In This Issue:

1 | Pepsi launches $5 million public space recycling project

Pepsi says the U.S. container recycling rate will see significant gains thanks to a new partnership the beverage giant has forged with a national conservation group.

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2 | Resource Recycling Conference 2014: Driving innovation on a large scale

The upcoming Resource Recycling Conference will open with two must-see keynote presentations by leading figures in the recycling and sustainability realms: Walmart sustainability chief Rob Kaplan and author and designer Bill McDonough.

Walmart's Kaplan is driving global-scale change at the retail giant through key recycling and sustainability initiatives, including the $100 million Closed Loop Fund. McDonough, meanwhile, is best known for the book Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things, a seminal text on the sustainability movement. A moderated Q&A between these sustainability heavyweights will follow their presentations.

This plenary session is a powerful representation of the high-level discussion and education opportunities attendees can expect to find at Resource Recycling Conference 2014, which 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 | ISRI says it opposes one-bin collection

The country's largest recycling trade organization has taken a quiet but definite stance against programs that ask residents to commingle trash and recyclables for post-collection sortation.

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4 | Are phone books failing to answer call on recycling?

The Product Stewardship Institute (PSI) has released a report card that indicates the nation's biggest publishers of paper phone directories are not doing enough to support waste diversion.

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5 | Fate of Indy dirty MRF to be decided this week

The Board of Public Works in Indianapolis will reportedly be voting on Wednesday to determine whether a deal for a controversial garbage-sorting materials recovery facility will go forward.

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6 | NewsBits

Right now it's not bad to be in non-ferrous: Prices for valued aluminum are spiking at the exact time can collectors and processors are seeing their top volumes. Cash out in NewsBits.

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7 | Industry and supplier news

West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin this week will ceremonially sign into law a measure cracking down on reckless driving around waste and recycling vehicles. The Slow Down to Get Around Bill has been endorsed by the National Waste & Recycling Association (NW&RA) and requires West Virginia drivers to slow down to 15 miles per hour when passing a stopped sanitation truck. Read more here.

In other NW&RA news, the organization hired John Haudenshield as director of safety. The industry veteran has held senior level safety and risk management positions for Diageo, Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Unique Industries and Cycle Systems. For more, click here.

Avis Industrial Corporation, a privately held company, has acquired IPS Balers, Inc., based in Baxley, Georgia. IPS, a manufacturer of ferrous, non-ferrous, plastics, and mixed fiber balers, had been a part of the CP Group of Companies. More information can be found here.

Issaquah, Washington-based UpcyclePost launched an online tool called The UpcyclePost Gallery, which aims to inspire artisans and consumers of upcycled, recycled, repurposed and reused materials. The gallery features over 1,000 images of products that have been manufactured using recycled materials. Check out the images here.

American Pulverizer Company has rolled out a line of dual shafted hydraulic powered pre-rippers for separating aluminum bundles of UBC, siding and sheet. The pre-shredders, which are low-speed, high-torque machines consisting of two opposing rolls with large ripping teeth, are detailed in company brochure No. BLB-14. Find more at the company's website.

8 | 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.

9 | Jobs Available & Sought

School & Youth Waste Reduction Coordinator, Chittenden Solid Waste District (Williston, Vermont).
Details are available here.

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.

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.

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, GSI Waste (Northern Colorado).
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).
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].