1 | Study: 5.25 trillion plastic pieces in ocean
A study released by an anti-pollution organization frames the world's plastic marine debris issue in stark terms.
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2 | Plastics Recycling 2015: Book your hotel room and save
To get the most out of the upcoming Plastics Recycling Conference, be sure to stay at the host hotel, the Hyatt Regency Dallas at Reunion. All the conference events will be taking place at the Hyatt Regency, so by booking your room there, you'll ensure your place at the center of the networking and deal-making action.
Plus, if you book before the conference room block is sold out, you can get a room at the discounted rate of $198, plus taxes. In addition, staying at the host hotel helps guarantee lower lodging costs for future iterations of the Plastics Recycling Conference. Book your hotel room here.
Plastics Recycling 2015 is taking place Feb. 23-25 at the Hyatt Regency in Dallas, Texas. Head to plasticsrecycling.com for all the information on attending, exhibiting and sponsoring.
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3 | Sonoco offers details on its plant-based HDPE
Another global plastics player is producing bottles derived in part from plants, further indication that packaging heavyweights see recycling as only one part of the sustainability equation.
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4 | Poly pipe holds back Arkansas recycling rate
Arkansas' annual review of recycling performance shows the state has increased its recycling rate to 39 percent, with plastics the only major material category to see decreases.
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5 | PetroChem Wire: Nylon 6 price falls on weak demand
Prices for recycled nylon 6 post-industrial pellets dropped in the first half of December by at least 2 cents per pound to 79-81 cents per pound FOB Eastern U.S.
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6 | Long-haul shipping prices could drop next year
An amendment included in the $1 trillion spending bill passed last weekend by Congress suspends two provisions of a trucking rule that long-haul firms say have crunched efficiency. That could mean lower logistics prices for mills and export buyers.
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7 | NewsBits
The Jamaican government has launched its first PET recycling project and China shakes up its plastics recycling industry — find out how in this week's NewsBits.
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8 | 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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9 | Jobs available & sought
Plastic Trader, Ekman Group (Multiple U.S. locations).
Details are available here.
Plastic Sales & Marketing Rep, AMI Trading Inc. (Miami, Florida).
Details are available here.
President, ReTech, LLC (Grafton, Ohio).
Details are available here.
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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