In This Issue:

1 | Walmart piloting recycling consolidation center

America's largest retailer is piloting a recycling processing center and will possibly open more than 30 in North America if the center is a success.

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2 | Over 500 companies coming to next week's E-Scrap Conference

Five hundred and twenty-seven. That's the number of companies and organizations that are currently sending representatives to the E-Scrap Conference next week in Dallas. And with more registrations coming in every day, that number is still rising. What's more, 117 companies and organizations will have booths in the conference's completely sold-out exhibit hall.

Don't get left out of this once-per-year event! There's still time to register for the conference — held September 19-20 at the Hyatt Regency Dallas in Dallas, Texas — by visiting www.e-scrapconference.com, or by clicking the banner below.

3 | Zero waste in the Lone Star state

You might think the middle of Texas is unusual place for an ambitious zero waste program, but Austin is an unusual place — for Texas.

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4 | New report questions effectiveness of EPR

If you think that the U.S. could bolster its recycling rate by adopting extended producer responsibility policies, which require manufacturers to manage and fund the recovery of their discarded products, you are wrong, concludes a new study from the Grocery Manufacturers Association.

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5 | Copper recycling market expected to improve

Several analysts suggest that recycling markets for recovered red metal will slowly improve. These analysts took part in a commodity session this week in Chicago sponsored by the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries.

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6 | Scrap metal theft concern hits U.S. Senate

The issue of metal theft has caught the attention of New York's senior U.S. senator, who has introduced legislation meant to clamp down on the problem by imposing new requirements on scrap yards.

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7 | Rhode Island's recycling program shares profits

Rhode Island's statewide recycling program has wrapped up its most recent fiscal year, producing substantial revenue for municipalities in the state.

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8 | Magazine archive available

Are you interested in the history of materials management and municipal solid waste recycling? Would you like an historic print collection of Resource Recycling, BioCycle, Waste Age and other like magazines, dating back to 1989? Complete print archives of those and other magazine have been recently made available by a private donor. Please write to [email protected] for more information.

9 | NewsBits

SP Newsprint sale, China rejecting plastic bales and the third Dream Machine rally — all in this week's NewsBits.

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10 | Recycling Resources

Paint take-back and rubberized tire asphalt in the spotlight in this week's Recycling Resources.

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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

Community Relations Coordinator, Global Consulting Company (Central New Jersey).
Details are available here.

Refuse and Recycling Manager, Ohio University (Athens, Ohio).
Details are available online.

Director of Marketing, EPEAT (Portland, Oregon).
Details are available online.

Sustainability Specialist, Thurston County (Thurston County, Washington).
Details are available online.

Scale Operator, Bio-PAPPEL (Albuquerque, New Mexico).
Details are available here.

Plant Manager, Bio-PAPPEL (Albuquerque, New Mexico).
Details are available here.

Depot Operations Manager, Bio-PAPPEL (Albuquerque, New Mexico).
Details are available here.

Operations and Policy Analyst 2 (E-Cycles Specialist), The State of Oregon Department of Environmental Quality: Land Quality (Portland, Oregon).
Details are available online.

Various Jobs, The IMS Group (National).
Details are available online.

Manager Solid Waste, The City of Palo Alto's Public Works Department (Palo Alto, California).
Details are available online.

Zero Waste Coordinator, The City of Palo Alto's Public Works Department (Palo Alto, California).
Details are available online.

President, R2 Solutions, Inc. (Anywhere in U.S.).
Details are available here.

Solid Waste Supervisor, Waukesha County, Wisconsin (Waukesha, Wisconsin).
Details are available online.

Recycling Procurement Manager, Alpine Waste & Recycling (Denver, Colorado).
Details are available here.

Resource Recycling Systems, Technical Writer (Ann Arbor, Michigan).
Details are available here.

Resource Recycling Systems, Project Manager/Consultant 2 (Ann Arbor, Michigan).
Details are available here.

Marketing and Communications Manager, Highfields Center for Composting (Hardwick, Vermont).
Details are available online.

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

Assistant Manager/University Recycling & Solid Waste Programs, University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland).
Details are available online (#102198).

Various Positions Highlighted by the Northern California Recycling Association (Northern California Area).
Details are available online.

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 managing editor Dylan de Thomas at [email protected].