In This Issue:

1 | EPA unveils certification push

Top officials from the U.S Environmental Protection Agency today announced a new initiative meant to encourage electronics processing companies to use third-party certifications.

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2 | E-Scrap Conference attendance hits 1,300

Approximately 1,300 e-scrap recycling professionals came together in Dallas, Texas this week to make the largest audience ever gathered for the electronics recycling industry.

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3 | E-cycling firm files for bankruptcy amid lawsuit

EcoTech Recycling, a company based in Kalama, Washington that specializes in recycling of semiconductor scrap and precious and non-precious metals, has filed for bankruptcy, stalling an ongoing court case against it.

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4 | Asset disposition options underdeveloped for most companies

A third of U.S. businesses fail to use proper electronics recycling or disposal practices, according to new findings from International Data Corp.

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5 | A close look at product stewardship

The idea that companies should be responsible for end-of-life management of their products has steadily picked up steam as more states adopt producer responsibility laws and industries launch initiatives to recover their wares at the end of their useful lives. But any of these plans has many moving parts that sometimes collide with each other. A panel of individuals on the frontlines of this issue shed some light on what might lay ahead during the recently-concluded Resource Recycling Conference in Austin, Texas.

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6 | Copper recycling market expected to improve

Several analysts suggest that recycling markets for recovered red metal will slowly improve. These analysts took part in a commodity session this week in Chicago sponsored by the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries.

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7 | Certification scorecard

With the roster of companies attaining third-party certifications or audits continuing to grow, E-Scrap News has compiled a round-up of the firms announcing certification this past week.

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8 | NewsBits

The latest on take-back and product stewardship in this week's NewsBits.

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9 | Upcoming conferences & webinars

Click here for a complete directory of upcoming conferences and webinars!

10 | Jobs Available & Sought

Outside Sales Executive, Creative Recycling Systems (Flexible Locations).
Details are available online.

QEH&S Management System Director, Edward Arnold Scrap Processors, Inc. (Corfu, New York).
Details are available online.

Operations and Policy Analyst 2 (E-Cycles Specialist), The State of Oregon Department of Environmental Quality: Land Quality (Portland, Oregon).
Details are available online.

Business Development Representative, AER Worldwide (Fremont, California).
Details are available online.

Various Jobs, The IMS Group (National).
Details are available online.

Community Relations Coordinator, Global Consulting Company (Central New Jersey).
Details are available here.

VP Outside Sales, DMD Systems Recovery (California or Texas).
Details are available here.

Sales Director, ECS Refining (California or Texas).
Details are available here.

Equipment Maintenance Manager, ECS Refining (Stockton, California).
Details are available here.

Sales Account executive, ECS Refining (California and Texas).
Details are available here.

Operations/Business Auditor, ECS Refining (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].