Resource Recycling

November 1, 2012

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1 | Tennessee mayor refuses to sign recycling contract


Concerned about not wanting the government to force "personal ideologies onto everyone," a mayor of a city in Tennessee is refusing to finalize a contract with Waste Management that includes a curbside recycling collection service.

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2 | Save the date for the 2013 Resource Recycling Conference


Mark your calendar. You can't afford to miss the Resource Recycling Conference!

Resource Recycling, Inc., publisher of Resource Recycling magazine, invites you to attend the fourth annual Resource Recycling Conference. The 2013 Resource Recycling Conference will be held Aug. 27-28, 2013 at the Marriott Louisville Downtown in the heart of Louisville, Kentucky.

The 2012 conference, held this past August in Austin, saw over 500 attendees and the trade show bustled with exhibitors representing all aspects of the recycling industry. The conference is provided in association with the National Recycling Coalition, the Recycling Organizations of North America, Keep America Beautiful and the Product Stewardship Institute.

Visit www.rrconference.com for updates on the conference.

This year, the conference will be held in conjunction with the first annual Recycling Innovators Forum, on Aug. 26, which will be rewarding the best and the brightest in the industry for shaping the future of recycling. The forum is sponsored by Waste Management, the American Chemistry Council's Plastics Division, Alcoa, eCullet and Resource Recycling, Inc.

Go to www.recyclinginnovators.com for more information on the forum.

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3 | Clean Harbors buys Safety-Kleen for $1.25 billion


Waste management company Clean Harbors, Inc. has signed an agreement to purchase Safety-Kleen, Inc., a large re-refiner and recycler of used oil, for $1.25 billion.

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4 | Recycling commodity prices impact WM earnings


Waste Management saw a decline in revenue during the third quarter of 2012, which occurred partially because of a drop in recycling commodity prices.

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5 | Export watch


Plastics exports were up in August and exports of all other recyclable commodities were down — all in this month's export watch.

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6 | The wide world of recycling


A Northern European country is having an unexpected problem from its high recycling rate, and a Southeast Asian country's recycling industry would recover more plastic bottles — if the government would let them.

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7 | NewsBits


Gangnam Style, Hertz recycles tires and the Navy recycling mattresses — all in this week's NewsBits.

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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


Sales/Purchasing, Electronics Recycling Services (Santa Ana, California).
For more details, email [email protected].


Senior Consultant, Resource Recycling Systems (Telecommute).
Details are available here.


Operations Manager — Electronic Waste Recycling, Planet Green (Chatworth, California).
Details are available here.


Salesperson, Lakeside Metals (Oakland, California).
Details are available here.


Public Works Solid Waste Manager, City of Walla Walla (Walla Walla, Washington).
Details are available here.


Plant Manager, Synagro (Sacramento, California).
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.


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.


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


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].

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