Resource Recycling

April 25, 2013

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1 | Waste Management takes recycling market hit


Even though gross recycling material sales rose in the first quarter for Waste Management, America's largest residential recycling service provider, the financial performance was discouraging.

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2 | RR Conference 2013: Getting a handle on economic impacts studies


Many communities are struggling with the threat of significant cuts to their recycling programs. The economic impact of recycling is a critical subject in the debate over protecting your existing programs or establishing new ones. But what kind of information will you arm yourself with in the battle for your recycling budget?

This timely presentation by Chaz Miller of the National Solid Wastes Management Association will analyze a wide variety of national and regional studies in terms of their conclusions, how recycling was defined, what jobs were included and the methods used in the study. You will walk away from this presentation with a broader understanding of measuring economic impacts and when you get back to the office you will be better prepared for the next time you do an economic impact study.

Find out what works for recycling at the 2013 Resource Recycling Conference to be held August 27-28 at the Marriott Louisville Downtown in Louisville, Kentucky. For more information, including information on booking a hotel room, session topics, or exhibiting and sponsorship opportunities, please visit www.rrconference.com or click on the banner below.

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3 | NYC adds mixed rigid plastics to curbside recycling program


New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg yesterday announced a large-scale change to the Big Apple's recycling program, adding mixed rigid plastics to its curbside recycling collection.

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4 | Will ITW sell its plastics recycling assets?


ITW, the giant conglomerate with over 800 businesses under its banner, wants to downsize to about 120 firms. This may affect ITW's plastics recycling operations.

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5 | Coke/KAB bin grant winners announced


The Coca-Cola Foundation and Keep America Beautiful have announced the recipients of its public bin grant program that helps local governments, colleges, schools and nonprofit organizations advance their recycling efforts.

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6 | Recycling makes it to the Supreme Court (peripherally)


The concept of recycling got its 10 seconds of fame Monday before the U.S. Supreme Court.

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7 | Reverse-vending start-up graduates to three new schools


Boston tech start-up, Greenbean Recycle, Inc., has announced three new Boston-area schools have joined its reverse-vending machine-based social game recycling program.

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8 | The wide world of recycling


Scrap plastic keeping European floods at bay and looking for plastics recycling guidance in Uganda.

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9 | Registration open for the 2013 E-Scrap Conference


Registration for the upcoming 2013 E-Scrap Conference is now open!

The largest conference and trade show in electronics recycling returns to the Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate in sunny Orlando, Florida this fall — September 11-12. Last year's conference and exhibition was the largest to date, with over 1,200 e-scrap professionals from more than 30 countries making new connections and generating new opportunities. All indications are that the 2013 show will be another record breaker.

Register today to take advantage of our early-bird registration rates and secure your spot among the best and brightest in electronics recycling.

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10 | NewsBits


Fixing plastics recycling terminology, trading recycling commodities and ads for bins — all in this week's NewsBits.

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11 | Requests for proposals


CRRA is seeking proposals from qualified entities to provide operation and maintenance and commodity marketing services at the CSWS Regional Recycling Facility. Click here for more information.

12 | 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.

13 | Jobs Available & Sought


Executive Director, California Resource Recovery Association (California).
Details are available online.


Waste Services Operations Supervisor, University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota).
Details are available online.


Vice President of Sales and Marketing, IMS Electronics Recycling (National).
Details are available online.


Business Development Supervisor, IMS Electronics Recycling (Vancouver, Washington).
Details are available online.


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


Business Development Associate, Lifespan Technology Recycling, Inc. (Multiple Locations).
Details are available here.


General Manager, Emterra Environmental (Regina,Saskatchewan).
Details are available here.


BuRRT Site Manager, Santa Fe Solid Waste Management Agency (Santa Fe, New Mexico).
Details are available here.


Director of Business Development, Integrated Communications and Technologies (Malden, Massachusetts).
Details are available here.


Account Executive, Integrated Communications and Technologies (Malden, Massachusetts).
Details are available here.


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


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


Various, Product Stewardship Institute (Boston, Massachusetts).
Details are available online.


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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