In This Issue:

1 | Houston awarded $1 million for dirty MRF

Houston will get $1 million from the Bloomberg Philanthropies Mayors Challenge, a competition that awards cash prizes to ideas aimed at solving urban problems, to fund its controversial project to recover and process recycling in the city.

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2 | Finalists chosen for 2013 Recycling Innovators Forum

Out of almost 50 proposals submitted, 10 finalists have been selected to compete in the 2013 Recycling Innovators Forum.

The Recycling Innovators Forum seeks to recognize and reward original and actionable innovations that have the potential to transform the recycling industry. Though only in its first year, the Forum has long-term goals of fostering invention, originality and measurable improvement in recycling customer experiences, processes, technology and markets. The 10 finalists offer promising and innovative ideas covering a broad range of topics including plastics sortation and processing, new opportunities for recycled glass, multi-family recycling, social-local-mobile technology and more.

Finalists will present will their ideas to a panel of judges and an audience of recycling professionals, venture capitalists and clean-tech investors on August 26 at the Louisville Convention Center in Louisville, Kentucky. The judges, recognized leaders in recycling and market development, will choose three top finalists who will receive honorariums of $20,000 (first place), $5,000 (second place) and $2,000 (third place). Anyone can attend the Recycling Innovators Forum to learn more about these ten innovations.

The Forum is generously sponsored by Alcoa, the American Chemistry Council's Plastics Division, Coca-Cola Recycling, eCullet and Waste Management. For more information, please contact [email protected].

3 | Owens-Illinois and eCullet are going "Glass to Glass"

Owens-Illinois and eCullet are launching a new joint venture called Glass to Glass that will build new cullet sortation facilities in the U.S. As part of the venture, eCullet, a glass processing company, will supply O-I, a glass container manufacturer, with a new source of recycled material.

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4 | Federal e-scrap report makes waves

The U.S. International Trade Commission has released a study that offers an exhaustive examination of exports of used electronics, an issue that has been the source of chronic controversy in the e-scrap industry. Different groups in the debate over exports are now using parts of the landmark study to bolster their arguments, and one organization continues to question the entire effort.

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5 | New and converted recycling mills to come on line

Demand for recovered paper, especially in the Northeastern U.S., is rising due to the pending start-up of two new machines.

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6 | Portland food scraps to again cross state lines

The final destination for some of Portland, Oregon's food scraps, which have been the cause of much controversy, has been determined — for now.

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7 | NY looks to expand "bigger better bottle bill"

Lawmakers in New York are considering an expansion of the Empire State's "bigger better bottle bill" to make it bigger and better.

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8 | Big bin on campus

The philanthropic arm of aluminum titan Alcoa is partnering with two other organizations to improve the recycling infrastructure at college campuses.

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9 | Certifying zero waste

Businesses committed to generating zero waste now have a way to prove it with a new certification program.

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10 | The wide world of recycling

In Europe, two companies have come up with novel plastics recycling applications, and China's new clampdown on imports of questionable recyclables could have significant bearing on markets for recycled commodities.

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11 | Less than one week until 2013 Plastics Recycling Conference!

Over 1,500 plastics recycling professionals will converge on New Orleans in less than a week for the annual Plastics Recycling Conference. Representing approximately 700 companies and organizations from over a dozen countries, PRC attendees are coming ready to learn about the latest trends, make new connections, and do business.

If you haven't signed up for the largest annual event in plastics recycling, visit www.plasticsrecycling.com to register online. Due to high demand, we are urging our attendees who have not yet reserved a hotel room to consult hotels.com regarding availability in New Orleans.

The 2013 Plastics Recycling Conference will be held March 19-20 at the Sheraton New Orleans.

After the conference, stick around for the Global Plastics Environmental Conference's (GPEC)"The Latest Need to Know: From Recycling to Sustainability of Plastics." GPEC's conference will be held right after the Plastics Recycling Conference, March 20-22 at the same great location, the Sheraton New Orleans, right next to the Crescent City's famed French Quarter. Don't miss out on these two terrific events.

12 | NewsBits

North Faces "clothes" the loop, New Mexico nods to EPR and Fort Collins to bar tossing OCC — all in this week's NewsBits.

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13 | 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.

14 | Jobs Available & Sought

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

BuRRT Site Manager, Santa Fe Solid Waste Management Agency (Santa Fe, New Mexico).
Details are available here.

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

Account Executive, Integrated Communications and Technologies (Malden, Massachusetts).
Details are available here.

General Manager, Reworx Recycling (Kennesaw, Georgia).
Details are available online.

Executive Director, AMERIPEN (Washington D.C. Metro Area).
Details are available online.

Recycling Program Manager — City and County of Denver (Denver, Colorado).
Details are available online.

Production Manager — Electronics Recycling, Regional Computer Recycling & Recovery (RCR&R) (Victor, New York).
Details are available here.

Environmental Services Supervisor (Recycling), City of Santa Fe (Santa Fe, New Mexico).
Details are available online.

Senior Design Engineer, Large Manufacturer of Size Reduction Equipment and Separation Systems.
Details are available here.

Sales Executive, Electronic Scrap Company (Anywhere in U.S.).
Details are available here.

Senior Consultant, Resource Recycling Systems (Ann Arbor, Michigan/Telecommute).
Details are available here.

Associate Director, Solid Waste Management Department with the City of Albuquerque (Albuquerque, New Mexico).
Details are available here.

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

Buyer, Winjet Trading Inc. (City of Industry, California).
Details are available here.

Senior Associate of Policy and Programs, Product Stewardship Institute (Boston, Massachusetts).
Details are available online.

Business Development Representative, IMS Electronics Recycling (Columbus, Ohio).
Details are available online.

Business Development Representative, IMS Electronics Recycling (Decatur, Georgia).
Details are available online.

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

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].