In This Issue:

1 | More questions than answers in certification fallout

In an update to E-Scrap News' ongoing coverage, last week's denial of e-Stewards certification for Intercon Solutions, and its subsequent delisting by R2 Solutions seems to have raised more questions than it answered.

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2 | E-Scrap 2011: The latest on mergers and acquisitions

Mergers and acquisitions are a hot topic this year in the rapidly-evolving e-cycling market. With large corporations and municipalities seeking stronger assurance from potential recycling partners about their financial and operational stability, smaller e-cyclers are worried about losing out. Additionally, although some smaller processors have experienced early success in a market sub-segment there is a growing trend towards consolidated, large-scale "one-stop" e-cyclers offering the full spectrum of services and which have greater control over their material's final destination. Senior investment banker at Canaccord, Dan Coyne, will elaborate on the big-picture consolidation trends in the e-cycling industry.

This year's E-Scrap Conference will be held October 5-6 at the Omni Championsgate in Orlando, Florida. For more information, visit www.e-scrapconference.com, or click the banner below.

3 | Groups take sides on national e-scrap bill

Comments continue to roll in on electronics recycling legislation introduced into Congress, with several companies and organizations weighing in.

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4 | PC shipments below expectations in Q2

According to market research firm International Data Corp., worldwide shipments of PCs increased 2.6 percent in the second quarter of the year, falling just short of projected growth of 2.9 percent.

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5 | Data security questions surround Staples

Authorities in Canada and the U.S. are raising concerns regarding how Staples Canada Inc. is handling personal customer data on its electronic devices returned for resale.

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6 | African e-scrap heads to Europe for recycling

The e-scrap trade flows both ways, with the announcement that French telecom company Telecom-Orange has formed a partnership with Emmaüs International, a French anti-poverty organization, to recycle used mobile phones from the African nation of Burkina Faso. It also has plans to expand to over a dozen countries in coming years.

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7 | NewsBits

Because we just can't get enough, more certification news. Plus collection and acquisition stories in this week's NewsBits.

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8 | Upcoming conferences

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9 | Jobs Available & Sought

Operations Manager, Viatek Solutions (Tampa, Florida and Atlanta, Georgia).
Details are available here.

Virginia Sales Representative, Synergy Recycling (Hampton Roads, Virginia).
Details are available here.

Account Executive — Information System Resources (Detroit, Michigan).
Details are available here.

VP of E-Waste Supply, BioMine.
Details are available here.

E-Recycling Plant Manager, BioMine.
Details are available here.

E-scrap Broker, BioMine.
Details are available here.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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].