## NewsBits
U.K.-based **Closed Loop Recycling** is receiving an $18.75 million [investment][1] to **double capacity at its facility** to approximately 94,000 tons per year. The plant currently produces food-grade PET and HDPE, with construction on the expansion set to begin next year.
**Starbucks** is developing a new bio-refinery that will turn stale pastries and coffee grounds into **bio-plastics**, reports [_Science Daily_][2].
**Perpetual Recycling Solutions** will begin **hiring over 50 workers** at its Richmond, Indiana facility, reports [_Pal-Item.com_][3]. The company will be hiring salaried and hourly positions and will begin looking locally for workers first.
**Hermosa Beach City Council has outlawed polystyrene food packaging** in the Los Angeles County coastal town after a year of debate, reports [_The Daily Breeze_][4]. The paper expects the new law to affect 30 businesses in town and won't apply to the Hermosa Beach City School District or food packaging used outside city limits.
**Fujitsu will begin collecting used CDs and DVDs** at the company's recycling centers that will be [recycled into cases for new notebook PCs][5]. The IT company is already using this recycled plastic in the front panel of one of its notebook computers and will begin using its other products as well.
Virginia has formed the [Virginia Polymer Coalition][6] in an attempt to nurture the **development of a plastics industry cluster in the state**. Focusing on materials analysis, business development, workforce training and recycling, the coalition has launched with 31 participating organizations, including several Virginia Tech departments and the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research.
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[1]: http://www.closedlooprecycling.co.uk/news/deputy-pm-backs-closed-loop-recyclings-olympic-legacy
[2]: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120820093751.htm
[3]: http://www.pal-item.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2012308200021
[4]: http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_21322495/hermosa-beach-outlaws-polystyrene-food-packaging-after-lengthy
[5]: http://www.fujitsu.com/global/news/pr/archives/month/2012/20120817-02.html
[6]: http://www.ialr.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=750:virginiia-polymer-coalition-begins&catid=140:news-rese&Itemid=29
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[8]: http://www.plasticsrecycling.org/news/news-archives/58-press-release/172-caps-on-bottles-for-recycling
[9]: http://www.resource-recycling.com/images/e-newsletterimages/PRUe-news082312.html
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