In This Issue:

1 | North American steel recycling rate drops slightly

The Steel Recycling Institute (SRI) this week announced that 88 percent of North American steel was recovered for recycling in 2012, which is four percentage points lower than 2011 levels.

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2 | Low grades dot 2012 Canadian EPR report card

In its second annual Extended Producer Responsibility Report Card, nonprofit group EPR Canada released 2012 grades for 14 Canadian jurisdictions on introducing, implementing and overseeing extended producer responsibility practices.

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3 | AMERIPEN releases used packaging survey findings

A survey by the American Institute for Packaging and the Environment (AMERIPEN) on the recovery of used packaging materials points to standardizing a suite of best practices as the key to increase recycling rates.

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4 | Crain shutters W&RN website

Roughly seven weeks after ending its print product, the publisher of Waste & Recycling News announced the publication's web presence is also shutting down.

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5 | National Manufacturing Day nears

Hoping to give manufacturers an opportunity to make their case to potential career seekers and recent college graduates, recycling industry groups and related companies are gearing up for the second annual Manufacturing Day.

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6 | NewsBits

A pair of Massachusetts haulers hit with fines for landfilling recyclables, Rock Chock Recycle at KU sports venues and more in this week's headline rundown.

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7 | Requests for proposals

The City of Milwaukee and Waukesha County, Wisconsin are jointly issuing an RFP for Regional Recycling System for the Processing and Marketing of Single Stream Recyclables, which is available under "Sanitation" here.

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.

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

Waste Diversion Specialist, City of Calgary (Calgary, Alberta).
Details are available here.

Sustainability Communication Coordinator, Appalachian State University (Boone, North Carolina).
Details are available here.

Intern, Castro Valley Sanitary District (Castro Valley, California).
Details are available here.

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

Midwest Region Recycling General Manager; Integrated paper, recycling and converting packaging company.
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.

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].