Resource Recycling

Jan. 3, 2014

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1 | Price volatility marks 2013 for selected recyclables


According to information in Resource Recycling's market database, price volatility continued unabated in 2013 for recovered packaging materials.

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2 | Plastics Recycling 2014: The next steps for plastic recovery


Independent of consumer participation in recycling, the race is on for companies to green their supply chains and improve the sustainability of product lines. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the plastics packaging sector, where manufacturers, shippers and retailers are discovering that sustainable packaging policies are good for both the environment, as well as the bottom line.


The 2014 Plastics Recycling Conference opens with a top-level assessment of plastics recycling and packaging sustainability initiatives at some of the largest retailers and packaging manufacturers in the world.


Don't miss Plastics Recycling 2014, to be held March 11-12, 2014, at Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando, Florida. For more information, visit www.plasticsrecycling.com.


Attendees are also invited to come early and stay late for some great additional events. On the afternoon of March 10, the Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI) will host a technical forum. The Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers (APR) will hold its winter membership meeting on March 13. And the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) Environmental Division will hold the Global Plastics Environmental Conference March 12-14. Go to www.plasticsrecycling.com for more information.

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3 | California puts CRV operators to the test


California officials are hoping a mandatory training program for redemption center operators will help curb fraud within the state's bottle redemption program.

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4 | Scrap exports down through October


The story of declining scrap exports in 2013 continued apace with dropping volumes seen across all types of scrap materials sent across U.S. borders through October.

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5 | New York state passes thermostat law


Product manufacturers will soon be required to collect and recycle old mercury-containing thermostats in New York state.

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6 | China shuttering polluting mills


The industry ministry in China has ordered more than 1,400 companies in 19 industries to shutter or cut excess production capacity. Some of these are recycling mills.

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7 | "Pathbreaking" food scrap law passes in NYC


New York City lawmakers have approved a measure that requires large commercial enterprises within the Big Apple to divert food scraps.

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8 | Bottle bill expansion may make ballot in Massachusetts


Massachusetts voters may get a chance over the next year to decide whether to expand the state's bottle bill — unless lawmakers approve updated legislation first.

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9 | Chinese recycling tycoon eyeing The New York Times?


A prominent recycling tycoon in China known for his outlandish and eccentric behavior is setting his sights on one of the world's most influential newspapers and insists he is serious about it acquiring it.

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10 | The wide world of recycling


Pope Francis praises scrap pickers in a holiday video, plastics recycling lags in Europe and other recycling news from around the globe in this week's wide world of recycling.

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11 | NewsBits


Finding a home for seats from the Metrodome and more, all in this week's NewsBits.

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12 | Requests for proposals


The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality is requesting proposals to conduct an assessment of the environmental impacts of four methods of source-separated food waste management (aerobic composting, anaerobic digestion, sink-disposed sewer treatment, and landfill). To view or download the entire solicitation, vendors must be registered in ORPIN. For access to the ORPIN system, go to orpin.oregon.gov/open.dll/welcome. The number for this solicitation in ORPIN is DEQ-1181-13.

13 | 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.

14 | Jobs available & sought


Environmental Scientist, State of Delaware (Dover, Delaware).
Details are available here.


Grants and Loans Business Lead, Washington Department of Ecology (Lacey, Washington).
Details are available here.


Solid Waste Director, Outagamie County (Appleton, Wisconsin).
Details are available here.


Washington Coordinator, Northwest Product Stewardship Council (Seattle, Washington).
Details are available here.


Solid Waste Director, Mecklenburg County (Charlotte, North Carolina).
Details are available here (search using "solid waste" as keyword).


Education & Outreach Coordinator, Santa Fe Solid Waste Management Agency (Santa Fe, New Mexico).
Details are available here.


Marketing Manager, Resource Recycling Systems (Ann Arbor, Michigan or telecommute).
Details are available here.


Market Development Specialist, U.S. Composting Council (Location flexible).
Details are available here.


Midwest Region Recycling General Manager; Integrated paper, recycling and converting packaging company.
Details are available here.


VP of Sales and Marketing, CP Group (San Diego, California).
Details are available here.


VP of Business Development, Integrated Communications and Technologies (Malden, Massachusetts).
Details are available here.


Sales Personnel, American Reclamation, Inc. (Los Angeles, California).
Details are available here.


Various, Newark Recycled Paperboard Solutions (National).
Details are available here.


Various Sales Positions, Waste Management (National).
Details are available here.


Various, Product Stewardship Institute (Boston, Massachusetts).
Details are available here.


Various Positions Highlighted by the Northern California Recycling Association (Northern California Area).
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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