In This Issue:

1 | Alabama MRF grabs attention

Municipal leaders from across the country are curious about how the future will unfold for a trash-sorting materials recovery facility in Montgomery, Alabama.

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2 | Resource Recycling Conference 2014: The Recycling Partnership

This fall's Resource Recycling Conference will bring attendees the latest on groundbreaking initiatives that are working to advance municipal recovery rates.

One leader in that space is the Recycling Partnership, the outcome of a recently completed 120-day stakeholder effort led by the Southeast Recycling Development Council. Officially launching on July 1, the Partnership has broad-reaching goals and is led by Keefe Harrison, the well-known executive director of the Curbside Value Partnership.

At Resource Recycling Conference 2014, Harrison will offer a presentation explaining how the Partnership aims to leverage private dollars to unlock public investments around recycling improvement. By creating a systems solution to a systems problem and ensuring the implementation of best management practices along the recovery supply chain, the Partnership seeks to foster long-lasting boosts to recovery rates. The Partnership may be starting in the Southeast but already has its eye on national expansion.

Resource Recycling Conference 2014 is taking place at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside Sept. 15-17. Head to rrconference.com for more information on attending, sponsoring and exhibiting.

3 | California recycling rate stays flat

Despite generating more waste in 2013, Californians kept disposal and recycling rates on par with 2012 levels.

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4 | Grant watch

California offers $1.7 million for tire recycling and Kentucky delivers 49 recycling funding packages worth a combined $2.5 million. Read on to learn the details of those dollars.

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5 | U.K. recycling notebook

God save the Queen — and the packaging materials. It's Recycling Week across the pond, and to mark the occasion, we cover a number of U.K. headlines.

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6 | Programs in action

We travel from Maine to Ohio to Hawaii in our look at the latest updates to municipal recycling programs.

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7 | NewsBits

Alas, the glass! A material that has at times been overlooked in recycling efforts gets some love in NewsBits.

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8 | Industry and supplier news

Lake City, South Carolina-based ICE Recycling has been acquired by Leigh Delaware Holdings, an affiliate of Wellford, South Carolina's Leigh Fibers. Founded in 2008 by Larry T. Gay Jr., ICE reprocesses post-industrial polymers, cardboard, paper and metals. Gay will continue to lead ICE business. Read more on the deal here.

The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) presented Ocosta High School, in Westport, Wash., with its 2014 School Recycling Award for Partnerships. The group's Participation and Volume award, meanwhile, went to Damascus Elementary School in Salem, Ohio. For more information, click here.

Novelis announced a milestone in its construction of a major aluminum and recycling center in Germany: It successfully cast the first production-sized ingot. The roughly $270 million facility in the city of Nachterstedt will be located adjacent to the company's existing aluminium rolling mill, and the new plant will produce up to 400,000 metric tons of aluminium sheet ingot from recycled material annually. It is slated to open this fall. For more, click here.

Manassas, Virginia-based American Disposal Services elevated Anna Wilkinson to director of public relations. Before this position, she was public relations specialist for the company, and she previously worked in public relations for Hope For The Warriors, a national nonprofit organization that provides assistance to combat wounded veterans. More information can be found here.

The Recycling Research Foundation, a nonprofit organization closely associated with the Institute for Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), is currently accepting applications for both the National Scholarship and the Veterans' Stipend Program. The application deadline for both opportunities is July 1. Find more information 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

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

Resource Management Coordinator and Supervisor, Public Works Department (Dubuque, Iowa).
Details are available here.

Zero Waste Program Coordinator, PRC WEST (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania).
Details are available here.

Recycling Programs Manager, Keep America Beautiful (Washington, D.C.).
Details are available here.

Waste Solutions Project Lead, Ecova (Seattle/Spokane, Washington).
Details are available here.

State Program Coordinator, Mattress Recycling Council (Connecticut/Rhode Island).
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 Positions, Newark Recycled Paperboard Solutions (Nationwide).
Details are available here.

Various Sales 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 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].