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Volumne 24, No. 1
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Plastics Market is HOT!!!!
Adopt A Highway Program April 4-10
JUST A
REMINDER!!!
JUST A REMINDER!!!!!!!!!!The annual
Adopt A Highway Program kicks off April 4-10 this year. Our
soft drink bottlers and many of our members have signed up
to take part in this program and it is important that we
continue to show our corporate support. As a matter of
concern, it would be helpful if you could report back to our
office the volume of your crews pickups along with kinds of
letter found on the highway.
Miranda Thacker, new director of the
Adopt A Highway Program needs our help and welcomes any
assistance. Again, her phone number is 502-564-3419.
BIRP is supporting the 2004 River Sweep
Clean Up of the Ohio River Valley. This is one of the
nation’s largest and longest running environmental cleanup
events. Approximately 21,000 people participate in the
event. The river cleanup is scheduled for Saturday, June
19, 2004.
THE RECYCLING INCENTIVE ALLIANCE is
advocating enactment of a National legislative proposal that
would provide financial incentives to significantly increase
the levels of recycling and composting of solid waste.
Prices for plastic continues strong.
Domestic buyers are paying about 13.5 cents per pound to 14
cents per pound (truckload of bales picked up) and in the
eastern half of the country prices are closer to 16-17 cents
per pound.
Grocers in Iowa are trying to get out
of the across the counter bottle redemption business.
Several large grocers plan to open redemption centers this
spring….would then stop redeeming containers sending
customers to the nearest redemption center. It is estimated
that some 400 stores would get out of the redemption
program.
More later.
Plastics
Market is HOT!!!
Current prices for PET plastic will range from 17 cents to
21 cents a pound depending on quality and packaging, etc.
American buyers are looking for all the PET they can get.
Meantime, we have been contacted by the United States
Commerce Department. They have a contact through the
American Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand asking for up to
1500 tons of PET plastic per month. They want PET Bottle
Flakes (Cleaned) PET Bottle Waste in vacuumed pressed
bales and polyester textile waste sources of suppliers,
having capable of export facilities. This amount is
wanted on a regular basis. If any of our processors want
to deal on this issue, the contact is:
Satis Sanongphohan, Commerical Specialist
US Embassy - Bangkok
3rd Dietheim Tower A, Suite 302
93/1 Wireless Road, 10330
Bangkok, Thailand
Phone 66-2205-5090 Direct 0-2205-5242
Fax: 66-2255-2915
A Kentucky contact for more information is Peggy Pawley
(502) 836-1677 at the Louisville Export Assistance Center,
601 W. Broadway, Room 634 B, Louisville, KY 40202
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