In This Issue:

1 | NRC approves RONA unification

It's official: The Recycling Organizations of North America (RONA) and the National Recycling Coalition (NRC) are joining forces.

READ MORE>>

2 | Last chance to join these companies at the Resource Recycling Conference!

More than 250 companies and organizations will be represented at next week's Resource Recycling Conference and Trade Show in Louisville, Kentucky. Over a dozen sponsors and 50 exhibiting organizations have come together to create the most engaging and forward-looking event in recycling to date.

The Resource Recycling Conference will be held August 27-28 at the Marriott Louisville Downtown in Louisville, Kentucky. The first annual Recycling Innovators Forum will also be held in conjunction with the conference on August 26, with free admission for conference attendees.

Time is running out to connect with top recycling professionals and these innovative companies and organizations! Register today at rrconference.com!

Metal Conversion Technologies LLC · Sonoco · Ball Corporation · Kankakee Community College · City of O'Fallon · Indiana Department of Environmental Management · Glass Packaging Institute · Good Ideas, Inc. · Hilex Poly Co. LLC · Berry Plastics · Enviroplas, Inc. · Southeast Recycling Development Council · Waste Management · Chittenden Solid Waste District · Clearstream Recycling, Inc. · Keep America Beautiful · Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers (APR) · Dearborn County Solid Waste Mgmt. District · Phoenix Technologies · Cumberland Recycling · Rumpke Recycling · Maryland Recycling Network · American Forest & Paper Association · Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers · InterGroup International, Ltd. · Reclay StewardEdge Inc. · RecycleForce · Solid Waste Analysis Group · Paper Recycling Coalition · New Mexico Environment Department · Conestoga-Rovers & Associates · 360 Waste · Association of New Jersey Recyclers · KDEP-DWM-HWB · Tompkins County Solid Waste · S+S Inspection, Inc. · Pellenc Selective Technologies · Entropex · GreenPath Sustainability Consultants · IRC COG · Dem-Con Companies · SWALCO · OHL · Earth911, Inc. · E-World Recyclers · Samuel Strapping Systems · Flexible Packaging Association · McPherson Area Solid Waste · US EPA Region 6 · For Sustainability Too · Kessler Consulting, Inc. · Resolute Forest Products · PaintCare · National Recovery Technologies · NRT · Verallia/Saint-Gobain Containers, Inc. · Gaia Strategies · Perpetual Recycling Solutions · Goodwill Industries International · Trex Company, Inc. · Goodwill Industries of Central Indiana · Strategic Materials Inc. · NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources · Consumer Aerosol Products Council (CAPCO) · Casella Recycling LLC · Maggie Clarke Environmental · Technimark LLC · Canuck Compounders Inc. · Maryland Department of Environment · International Paper · Polymer Technologies and Services Inc · Padnos · California Resource Recovery Association · City of Portland · Emmet County · KY Recycling Assistance Section · University of Louisville · Foodservice Packaging Institute · Encorp Pacific · University of Colorado · Nestor Resources, Inc. · Colorado Association for Recycling / RONA · Owens-Illinois, Inc. · Eastern Aerosol Association · Machinex Industries · Progressive Waste Solutions · BACE LLC · Recycle Clear · DKMM Solid Waste District · PAC NEXT · Sabert Corporation · Buhler Group · TRICOR · Starbucks Coffee Company · G. Phillips and Sons · Clearwater Paper · Alcoa / Evermore Recycling · E-World Online · Hamilton County Recycling and Solid Waste District · Coca-Cola Recycling · Universal Recycling Technologies · Visionary Solutions · Brown County Solid Waste · cieTrade Systems, Inc. · CRINC · Product Stewardship Institute · Schupan Industrial Recycling · TeTechS, Inc. · Shred-Tech · MMJ OHIS NIG.LTD · Metro Waste Authority · Vangel Inc. · WM Sustainability Services · Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation · rePLANET · Boyle County Fiscal Court · Community Recycling Center · Mervis Industries, Inc. · BC Bottle Depot Association · California State University · Cascade Engineering, Inc. · Joint Base Andrews · B K Holdings Ltd. · Novelis Corporation · Louisville Scrap Metal · Green Umbrella Sustainability Alliance · WEIMA America · OBRC · Recycling Reinvented · UNICOR Federal Prison Industries, Inc. · Ameripen · Green Line Polymers, Inc. · The Rehrig Pacific Company · Re-TRAC Connect · City of Gainesville · Waste Management, Inc. · Republic Machine · Resource Recycling Systems · PolyAd Sevices · Shelby County Solid Waste · NSWMA · Metro Vancouver · Container Recycling Institute · Weisenbach Recycled Products · U.S. Zero Waste Business Council · New York City · Adams-Clermont Solid Waste District · Cuyahoga County Solid Waste Management District · Blue Mountain Plastic · UNTHA shredding technology Inc. · MassRecycle, Inc. · International Sleep Products Association · Waste Management Sustainability Services · Waukesha County · Glasdon, Inc. · Louisville Metro Solid Waste Management Services · Advanced Equipment Sales · Recycling Markets · Cresswood Shredding Machinery · Association of Ohio Recyclers · Steel Recycling Institute · Fiberon Decking LLC · MD Plastics · Washington State Recycling Association · GreenBlue's Sustainable Packaging Coalition · Louisville/Jefferson County Waste Management District · Glass Mfg. Industry Council · Envision Plastics · US Environmental Protection Agency · University of Wisconsin Extension · CCH Environmental Group · Hibu publisher of Yellowbook · L&P Wire Tie Systems · Carris Plastics · Nextek · Shoreland'r LFUCG/Division of Waste Management · Verso Paper Corporation · CP Group · Pennsylvania Recycling Markets Center, Inc. · American Chemistry Council · City of Urbana · Indiana Recycling Coalition · Johns Manville · Illinois Recycling Association · GEORGIA PACIFIC · City of Stillwater · Meade County Solid Waste & Recycle · SERA- Skumatz Economic Research Assoc · VAN DYK Recycling Solutions · Avery Dennison · ReCommunity Recycling · GreenMantra Technologies · Busch Systems Intl Inc. · Plastics Provider Inc · CIF · Cascadia Consulting Group · GBB · Procter & Gamble · The Procter & Gamble Company · Curbside Value Partnership/Hill+Knowlton Strategies · Advanced Disposal · Nestle Waters North America · JAYCO, INC. · Rural Action · Lindner America LLC · Gulfstream Services · Agilyx Corporation · Tri-Arrows Aluminum, Inc. · Resource Recycling, Inc. · Recipet · Han Li Metalworks Co., Ltd. · Plateau Environmental Protection And Sanitation Agency · The Coca-Cola Company · Metropolitan Environmental Trust · Brownwater Plastics · DSM Environmental Services, Inc. · EnviroStar Waste Service Valley Community for recycling Solutions (VCRS) · Western Disposal Services, Inc. · ACUA · Hyperplastics · University of Kentucky · Michigan Recycling Coalition · Recupera · City of Austin Resource Recovery · Iowa Recycling Association · State of Texas Alliance for Recycling (STAR) · Moore Recycling Associates Inc. · NAPCOR · Association of Oregon Recyclers · Blue Bag Organics · Recycle Away · Alaskans for Litter Prevention & Recycling · Montgomery Regional Solid Waste Authority · Missouri Recycling Association · Houston-Galveston Area Council · Recycling Council of Alberta · Herbold USA · New Mexico Recycling Coalition · AL DEM · Olympic Wire and Equipment, Inc. · Kentucky South Recycling · EcoPartners, Inc. · City of Fort Collins · KW Plastics Recycling Division · Ministry of Environment · ERC Engineers · M2B2 LLC · Coalicion de Reciclaje de Puerto Rico · Amut Ecotech S.r.l. · CarpetCycle LLC · National Recycling Coalition · Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI) ·

3 | Tulsa promises to compost yard waste, then burns it

Officials in Tulsa, Oklahoma recently revealed that yard waste collected from residents has been burned for energy instead of composted into mulch as the city promised it would be.

READ MORE>>

4 | Alberta to consolidate stewardship programs

READ MORE>>

5 | KAB groups receive $100,000 in grants

Ten Keep America Beautiful (KAB) affiliates have been awarded a total of $100,000 in 2013 Think Green grants from Waste Management.

READ MORE>>

6 | Wide world of recycling

Europe is on our mind in this week's edition of the wide world of recycling, with two stories coming out of England and one eyebrow-raising story out of Germany.

READ MORE>>

7 | RR Conference 2013: Will China's Green Fence change recycling in North America?

When President Xi Jinping of China told customs inspectors in February to enforce a five-year-old importation law, his decision created huge levels of concern and consternation throughout the recycling world. Operation Green Fence has resulted in inspectors refusing to allow some loads of paper, plastics and metals from Europe and the U.S. to enter the country because they contained high levels of contamination. Some containers were sent back to the supplier, at a great expense. What has been the effect of increased diligence by custom officials? Can MRFs comply with these new standards? Is this good, or bad, for recycling? Resource Recycling's editorial team has focused on this issue over the past months, and Jerry Powell will report some new and intriguing findings.

The 2013 Resource Recycling Conference will be held August 27-28 at the Marriott Louisville Downtown in Louisville, Kentucky. For more information, please visit www.rrconference.com or click on the banner below.

8 | NewsBits

A $140 million penny stock scheme allegedly involving a U.S. oil recycling company and impressive recycling figures in Seattle round out this week's edition of NewsBits.

READ MORE>>

9 | Requests for proposals

Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection seeks proposals to provide product stewardship and extended producer responsibility policy development and implementation services. Details and bid document can be found here. On the site, scroll down to the "Energy and Environmental Protection, Department of" listing. Interested parties can also contact Joyce Eason at (860) 424-3659

Colorado Association for Recycling wishes to hire a part-time contractor specializing in conference program development and coordination services for its 2014 Summit for Recycling. Details and bid document can be found here.

The King County RFP for the Sustainable Solid Waste Management Study is here — to access click "enter site as guest."

The Lexington-Fayette County Government's RFP for a material recovery facility labor supply and on-site manager is here. Download RFP#24-2013 at the bottom of the page.

10 | 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.

11 | Jobs Available & Sought

Solid Waste Agency Administrator, City of Dubuque, Iowa.
Details are available here.

Senior Consultant-Project Manager, Resource Recycling Systems(Ann Arbor, Michigan).
Details are available here.

Director-Project Management, Recyclebank (New York).
Details are available here.

Operations and Policy Analyst 2, Oregon e-Cycles (Portland, Oregon).
Details are available here. Job Code: DEQ13-0343LE.

VP of Engineering Design, CP Manufacturing, Inc. (San Diego, California).
Details are available here.

Recycling Equipment Account Manager, Omega Search (Charlotte, North Carolina).
Details are available here.

Environmental Specialist, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (Dover, Delaware).
Details are available here.

Midwest Region Recycling General Manager; Integrated paper, recycling and converting packaging company.
Details are available here.

Executive Director, Carolina Recycling Association (North Carolina/South Carolina).
Details are available here.

VP of Sales and Marketing, CP Group (San Diego, California).
Details are available here.

Program Manager, PaintCare (Minnesota).
Details are available here.

Program Manager, PaintCare (New England).
Details are available here.

Program Director, Texas Campaign for the Environment (Houston, Texas).
Details are available here.

Plant Manager, Sims Recycling Solutions (Elkridge, Maryland).
Details are available here.

Account Executive — Mobile Devices, Sims Recycling Solutions (West Chicago, Illinois).
Details are available here.

MRF Manager III (Materials Recycling Facility), Waste Management (Spokane, Washington — Req. #169773).
Details are available here.

Business Development Supervisor, IMS Electronics Recycling (Vancouver, Washington).
Details are available here.

Business Development Associate, Lifespan Technology Recycling, Inc. (Multiple Locations).
Details are available here.

VP of Business Development, Integrated Communications and Technologies (Malden, Massachusetts).
Details are available here.

Sales Personnel, American Reclamation, Inc. (Los Angeles, California).
Details are available here.

Various Sales Positions, Waste Management (National).
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 associate editor Dan Leif at [email protected].