In This Issue:

1 | Rechargeable battery collection up over 10 percent

Call2Recycle has seen its collection of rechargeable batteries rise by 10.1 percent in 2010 and new record volumes for the organization, which is operated by the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corp. (RBRC). Using a network of 30,000 retail, municipal and business partners in the U.S. and Canada, Call2Recycle collected more than 6.7 million pounds of rechargeable batteries during 2010.

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2 | Best Buy expands buy-back program

Best Buy's recently announced buy-back program is aimed squarely at encouraging new purchases, but also offers new resale and recycling options as well. Under the program, consumers can trade in their old items for in-store or online credit. It covers five categories of goods: laptops, netbooks, tablets, post-paid mobile phones and televisions.

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3 | WEEE reuse specs to reduce illegal exports

A new WEEE specification aimed squarely at stemming the volume of waste electronics to developing countries will be unveiled in early February. The new regulation would specifically apply to reuse and seek to weed out items classified as "fit for reuse" but are in fact irreparable or otherwise unusable. WEEE, or Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment, is the European Union's definition of electronic scrap and includes computers, IT, display devices, appliances and other electronic items.

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4 | E-Cycle Washington releases 2010 numbers

Washington State's E-Cycle program has released year-end figures for 2010, revealing that the Evergreen State's e-scrap collection efforts brought in 3.6 million pounds of covered electronic products in December and about 39.5 million pounds of materials for the year.

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5 | Panasonic sets collection goals

Panasonic recently announced several new initiatives to green its manufacturing, supply-chain and business operations practices, including a new push for greater electronics recycling. In the three-year period through 2013, Panasonic has pledged to double its drop-off locations to 1,600 sites, and double the sales of both Energy Star-qualified products and EPEAT Silver and Gold-registered products.

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6 | NewsBits

Vermont holds public comment period, new electronics recycling patents and Viridor announces TV recycling numbers, in this week's NewsBits.

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7 | Upcoming conferences

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8 | Jobs Available & Sought

Business Development Manager, PN California Inc. (Los Angeles, California).
Details are available here.

Account Executive, Sims Recycling Solutions (LaVergne, Tennessee with extensive travel to Atlanta, Georgia).
Details are available here.

Asset Recovery/Recycling Operation Manager,WM Recycle America (Round Rock, Texas).
Details are available online, search for job number 102697.

Sales Associate, TRI Products, Inc.. (Arcadia, California).
Details are available here.

Recycling Consultant, TeleCycle, LLC. (Major cities of the East Coast and Midwest States).
Details are available here.

Business Development Manager, ROUND2 INC. (Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas).
Details are available here.

General Manager, Computation Ltd. (Montreal, Quebec).
Details are available here.

Business Development Representative, Beacon Management Inc. (BMI) (Century City, California).
Details are available here.

Business Development Manager, Electronics Recycling Company (Southeastern U.S.)
Details are available here.

Empty Cartridges Collection Specialist, Kalon International, Inc. (Walnut, California).
Details are available here.

Operations Manager, All Green Recycling (Orange, California).
Details are available here.

Various Positions, PlanITROI, Inc. (Denville, New Jersey).
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 newsletter editor Henry Leineweber at [email protected].