Resource Recycling

March 6, 2013

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1 | McCarthy tapped as EPA director


President Barack Obama has nominated Gina McCarthy to head the Environmental Protection Agency. Although McCarthy is best known for her work on air quality, she has occupied state-level positions where she sought to increase recycling rates and showed a willingness to use new laws and regulations to achieve that end.

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2 | Plastics Recycling 2013: Regulating Chinese plastics imports


The world's largest importing nation for recovered plastics is changing the way business is done in that country, and this will have a profound impact on plastics recycling in North America and Europe. The chairman of the Renewable Resources Trade Coordination Committee for China National Resources Recycling Association (CRRA) offers an insider's perspective on Chinese import regulations. This thorough presentation will review the details of market access conditions and environmental inspection standards, including Chinese administration of foreign suppliers of recovered plastics, the comprehensive stages of the inspection process, risk management and much more.

Don't be left behind — get your facts straight from the source at the 2013 Plastics Recycling Conference, which will be held March 19-20 in New Orleans. For more information, visit www.plasticsrecycling.com.

And, after the conference, stick around for the Global Plastics Environmental Conference's (GPEC) "The Latest Need to Know: From Recycling to Sustainability of Plastics." GPEC's conference will be held right after the Plastics Recycling Conference, March 20-22 at the same great location, the Sheraton New Orleans, right next to the Crescent City's famed French Quarter. Don't miss out on these two terrific events.

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3 | Who has love for Houston's proposed dirty MRF?


In Texas, an environmental advocacy group has launched a campaign aimed at derailing the City of Houston's plans to secure funding for an ambitious project called "One Bin for All," which would allow residents to put all their discards in one container that will be sorted out at a new multi-million dollar facility.

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4 | Bottle bill update, continued


Two New England states ponder changes to their bottle bill, and an island territory struggles to get its going.

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5 | The wide world of recycling


A U.S. trade group is calling on South Africa to stick to free trade policies with recyclable commodities, Ghana is looking to make exporting ferrous scrap metal a crime and three beverage companies have defeated a bottle bill Down Under.

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6 | Plastics Recycling Conference overflow hotel available!


Due to unprecedented demand, we have opened a second room block for Plastics Recycling Conference attendees at the Marriott New Orleans, directly across Canal Street from the Sheraton New Orleans. You may book a room at the Marriott New Orleans at this link. Reservations must be made by March 8 to receive the discounted rate of $229 plus taxes and fees for single/double occupancy.

If you are also attending GPEC, please book your hotel for GPEC dates of March 20-21 here. You will not need to move actual hotel rooms if staying for both conferences, but you may need to have two separate hotel reservations to get the group rate at both conferences.

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7 | NewsBits


The maker of Fat Tire supports EPR, California goes after plastic ocean pollution and a history of beverage container recycling — all in this week's NewsBits.

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8 | 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.

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9 | Jobs Available & Sought


Communications Project Manager/Consultant, Resource Recycling Systems (Ann Arbor, Michigan/Telecommute).
Details are available here.


General Manager, Reworx Recycling (Kennesaw, Georgia).
Details are available online.


Executive Director, AMERIPEN (Washington D.C. Metro Area).
Details are available online.


Recycling Program Manager — City and County of Denver (Denver, Colorado).
Details are available online.


Production Manager — Electronics Recycling, Regional Computer Recycling & Recovery (RCR&R) (Victor, New York).
Details are available here.


Environmental Services Supervisor (Recycling), City of Santa Fe (Santa Fe, New Mexico).
Details are available online.


Senior Design Engineer, Large Manufacturer of Size Reduction Equipment and Separation Systems.
Details are available here.


Sales Executive, Electronic Scrap Company (Anywhere in U.S.).
Details are available here.


Senior Consultant, Resource Recycling Systems (Ann Arbor, Michigan/Telecommute).
Details are available here.


Associate Director, Solid Waste Management Department with the City of Albuquerque (Albuquerque, New Mexico).
Details are available here.


Plant Manager, Waste Material Recovery Facility, ECCO Waste Systems Group (Calgary, Alberta).
Details are available here.


Sales Personnel, American Reclamation, Inc. (Los Angeles, California).
Details are available here.


Buyer, Winjet Trading Inc. (City of Industry, California).
Details are available here.


Senior Associate of Policy and Programs, Product Stewardship Institute (Boston, Massachusetts).
Details are available online.


Business Development Representative, IMS Electronics Recycling (Columbus, Ohio).
Details are available online.


Business Development Representative, IMS Electronics Recycling (Decatur, Georgia).
Details are available online.


Operations Manager — Electronic Waste Recycling, Planet Green (Chatworth, California).
Details are available here.


Various Positions Highlighted by the Northern California Recycling Association (Northern California Area).
Details are available online.


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Database of job seekers available here.


If you would like to submit a job available or job sought listing, send an email to managing editor Dylan de Thomas at [email protected].

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