In This Issue:

1 | Canada cracks down on illegal exporters

Two Canadian companies have pleaded guilty to attempting to illegally export e-scrap and discarded batteries, resulting in fines of tens of thousands of dollars.

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2 | EU passes WEEE revision

The European Parliament has voted to rework its Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment (WEEE) Directive, to include new targets for collection and reuse. The vote, which passed by a large margin, updates and expands the collection and recycling benchmarks of the material for EU member states.

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3 | Arrow releases SEC filings

Arrow Electronics, a large electronics component supplier, went on a buying spree last year, accumulating five separate companies, according to recently released Securities Exchange Commission documents.

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4 | Sims Canada opens state-of-the-art e-scrap plant

Sims Recycling Solutions' latest facility officially opened Wednesday in Mississauga, Ontario, promising to provide a high volume of clean, separated material streams from continentally-sourced electronic scrap.

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5 | R2 Alliance brings certification to refurbishers

A collection of for-profit and non-profit computer refurbishers is organizing to share information and negotiate discounted auditing fees in order to certify their operations to the Responsible Recycling (R2) standard.

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6 | Europe pushes for rare earth recycling, recovery

Foreseeing restricted access to rare earths crucial in the manufacture of electronics, the European Commission has hatched a plan to better secure its increasingly volatile access to the materials. A key piece includes improving recycling in the EU.

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7 | NewsBits

This week's NewsBits features the latest program numbers from Oregon and Washington, plus several iPhone-related recycling items.

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8 | Upcoming conferences

Click here for a complete directory of upcoming conferences!

9 | Jobs Available & Sought

Construction Millwright, Global Electric Electronic Processing Inc. (Barrie, Ontario).
Details are available here.

Wireless Process Engineer, Global Electric Electronic Processing Inc. (Barrie, Ontario).
Details are available here.

Project Engineer, Global Electric Electronic Processing Inc. (Barrie, Ontario).
Details are available here.

Chief Executive Officer, Eco Recycling Ltd (Ecoreco) (Mumbai Area, India).
Details are available online.

Operations/Logistics Manager, Apto Solutions (Austin, Texas).
Details are available here.

Business Development Executive, Apto Solutions (Milpitas, California).
Details are available here.

Inventory Control Associate, Apto Solutions (Atlanta, Georgia).
Details are available here.

PC Technician/Inventory Control, Apto Solutions (Atlanta, Georgia).
Details are available here.

New Business Development Inside Sales Representative, Sims Metal Management (West Chicago, Illinois).
Details are available here.

New Business Development Field Sales Representative, Sims Metal Management (West Chicago, Illinois).
Details are available here.

Account Executive, Sims Metal Management (West Chicago, Illinois).
Details are available here.

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.

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.

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].