Paper or plastic? Recycling Today prepares for its annual Paper Recycling Conference & Trade Show and inaugural plastics recycling conference.Recyclers and consumers of scrap paper scrap paper n → pedazos mpl de papel scrap paper n → papier m brouillon scrap paper scrap n → will once again descend on the Windy City in late June for the Paper Recycling Paper recycling is the process of recovering waste paper and remaking it into new paper products. There are three categories of paper that can be used as feedstocks for making recycled paper: mill broke, pre-consumer waste, and post-consumer waste. Conference & Trade show. This year, however, they will be joined by attendees of a new conference that addresses the issues facing recyclers and consumers of scrap plastics with the launch of Recycling Today's Plastics Recycling Conference & Trade Show. The co-located conferences, organized by the Recycling Today Media Group Division of GIE gie v. Scots Variant of give. Media Inc., Cleveland, will be June 25-27, 2006, at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare in Chicago. With many recyclers handling both paper and plastics, conference attendees have the option of attending sessions from both show's educational tracks for an additional registration fee of $55. PAPER TIGERS. Last year, the 2005 Paper Recycling Conference in Atlanta attracted more than 500 industry professionals from around the world. The 2006 Paper Recycling Conference will include the latest equipment and service offerings in the exhibit hall and numerous networking opportunities. The conference's organizers strive to develop programming that reflects the interests of attendees from all facets of the paper industry, including paper stock dealers, consumers, mill representatives, recyclers and equipment and service providers. This year's programming includes sessions on over-coming quality concerns, uncovering new sources of supply, navigating export markets and dealing with higher transportation costs. Bill Moore of Moore & Associates, Atlanta, will moderate the keynote session Monday, June 26, titled "Recycling in a Smaller World." R.S. Baxi of J&H Sales (International) Ltd., Shawn Lavin of Waste Management/Recycle America and Steve Voorhees of Rock-Tenn will offer their views on the present state of the paper recycling industry and their predictions as to where the industry is headed in the future. The closing session Tuesday, June 27, will bring together Joe Albrycht, Mississippi River Mississippi River River, central U.S. It rises at Lake Itasca in Minnesota and flows south, meeting its major tributaries, the Missouri and the Ohio rivers, about halfway along its journey to the Gulf of Mexico. Corp.; Marty Rusk, Corrugated cor·ru·gate v. cor·ru·gat·ed, cor·ru·gat·ing, cor·ru·gates v.tr. To shape into folds or parallel and alternating ridges and grooves. v.intr. Services; and Lisa White, SP Newsprint, for a roundtable discussion from the mill buyers' perspective. Rusty Getter of Balcones Resources, Austin, Texas, will serve as moderator for this interactive session. A session titled "Avoiding Transportation Rage" will shed light on some of the transportation issues facing recyclers today, such as California's Pier Pass program. Panelists will include Scott Horne, general counsel for the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc. and Michael McInerney of Celtic Logistics. Monday's "Staking Claims to New Supply Lines" includes panelists who will offer suggestions for digging deeper into the waste stream to divert more paper and OCC OCC See: Options Clearing Corporation OCC See Options Clearing Corporation (OCC). for recycling. Speakers include Ron Gonen Ron Gonen is a former mobster and cooperating witness. He was born in the Soviet Union into a family heavily involved in black marketeering. His parents immigrated to Israel with him in 1956, in the aftermath of Stalin's death. of RecycleBank, a recycling incentive program that began in two Philadelphia communities and has garnered much national attention. The program not only offers incentives to residents who recycle, it also offers municipalities a wealth of detailed information on their residents' recycling habits. Gonen will also address attendees of Recycling Today's Plastics Recycling Conference & Trade Show, offering additional details about the recovery of post-consumer plastics through the RecycleBank program. In addition to the regular programming, attendees will have the opportunity to attend two pre-conference workshops. The first will address plant safety. The second, which requires a separate registration fee, is a two-hour pricing workshop presented by Bill Moore and Peter Engle of Moore & Associates. Now in its sixth year the Paper Recycling Conference & Trade Show will be joined by a companion conference for the plastics recycling industry. EXPANDING PLASTICS. Prices for secondary plastics have reached new highs in the last year, fueling increased interest in the material. Reflecting the growth of the plastics recycling market, the Recycling Today Media Group has introduced Recycling Today's Plastics Recycling Conference & Trade Show, which offers the same networking, session and exhibit opportunities as the paper conference, only geared to the specific needs and interests ofplastic brokers, traders, reclaimers and secondary consumers. Running concurrently with the paper programming are six education sessions devoted specifically to plastics markets. The keynote session, Tuesday, June 27, "A Global Outlook for Plastics Recycling," will feature Mike Biddle of MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration Polymers, Mark Matza of Fortune Plastic & Metal Midwest and Robert Render of Maine Plastics, who will field questions from moderator Brian Taylor Brian Taylor (born April 10, 1962), is a former Australian rules footballer and now AFL commentator. Playing career The moustachioued Taylor, known as "Barge", "Bristle" or "BT", began his VFL career with Richmond in 1980, and had the misfortune of being a full-forward at , Recycling Today's editor, and session attendees in an interactive roundtable format. Dennis Sabourin of NAPCOR NAPCOR National Association for Pet Container Resources will moderate Monday's session titled "Consuming Passions: A Look Recycled Resin Consuming Markets." The panel will feature secondary plastics consumers, including Jean Bina of Phoenix Technologies, Phil Cavin of Mohawk Industries Mohawk Industries is an American company that supplies residential and commercial flooring and other home products. It is one of the two largest carpet manufacturers in the world. It is exchanged on the New York Stock Exchange under the listed security MHK. and Ron Sherga of Sherresults LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control . Sessions on municipal efforts to increase recycling rates for HDPE HDPE abbr. high-density polyethylene and PET and plastics derived from electronics will also be offered. Pre-conference workshops Sunday, June 25, will offer information on sorting technology and plastics from end-of-life automobiles. Attendees of both events will also have access to the 11,000-squre-foot joint exhibit hall where equipment manufacturers and service providers will be featured. The latest information about the shows is available at www.Recycling TodayEvents.com. PAPER RECYCLING SESSIONS Sunday, June 25, 2006 1 p.m.-3 p.m., Paper Stock Industries Chapter of ISRI ISRI Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries ISRI Institute for Software Research, International (Carnegie Mellon University) ISRI Information Science Research Institute ISRI Intelligent Systems Research Institute , Open Meeting 3 p.m.-4:15 p.m., Plant Safety Workshop: Safe and Sound Best Practices 3 p.m.-5 p.m., Pricing Workshop. Speakers: Bill Moore and Peter Engel For executive producer, see Peter Engel (television producer) Peter Engel (born 1959) is a science writer, graphic designer, and architect, perhaps best known as one of the foremost American origami artists and theorists. , Moore & Associates Monday, June 26, 2006 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m., Keynote Session: Recycling In A Smaller World. Moderator: Bill Moore, Moore & Associates. Panelists: R.S. Baxi, J&H Sales (International) Ltd.; Shawn Lavin, Waste Management/Recycle America; Steve Voerhees, Rock-Tenn 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m., All Eyes on Quality, sponsored by PSI. Moderator: Doug McLeod, Catalyst Paper Catalyst Paper is a Canadian paper manufacturer. Based in Richmond, British Columbia, the company produces paper and pulp for commercial printers, publishers and paper manufacturers in North America, Latin America, the Pacific Rim and Europe. Co. Panelists: Ralph Simon, SP Newsprint; Roy Geigel, Fox River Fiber Co. 1:30 p.m.-2:45 p.m., Staking Claims to New Supply Lines. Moderator: Chaz Miller, Environmental Industries Association. Panelists: Ron Gonen, RecycleBank 3:30 p.m.-5 p.m., Dialing Long Distance: The Export Picture. Moderator: Kevin Duncombe, Western Pacific Pulp & Paper. Panelists: Ashu Avyas, Cellmark Inc.; Judy Lee, JC Horizon Tuesday, June 27, 2006 9: a.m.-10:30 a.m., Avoiding Transportation Rage. Moderator: Brian Taylor, Recycling Today Media Group. Panelists: Scott Horne, ISRI; Michael McInerney, Celtic Logistics 10:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m., Roundtable Discussion: The Mill Buyer's Perspective. Moderator: Rusty Getter, Balcones. Panelists: Joe Albrycht, Mississipp River Corp.; Marty Rusk, Corrugated Services; Lisa White, SP Newsprint PAPER AND PAELLA The Tryp Apolo Hotel in Barcelona will host the European Paper Recycling Conference from Sept. 25-26. In its second year, the conference focuses on providing quality programming and networking opportunities. The European Paper Recycling Conference offers recovered paper merchants, brokers, consumers, mill representatives and equipment and service providers involved in the paper recycling industry an important forum to network with colleagues and discuss market trends. Among the speakers confirmed for the 2006 European Paper Recycling Conference are: * Bill Moore, Pira International/ Moore & Associates, United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. ; * Henri Vermeulen, Smurfit Kappa Group The Smurfit Kappa Group is Europe's leading corrugated packaging company, following the merger of Jefferson Smurfit Group and Kappa Packaging. This merger was finalized by the end of 2005. , Netherlands; * Dominique Maguin, Sculler scull n. 1. A long oar used at the stern of a boat and moved from side to side to propel the boat forward. 2. One of a pair of short-handled oars used by a single rower. 3. , France; * Graham Moore, Pira International, United Kingdom; * Loud van Kessel, Smurfit Kappa Group, Netherlands; * Gerard Galland, CTP CTP (cytidine triphosphate): see cytosine. (1) (Computer-To-Plate) The production of printing plates directly from the computer without requiring film as an intermediate step. , France; * Atul Kaul, Waraq, Saudi Arabia; * Wade Schuetzeberg, ACN ACN Accenture (stock symbol) ACN Accenture ACN Australian Company Number ACN Automatic Collision Notification (US DOT) ACN Acetonitrile ACN Anglican Communion Network Europe, The Netherlands; * Paul Briggs, Sonoco Atcore, United Kingdom; and * David Barrio bar·ri·o n. pl. bar·ri·os 1. An urban district or quarter in a Spanish-speaking country. 2. A chiefly Spanish-speaking community or neighborhood in a U.S. city. , ASPAPEL, Spain. The conference will include a display area featuring equipment and service providers showcasing the latest products and technology. More information on the conference, including a schedule of educational sessions and registration details, is available at www.paper recyclingeurope.com. PLASTICS RECYCLING SESSIONS Sunday, June 25, 2006 1:30 p.m.-2:45 p.m., Automotive Growth Engine 3:00 p.m.-4:15 p.m., State of the Art in Plastics Sorting Technology Monday, June 26, 2006 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m., The Industrial Revolution in Resins. Moderator: David Kaplan, Maine Plastics Panelists: Anthony Georges, Royal Group 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m., Case Sensitive: An Update on Electronics Recycling. Moderator: Dan Sandoval, Recycling Today magazine Panelists: Dan Barrett, United States Postal Service; Mark Matza, Fortune Plastic & Metals Midwest; Ken Taggert, United Data Tech 1:30 p.m.-2:45 p.m., On the Job: Sorting Trends, Challenges and Applications. Moderator: Lisa White, SP Newsprint Panelists: Mike Biddle, MBA Polymers: Chris Pulley pulley, simple machine consisting of a wheel over which a rope, belt, chain, or cable runs. A grooved pulley wheel like that used for ropes is called a sheave. , Tidewater Fiber Corp. 3:30 p.m.-5 p.m., Sent Packing: Increasing Recycling Rates for PET and HDPE Moderator: DeAnne Toto, Recycling Today magazine Panelists: Ron Gonen, RecycleBank; Leslie Lukacs, SCS Engineers Tuesday, June 27, 2006 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m., Consuming Passions: A Look Recycled Resin Consuming Markets. Moderator: Dennis Sabourin, NAPCOR. Panelists: Jean Bina, Phoenix Technologies; Phil Cavin, Mohawk Industries; Ron Sherga, Sherresults LLC 10:45 a.m.-12 p.m.; Keynote Session: A Global Outlook for Plastics Recycling. Moderator: Brian Taylor, Recycling Today magazine Panelists: Mike Biddle, MBA Polymers; Mark Matza, Fortune Plastic & Metal Midwest: Robert Render, Maine Plastics The authors are associate editor and managing editor of Recycling Today. |
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