In This Issue:

1 | Curbside foam collection a reality in some cities

New York City's recent decision to ban foam food service products due to curbside recycling obstacles has raised another question: What are other municipalities doing with the material?

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2 | Scrap plastic exports rebound while ferrous declines again

What's the story with scrap materials exports in a nutshell? Plastics up, paper flat, aluminum down and ferrous way down. Read on for more.

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3 | Access to food scrap collection grows 9 percent

Original research from a national composting magazine suggests nearly 200 municipalities throughout the country are offering residential food scrap collection.

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4 | Recycling interests play small role in campaign funding

Recently elected Congressional members raised hundreds of millions of dollars from individuals and political action committees in the lead-up to voting last November. An analysis of campaign spending records indicates, however, that the recycling industry remains a relatively small player in campaign financing.

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5 | Wide world of recycling

Small trash receptacles have equated to big jumps in recycling in Scotland's capital. Grab the details in our global look at the industry.

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6 | NewsBits

A well-funded tech company says it has software that could turn the world of waste and recycling contracting on its head. That story and plenty of other headlines are in NewsBits.

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7 | Industry and supplier news

The American Forest & Paper Association has launched a webpage and online video that aim to help consumers improve the quality of the papers they're dropping in recycling bins. The "What is Recyclable?" website and "Improving Paper Recycling" video answer questions about which types of papers are recyclable, as well as give diversion tips. For more, click here.

Bigbelly expanded its customer base to 47 countries in 2014, and it is poised for worldwide expansion in 2015, according to a company press release. Bigbelly is the maker of solar-powered compacting garbage stations and recycling bins for public spaces. In 2015, Bigbelly aims to grow in the areas of higher education, health care and shopping centers. For more, click here.

Harris Waste Management Group has a new North American network of 16 distributors. The network will help the manufacturer of ferrous and non-ferrous processing equipment address the diverse requirements of its customers, the company stated in a press release. For more, click here.

8 | Requests for proposals

The New York State Association for Reduction, Reuse and Recycling (NYSAR) has announced that the grant program for members of the organization's College Council will continue during the spring semester, with grant applications and project proposals now being accepted. Details are available here.

Call2Recycle, the manufacturer-backed group that manages battery take-back in North America, is seeking proposals from individuals and entities to help the group examine its processors and sorters over the next two years. For more information, email [email protected].

9 | 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.

10 | Jobs available & sought

Senior Associate, Cascadia Consulting Group (Multiple West Coast Locations).
Details are available here.

Plant Maintenance Technician, Newell Recycling (San Antonio, Texas).
Details are available here.

Inside Sales Associate, Roadrunner Recycling (Northeast U.S.).
Details are available here.

Project Manager, Full Circle Environmental (Seattle, Washington).
Details are available here.

Residential Recycling Coordinator, Frederick County (Frederick, Maryland).
Details are available here.

Commercial Recycling Coordinator, Frederick County (Frederick, Maryland).
Details are available here.

Resource Conservation Division Manager, Boulder County (Boulder, Colorado).
Details are available here.

Regional Account Executive, Gannon & Scott (Midwest U.S.).
Details are available here.

Regional Account Executive, Gannon & Scott (Northwest U.S. and Western Canada).
Details are available here.

Sales Engineer, Ameri-Shred Corp. (Alpena, Michigan).
Details are available here.

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

Plastic Sales & Marketing Rep, AMI Trading Inc. (Miami, Florida).
Details are available here.

President, ReTech, LLC (Grafton, Ohio).
Details are available here.

Executive Director, Professional Recyclers of Pennsylvania (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania).
Details are available here.

Product Development Manager, PRP Recycling (Chicago, Illinois).
Details are available here.

Fund Development Contractor, National Recycling Coalition (Washington, D.C.).
Details are available here.

Various Positions, Bulk Handling Systems (Eugene, Oregon).
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, Massachusetts).
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, send an email to web content manager Jade Rhianna at [email protected].