product producer has operated an HDPE recycling system.
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8 | Patent Watch
An innovation for making bags from recycled plastic material leads our look at patent action in the plastics realm.
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9 | RR's recycled products holiday buyer's guide
Every month, Resource Recycling features a column on the most interesting recycled products on the market and, just in time for your holiday buying, we put together a list of consumer products that contain recycled content. Click here or on the banner below to see the column.
And, if you know of a product out there — consumer or industrial — that contains recycled content, please send it along to [email protected] and we might feature it in a future column.
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10 | NewsBits
ISRI adds a plastics division, students in England develop a method of turning E. coli bacteria into bioplastic and recent research details the challenges of removing plastic debris from the world's oceans.
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11 | Upcoming conferences & webinars
Click here for a complete directory of upcoming conferences and webinars.
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12 | Jobs Available & Sought
National Sales Manager for Plastics Division, Lindner America LLC (Raleigh, North Carolina).
Details are available here.
Materials Manager, CP Group (San Diego).
Details are available here.
Sales Representative, TKO Polymers (Atlanta).
Details are available here.
VP of Sales and Marketing, CP Group (San Diego).
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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