In This Issue:

1 | New federal e-scrap policy announced

Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa Jackson joined the heads of the General Services Administration, the White House Council on Environmental Quality and the CEOs of Dell, Sprint and Sony to unveil a new federal strategy to promote electronics recycling. E-Scrap News' expanded coverage can be found after the link.

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2 | E-Scrap 2011: Crunching the numbers on certification

With numerous firms having completed or begun the process, the explosive growth of third-party certification can't be denied. How will certification programs adapt to the ever-evolving e-scrap industry and other changes? Will they be able to keep up with the evolution of electronic devices, the potential to target rare earth elements, the rise in the number of state programs and the increase in EPEAT-certified devices? In this compelling session we turn to three industry experts for a sharp look at the results of certification programs thus far, discuss the emerging trends and look towards what's on the horizon.

Sarah Westervelt of the Basel Action Network will provide a thorough analysis of the first year of the e-Stewards certification program, highlighting program performance measurements and hard data, including aggregated results of work place air testing.

How is the R2 standard performing in the marketplace and what are the impacts that voluntary certification programs can have on the industry? R2 Solutions will be surveying certified R2 recyclers to better evaluate a number of areas including what changes were implemented as a result of certification, how certification is impacting their business, compliance and implementation. Kim Holmes (4R Sustainability) will offer a comprehensive overview of these findings.

What are the big picture issues on the horizon? Kelley Keogh (Greeneye Partners LLC) will provide a high-level overview of the key EH&S issues or trends potentially affecting e-scrap processing in the future, as well as an assessment of potential new focus materials to be concerned about and OEM thinking about EH&S concerns.

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 | Court ruling favors Intercon Solutions

The first hearings were held Tuesday in a civil suit brought by Intercon Solutions against CGA CGM America, the logistics provider for the embattled electronics recycler.

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4 | E-scrap quantity to go up as volume goes down

Pike Research has released a new report on a comparative lifecycle assessment of CRT display devices and their flat-panel counterparts. Included in the findings are some interesting data relating to end-of-life management and other waste generated throughout the products' lifecycles.

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5 | ISRI releases recycling fact sheets

The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc. has released a series of fact sheets meant to serve as an easily accessible resource for policy makers, the media and the public on the environmental and economic benefits of scrap recycling.

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6 | Ecollective triples in size

ECS Refining, an electronics recycling and end-of-life services company, has announced that its network of e-waste drop-off locations has more than tripled size in Southern California from 30 to 111 since it was first launched in 2010.

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7 | NewsBits

Business announcements, certifications and an interesting visual on e-scrap from MIT 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].