In This Issue:

1 | Communities in action

Santa Fe, New Mexico residents can now recycle plastics numbered 3-7, and a Boston-area town is set to build a collection depot for hard-to-recycle items.

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2 | Scrap exports show declines for most materials

While most scrap materials exports continued to be down through the first five months of 2015 over year-previous figures, exports of scrap plastics continued to climb.

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3 | Stay at the center of Resource Recycling Conference 2015

The Resource Recycling Conference is proud to have chosen the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown as this year's conference venue and host hotel. The Indianapolis Marriott offers premier accommodations in the heart of Indiana's capital.

To get the most out of your conference experience we recommend you stay at the host hotel, where hundreds of recycling professionals will be an open door away. Your room reservation at the conference host hotel ensures lower registration rates for current and future years.

Book your reservations here.

Resource Recycling Conference 2015 is scheduled for Sept. 28-30, 2015 at the Marriott Downtown in Indianapolis. Head to rrconference.com for all the latest on attending, exhibiting and sponsoring.

4 | San Francisco sued over disposal contract

A subsidiary of Waste Management has sued the city of San Francisco over a long-term and lucrative disposal contract awarded to competitor Recology last week. The city and Recology say the contract simply went to the lowest bidder.

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5 | "I Want To Be Recycled" video contest winners announced

A contest launched as part of Keep America Beautiful's ongoing outreach campaign, "I Want To Be Recycled," sought videos from consumers that highlighted the importance and value of recycling.

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6 | Patent watch

Robots sorting recyclable materials and the recycling of golf balls are just two of the applications highlighted in our patent round-up.

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7 | Europe in focus

A German recycling company is seeing growth in contracts in developing economies. That leads this week's look at recycling industry developments in Europe, courtesy of our content partner, Recycling International.

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8 | NRC seeks award nominations

Do you know somebody who has shown particular leadership in the recycling industry? Or a noteworthy organization making an big impact?

The National Recycling Coalition is now accepting nominations for its 2015 awards, which will be presented at the Resource Recycling Conference, Sept. 28-30, 2015, in Indianapolis.

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9 | Acclaimed author to keynote Resource Recycling Conference 2015

The upcoming Resource Recycling Conference will start with a fascinating look at how the interconnected pieces of materials recovery come together in a keynote address from Adam Minter, award-winning Bloomberg journalist and author of the 2013 book "Junkyard Planet."

Minter comes from a family of Midwest scrap yard owners and now lives in Southeast Asia, where he covers the evolving waste management sphere there and elsewhere across the world. His understanding of the specific conditions surrounding recycling in the U.S., as well as in the multitude of markets where materials end up, put him in a unique position to offer a truly objective and holistic view of the industry. His talk will aim to enlighten all recycling pros on current global realities and how specific impacts are felt all the way back to the curbside.

Resource Recycling Conference 2015 is scheduled for Sept. 28-30, 2015 at the Downtown Marriott in Indianapolis. Head to rrconference.com for all the latest on attending, exhibiting and sponsoring.

10 | NewsBits

Hawaii might be better off recycling less and burning more, argues an article in Honolulu Magazine. And an industry expert refutes the idea that single-stream recycling is to blame for the industry's current woes.

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11 | Industry and supplier news

C&D World 2016 will be held in San Jose, Calif., organizers behind the annual event have announced. For more, click here.

Plastics recycling firm Global Polymers is now certified to the ISO 9001:2008 certification. For more, click here.

German beverage filling and packaging company Krones has named Michael Andersen as its finance chief. For more, click here.

12 | Request for proposals

North Carolina's Mecklenburg County is seeking proposals from qualified vendors to perform waste characterization studies for its Solid Waste Division. Registration as a Mecklenburg County vendor is required to access the complete RFP document and to submit a response. For more information or to register as a vendor, click here.

PaintCare and the Product Stewardship Institute (PSI) are soliciting proposals from qualified parties to develop, conduct and analyze a survey of adults to determine public awareness of the architectural paint stewardship program in Oregon. View the RFP here and respond by Sept. 18.

PaintCare and the Product Stewardship Institute (PSI) are soliciting proposals from qualified consultants to conduct a study on the measurement of, and strategies for, reducing the generation of post-consumer paint. The results of the study will enable PaintCare to establish a baseline and measure progress toward post-consumer paint source reduction. View the RFP here and respond by Sept. 18.

The Wisconsin Integrated Resource Management Conference (WIRMC) is seeking presentation proposals for its 2016 Conference. The conference will be held on Feb. 24-26, 2016 at the Olympia Resort & Conference Center in Oconomowoc, Wis. The deadline to submit a proposal is Aug. 3.

13 | Upcoming conferences and 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 and sought

Senior Policy Analyst, Materials Management, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (Portland, Ore.).
Details are available here.

Public Education and Outreach Specialist, Monterey Regional Waste Management District (Monterey, Calif.).
Details are available here.

Zero Waste Events Coordinator, University of Colorado at Boulder (Boulder, Colo.).
Details are available here.

Client Relationship Manager, Keter Environmental Services (Indianapolis, Ind.).
Details are available here.

Field Operations Manager, Keter Environmental Services (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Details are available here.

Field Operations Manager, Keter Environmental Services (Metro D.C. Area).
Details are available here.

Inside Operations Specialist, Keter Environmental Services (Indianapolis, Ind.).
Details are available here.

Plant Operations Director, Ripple Glass (Kansas City, Mo.).
Details are available here.

Manager Recovered Fiber, American Forest & Paper Association (Washington, D.C.).
Details are available here.

SMM Staff Engineer, SCS Engineers (Pasadena, Calif.).
Details are available here.

Recycling Outreach and Sustainability Manager, Rethink Waste (California Bay Area).
Details are available here.

Program Analyst, District Department of Environment (Washington, D.C.).
Details are available here.

Technical Support Specialist, Enevo (Boston, Mass.).
Details are available here.

Freelance Writers, Recycling Outreach, RECYCLIST.co (Truckee, Calif. or telecommute).
Details are available here.

Sales Executive, BlackBridge (Neptune, N.J.).
Details are available here.

Senior Recycling Broker, BlackBridge (Neptune, N.J.).
Details are available here.

Marketing & Customer Service Executive, BlackBridge (Huntington, N.Y.).
Details are available here.

Director of Sales, WasteZero (Raleigh, N.C.).
Details are available here.

Director of Municipal Partnerships, WasteZero (North Andover, Mass.).
Details are available here.

Drivers, Universal Recycling & Scrap Iron Corp. (Farmingdale, N.J.).
Details are available here.

Plant Manager, QRS (Baltimore, Md.).
Details are available here.

Marketing and Customer Service Executive, BlackBridge (Huntington, N.Y.).
Details are available here.

Senior Commodities Trader, BlackBridge (Remote-based position).
Details are available here.

Account Executive, Liquid Technology (New York City).
Details are available here.

Various Positions, Bulk Handling Systems (Eugene, Ore.).
Details are available here.

Various Positions, NRT (Nationwide).
Details are available here.

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

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

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

Various Positions Highlighted by the Northern California Recycling Association (Northern California).
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, contact Scott Beck at [email protected].