1 | Coca-Cola Recycling closing shop
The beverage container recycling arm of The Coca-Cola Company – Coca-Cola Recycling – is "winding down," the company this week confirmed.
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2 | PetroChem Wire: Recycled HDPE pellets pushed down
Falling natural (dairy) scrap bales prices are pressuring natural pellet prices lower in late October.
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3 | Massachusetts bottle bill battle nears finish line
With some pundits criticizing "demonstrably false" ads opposing the expansion of Massachusetts' beverage container deposit program to include water bottles, supporters of the bigger bottle bill are staging rallies to help pass the voter referendum.
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4 | Scrap plastics exports still far above 2013 levels
A look at trade data from the first seven months of 2014 shows a continued rebound from Green Fence-era levels of scrap plastics exports.
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5 | Patent watch
A Wisconsin firm develops technology for recovering scrap plastic film, and a Georgia company has created a process for recycling synthetic turf. Get the details on those projects and others in our patent listing.
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6 | NewsBits
France could become one of the first countries to pass a country-wide plastic bag ban. Learn more about the legislation in NewsBits.
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7 | Industry and supplier news
Axion International Holdings, Inc., a manufacturer of recycled plastic rail ties and plastic composite technologies, recently received a purchase order that calls for approximately $377,000 worth of switch ties for the upgrading of 26 timber turnouts on a west Coast transit line. For more, click here.
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), last month launched a program called the Circle of Safety Excellence. The member-driven effort to promote and encourage safety in the workplace asks like-minded companies to voluntarily come forward to share safety data to help boost the industry as a whole in the safety realm. At the same time, those participating firms will be recognized by ISRI for their commitment to safety. Get more details here.
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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 Sales & Marketing Representative, 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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