In This Issue:

1 | Processor left holding the bag

An Oregon e-scrap processing company has been penalized by the state Department of Environmental Quality for improperly storing hazardous waste. However, the company insists that it was merely following instructions from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

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2 | ESC 2011: Three major assessments to be offered

Each year the E-Scrap Conference highlights research into critical issues and trends affecting electronics recycling. This year the focus will be on three critical issues.

The aftermath in Japan. We will be assessing the impact of the tragic earthquake and resulting tsunami on the high-tech industry. This research will include an explanation of how the global electronics recycling industry has changed due to the ongoing economic and manufacturing problems in the third largest economy in the world.

The need for rare earth metals recovery. Many of the 17 rare earth metals mined in the world eventually end up in electronics. Serious geopolitical concerns have resulted in a steep increase in the value of these metals and an ensuing tightness in supply, with many key leaders calling for increased rare earth metal recycling. But can they be recycled? Who�s doing it now? What�s the future? Research is underway to answer these and other key questions.

The cloud's effect on electronics recycling. More and more governments, businesses and consumers are taking their computing to the cloud. Huge IT players (Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Dell, IBM, etc.) are rushing to launch or expand cloud computing services whereby their software or massive data centers will provide for a client�s computing needs. What will be the effect on e-scrap recycling and data security as computing moves to the cloud? Will this transform how the electronics recycling industry does its business? These are among the questions our researchers are addressing.

The E-Scrap Conference will be held this year in Orlando, Florida, October 5-6. For more information, including how to register, visit www.e-scrapconference.com, or click the banner below.

3 | WEELABEX standards approved

The WEEE Forum, an association of 38 European producer-responsibility organizations, has approved a set of comprehensive standards for the collection and processing of WEEE on the continent.

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4 | R2 Solutions announces committee members

R2 Solutions has selected its first Technical Advisory Committee (previously referred to as the R2 Governing Council) from a pool of potential candidates. Nominations for the posts officially concluded during the first week of April, with candidates contacted by the Board of Directors over the past month.

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5 | PWB continues upward climb

The average value of printed wiring board scrap marched upward again in April, hitting a record high of $7.55 per pound. The April 2011 figure was 33.9 percent above the year-earlier level. Through April, the average price this year was $7.27 per pound, up 34.6 percent.

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6 | EPA awards $2.5 mil to track e-waste

The United Nations University is the recipient of a five-year, $2.5 million grant to track shipments of electronic waste leaving the United States, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

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7 | India continues work on e-waste policy

A state in southern India is working out a framework that it hopes will bring some sort of structure to its burgeoning informal e-waste recovery sector.

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8 | NewsBits

New workshops announced, plus corporate sustainability efforts.

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9 | Upcoming conferences

Click here for a complete directory of upcoming conferences!

10 | Jobs Available & Sought

Reuse Program Coordinator, Free Geek (Portland, Oregon).
Details are available here.

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

Recycling Account Executive, Electronic Recyclers International, Inc. (ERI) (National).
Details are available here.

Resale Supervisor, Cascade Asset Management (Madison, Wisconsin).
Details are available here.

Regional Account Executive - Electronics/Precious Metals Refining, Gannon & Scott (Raleigh/Durham , North Carolina).
Details are available here.

Operations Manager, IMS Electronics (East Coast).
Details are available here.

Logistics and Transportation Manager, All Green Electronics Recycling (Tustin, California).
Details are availalbe here.

Enterprise Account Executive, Liquid Technology (New York City).
Details are available here.

Business Development Representatives, MRP Co., Inc. (National).
Details are available here.

Business Development Manager, Ecovery (Loxley, Alabama).
Details are available here.

Wireless Process 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.

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

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].