In This Issue:

1 | Film recycling bill fails veto override

Legislation that would have created a statewide recycling program for plastic bags in Illinois is dead for now after the state Senate failed to override the governor's veto.

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2 | Plastics Recycling 2013: Industry CEOs lead the way

With a new Congress, what are the policy implications for the business environment for plastics recycling? What can we learn from other countries? Where are resin markets going, and what's happening with new resins and new plastics applications? What are the general economic trends affecting plastics? Where will be the new jobs in plastics? Is sustainability here to stay?

Willem De Vos (CEO of the Society of Plastics Engineers), William Carteaux (CEO of SPI) and Steve Russell (Vice President of the American Chemistry Council's Plastics Division) will answer these questions and more on stage at the 2013 Plastics Recycling Conference in New Orleans.

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.

And after the conference, stick around for the Global Plastics Environmental Conference's (GPEC) "The Latest Need to Know: From Recycling to Sustainability of Plastics." GPEC's conference will be held right after the Plastics Recycling Conference, March 20-22 at the same great location, the Sheraton New Orleans, right next to the Crescent City's famed French Quarter. Don't miss out on these two terrific events.

3 | L.A. and Long Beach ports reopen

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have re-opened after a week-long labor dispute ended with a tentative agreement between the ports and striking union members.

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4 | PetroChem Wire: Recycled polyethylene pricing mixed in November

Prices for various grades of polyethylene slipped in November on weak demand and lower bale prices.

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5 | Michigan bottle bill fraud fears rise following ruling

Somewhere Kramer and Newman might be loading up a truck full of bottles and cans following a ruling by a judge that struck down a Michigan law that requires companies to put a special mark on beverage containers covered by the state's bottle bill.

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6 | RR's recycled products holiday buyers' 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 Senior Writer Jake Thomas at [email protected] and we might feature it in a future column.

7 | NewsBits

Acquisitions, expansions and studies 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

Buyer, Winjet Trading Inc. (City of Industry, California).
Details are available here.

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].