In This Issue:

1 | More specifics emerge on Walmart-led recycling push

A top Walmart executive says the $100 million recycling fund spearheaded by the retail giant will provide significant financial backing to municipal initiatives, and he said communities have moved quickly to see if they can nab a piece of the pie.

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2 | Resource Recycling Conference 2014: The intersection of purchasing and recycling

How can the nation's recycling infrastructure better align itself with the ongoing push among government and businesses to buy and use environmentally friendly products? Resource Recycling Conference 2014 will delve into the issue.

The Northeast Recycling Council has developed a tool to provide purchasers with the information they need to increase their environmentally preferable purchasing (EPP). Based on a national survey, and in collaboration with experts from around the country, NERC has established EPP specs on three ubiquitous yet challenging products: multi-purpose paper, toner cartridges and office supplies.

At the Resource Recycling Conference, a NERC leader will highlight the EPP specs as well as tactics for promotion and purchaser education, leaving attendees better informed about purchasing with recycling in mind.

Resource Recycling Conference 2014 is taking place at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside Sept. 16-17. Head to rrconference.com for more information on attending, sponsoring and exhibiting.

3 | Austin looks to KAB for recycling boost

The city of Austin, Texas is localizing a national campaign to encourage residents to recycle more material each month.

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4 | British Columbia EPR program just days away

Despite facing a torrent of criticism, officials in British Columbia say they are on track to transform the Canadian province's recycling system into one led and funded by producers.

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5 | Republic allowed to build contested MRF

With a lawsuit now in the rearview mirror, Republic Services is moving ahead with plans to build a recycling center in Sonoma County, California.

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6 | Is this the year Massachusetts settles bottle bill battle?

The fight over the future of Massachusetts' bottle bill is raging once again, and it has a few new wrinkles this time around.

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7 | Industry and supplier news

MRF equipment manufacturer Stadler America recently finalized a deal for the sale of a complete single-stream recycling plant with Kansas-based Hamm, Inc. Stadler has installed more than 200 turn-key recycling lines. For more information, click here.

Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE), the primary nonprofit organization charged with advancing market-based solutions for carpet recycling and landfill diversion, has named Brendan McSheehy as chairman of its board of directors. CARE also recently named its Recycler of the Year: Wellman Plastics Recycling (WPR), a CARE partner and a supplier of engineering and thermoplastic resins. WPR currently collects more than 100 million pounds of post-consumer carpet per year and processes the material into nylon, polyester and polypropylene resin products. More information is available here.

Publicly held ADS Waste Holdings, Inc., which operates as Advanced Disposal,, promoted Bill Westrate to chief administrative officer, a role in which he will direct the company's human resources, procurement and information technology departments. He was previously vice president of information technology at Advanced Disposal and is the former chief information officer of Veolia Environmental Services North America. For more, click here.

Wastequip announced the opening of a manufacturing facility in Blacksburg, South Carolina. The facility will initially produce front-load and roll-off containers, as well as grease containers and specialty products. The location offers space for on-site inventory to serve customers quickly. Find more information here.

8 | Request for proposals

The City of Cleveland Department of Public Works has issued a request for proposals (RFP) seeking a long-term waste management solution for the City of Cleveland. The RFP is soliciting proposals from qualified firms interested in proposing to design, build, own and operate a Waste Reduction and Recycling (WR&R) Project for the City of Cleveland. For more information on how to submit, click here

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

Business Strategist, City of Calgary Waste and Recycling Services (Alberta, Canada).
Details are available here.

State Program Coordinator, Mattress Recycling Council (Connecticut/Rhode Island).
Details are available here.

Solid Waste Director, Canyon County Waste Management (Caldwell, Idaho).
Details are available here.

Sales Manager, EREMA North America, Inc. (Ipswich, Massachusetts).
Details are available here.

Various Positions, Eco-Cycle (Boulder, Colorado).
Details are available here.

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

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

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

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

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

Various Positions Highlighted by the Northern California Recycling Association (Northern California Area).
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].