In This Issue:

1 | Bottle bill headed for update

Forty years after Oregon passed the nation's first bottle bill, the state legislature is working on a significant overhaul the landmark container deposit return system.

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2 | Newsprint in the spotlight at 2011 Resource Recycling Conference

Why has ONP become such a rare commodity? Sylvain-Yves Longval, Vice President of AbiBow Recycling LLC, will offer an insightful assessment on the fundamental changes the newsprint and groundwood grades went through in the last few years, where the market is headed, and an illuminating newsprint mill case study highlighting the importance of quality in a domestic market in turmoil.

Don't miss the 2011 Resource Recycling Conference, to be held August 17-18, at the JW Marriott in Indianapolis, Indiana. For more information, visit www.rrconference.com or click on the banner below.

3 | Survey finds consumers like recycled materials

The American Chemistry Council has released the results of a survey on the inclinations of consumers to purchase items made from recycled materials.

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4 | Value of recovered packaging approaches record highs

Many recycling processors will be smiling in May. Early reports indicate that the prices bid for recovered plastic and aluminum packaging next month are approaching record highs. Some major suppliers are receiving more than 40 cents per pound for HDPE containers and more than 35 cents per pound for PET. Truckload quantities of baled aluminum cans have topped $1 per pound for some processors. This is just below the record price for cans, which was set in March 2008.

5 | W&RN reorganizes

Crain Communications has announced that Waste & Recycling News will relocate from Akron, Ohio to Detroit, Michigan starting June 1.

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6 | Recycling returns to the Big Easy

The City of New Orleans has launched a curbside recycling collection program for residents and small businesses.

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7 | As You Sow pushes firms for more recycling

As You Sow, an organization that presses corporations to embrace more sustainable and socially responsible practices, has released its quarterly newsletter that includes a section on its efforts to persuade several large companies to take steps to divert more of its waste from landfills.

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8 | Recycling carbon fiber from bikes

Trek Bicycle announced it will begin collecting and recycling scrap carbon fiber, the material the Waterloo, Wisconsin company uses to make its bicycles � previously thought to be unrecyclable.

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9 | Québec boosts diversion efforts

Québec is directing another $61 million (CA$) per capita per year to its waste reduction plan that includes landfill bans of certain materials and a continued $650 million investment in infrastructure for composting as well as other priorities, according to Recycling Canada.

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10 | NewsBits

Product Stewardship Institute announces new webinar, recycling superheroes and U.S. newsprint consumption up — all in this week's NewsBits.

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11 | Upcoming conferences

Click here for a complete directory of upcoming conferences!

12 | Jobs Available & Sought

Resale Supervisor, Cascade Asset Management (Madison, Wisconsin).
Details are available here.

Solid Waste Services Division Manager, City of Austin (Austin, Texas).
Details are available online.

Operations Manager, IMS Electronics (East Coast).
Details are available here.

Member Services Coordinator, Reuse Alliance Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota).
Details are available online.

Commercial Business Developer, Totall Metal Recycling (Granite City, Illinois).
Details are available here.

New York Area Generator Sales Specialist, New England Organics (Albany, New York).
Details are available here.

Business Development Manager, Ecovery (Loxley, Alabama).
Details are available here.

Wireless Process Engineer, Global Electric Electronic Processing Inc. (Barrie, Ontario).
Details are available here.

Regional Manager — WM Sustainability Services — Midwest, Waste Management, Inc. (Midwest).
Details are available here.

Business Development Manager, Sustainability Services, Waste Management, Inc. (National).
Details are available here.

Organics Recycling Operations Manager, Waste Management, Inc. (Eastern Region).
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 managing editor Dylan de Thomas at [email protected].