Resource Recycling

July 8, 2014

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1 | EU leaders float 70 percent recycling rate goal


The European Union may be set to raise the bar when it comes to its already ambitious recycling targets.

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2 | Resource Recycling Conference 2014: The Closed Loop Fund


Backed by Walmart and other corporate heavyweights, the groundbreaking Closed Loop Fund aims to invest $100 million in recycling infrastructure projects and spur private and public funding for transforming the recycling system in the United States.


Recyclebank founder Ron Gonen is leaving his role as New York City's recycling czar to serve as co-founder and CEO of the Fund, and he's coming to the Resource Recycling Conference to talk about the Fund's big plans. Gonen will elaborate on how the Fund will drive recycling to the next level through innovative financing models, explain why infrastructure and scale are necessary to make projects economically feasible, and explore in-depth the link between demand, markets, recycled content and consumer behavior.


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.

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3 | Massachusetts bottle bill "battle lines" drawn


As expected, Massachusetts residents are going to have the final word on whether to expand the state's 33-year old bottle bill, and that may mean a public row between environmentalists and the beverage industry.

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4 | Philly recycling initiatives yield results


The City of Brotherly Love has over the past five years seen significant progress in its push to send less material to landfills.

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5 | Recycled paperboard giant created through purchase


Caraustar Industries has agreed to buy The Newark Group, thus creating a recycled paperboard firm with 13 mills and 21 recovered paper sorting and packing plants in the U.S.

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6 | RISI predicts more declines in recovered paper exports to China


A widely recognized expert in Chinese paper recycling trends has concluded that shipments of recovered fiber to that country will gradually decline over the next five years.

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7 | Wide world of recycling


A disposable coffee cup that's easily recyclable with other paper materials? A product designer in the U.K. has developed a prototype and hopes to see it rolled out on a widespread scale this year. We detail that story in our global look at the recycling industry.

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8 | NewsBits


ReCommunity expands its processing reach in the Garden State and a Colorado city reports a record waste diversion rate. All the details are in NewsBits.

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9 | Industry and supplier news


ADS Waste Holdings, Inc., which operates as Advanced Disposal, named Michael K. Slattery senior vice president and general counsel, following the departure of Scott Friedlander, who recently left Advanced Disposal to pursue other opportunities. Slattery most recently served as senior vice president and general counsel for Veolia Environmental Services North America, a position he held for eight years. For more information, head here.


Minneapolis-based Eureka Recycling recently introduced a new collaborative executive leadership team. It's made up of Tim Brownell (co-president and CEO), Bryan Ukena (co-president), Carolyn Loper (co-president), Lynn Hoffman (chief of community engagement) and Joshua Van Den Berg (chief of communications). For more, click here.


The Colorado Association for Recycling recently awarded its Lifetime Achievement honor to Gary Horton, a longtime executive at Boulder-based Western Disposal Services. Horton, who is now a special advisor for the company, was formerly Western's president and worked there for 33 years. More information can be found here.

10 | Request for proposals


The City of Palo Alto, California has issued an RFP for the construction and operation of a compost facility that will handle 15,000 tons of material annually. More information can be found here.

11 | 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.

12 | Jobs Available & Sought


Fund Development Contractor, National Recycling Coalition (Washington, D.C.).
Details are available here.


Program Manager - Waste Solutions, Ecova (Seattle/Spokane, Washington).
Details are available here.


E-Cycling Project Coordinator, WM Recycle America (Nationwide).
Details are available here.


Sales Account Executive, M-PowerTech (Tallahassee, Tampa, Miami, Atlanta).
Details are available here.


Regional Account Executive, Gannon & Scott (Southeast U.S.).
Details are available here.


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.


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 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].


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